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Germany’s Reputation in NATO Has Hit Rock Bottom

By Ulrike Demmer and Christoph Schult, Spiegel

Taking Stock of the Atlantic Alliance

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the New York Times

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the New York Times:  As secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I travel often to Washington.

Hollande to Reassure Allies on Afghan Plans: Analysts

By Marcus Weisgerber and Pierre Tran, Defense News

From Marcus Weisgerber and Pierre Tran, Defense News:  François Hollande may have pledged on the campaign stump to pull France’s combat troops out of Afghanistan by the end of this year

NATO’s First Step on Missile Defense

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Wall Street Journal

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Wall Street Journal:  Last month, NATO conducted a historic exercise: the first comprehensive test of the alliance’s new missile-defense capability.

The Necessity of NATO

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Project Syndicate

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Project Syndicate:  Many years ago, I took my children to visit the sites of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

NATO’s Ordinary Future

By Robert D. Kaplan, STRATFOR

From Robert D. Kaplan, STRATFOR:  [T]he very weakening of the European Union because of its debt woes makes NATO more crucial than at any time since the Berlin Wall fell — crucial as a political stabilizing agent within Europe itself.

Transatlantic leaders rate Greece as top candidate to be removed from NATO

In a just released Atlantic Council-Foreign Policy survey, experts voted Greece as the country they were most likely to “kick out of NATO.”

So Far, Sanctions Prove to Be Right Tool in Burma

By Ronak Desai

The Obama Administration’s recent announcement that it would begin a “targeted easing” of the decades-old sanctions regime currently in place against Burma has once again put into sharp focus questions surrounding the efficacy of sanctions as a tool of American foreign policy.

Atlantic Council/Foreign Policy Survey: The Future of NATO

By Jason Harmala

Does the 63-year-old Alliance still matter today? In advance of the NATO summit in Chicago, The Atlantic Council and Foreign Policy asked politicians, scholars, and other observers from both sides of the Atlantic to weigh in.