Featured Publications
The Five Futures of Cyber Conflict and Cooperation
US Lessons for the Eurozone Restoring Confidence through Transparency
Prospects and Challenges for Increasing India-Pakistan Trade
A US-EU Action Plan for Supporting Democratization: Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia
Egypt's Imperiled Transition: Pakistan on the Nile?
Council News
J. Peter Pham on PBS’s NewsHour to Discuss Hostage Rescue in Somalia
J. Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, was interviewed by Jeffrey Brown on PBS’s NewsHour program about the rescue by US Navy SEALs of an American aid worker and her Danish colleague who had been held hostage since October in north central Somalia.
Barry Pavel Quoted in Stars & Stripes on New US Defense Strategy
Barry Pavel, director of the Atlantic Council's International Security Program, was quoted in the January 25 Stars & Stripes piece titled "With more details coming, analysts split on new DOD strategy."
Jason Healey Article Published in Brown Journal of World Affairs
The Fall/Winter 2011 edition of the Brown Journal of World Affairs contains an article by Jason Healey, Director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council. On February 1, Atlantic Council executive vice president Damon Wilson will testify at a hearing of the US Senate Committe on Foreign Relations on the topic: "Ukraine at a Crossroads: What's at Stake for the US and Europe?"Damon Wilson US Senate Testimony: Ukraine at a Crossroads
FEATURED ISSUE
Barbara Slavin, senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, and member of its Iran Task Force, was featured on a videocast of Bloggingheads.tv with Meir Javedanfar of The Guardian. The debate centers around US and Israeli attitudes toward Iran and the prospects for war.
REGISTER
On the tomb of Tamburlaine, King of Persia, there is a dread inscription, “When I rise, the world will tremble”. Faced with Tehran’s seeming determination to develop nuclear weapons the march towards confrontation this week quickened.
When Marine Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich was handed a suspended sentence of three months on Wednesday for his role as squad leader of a group that massacred 24 unarmed Iraqis in Haditha six years ago, it naturally sparked an outrage. To many here in the U.S., in Iraq, and in the Muslim world writ large, this will likely be seen as the U.S. military excusing a heinous crime.
The recent announcement that the Obama administration plans to cut two of the four remaining US brigade combat teams (BCTs) in Europe came as no surprise to those tracking the ongoing debate over the future size of the American military and the Army in particular.
Suppose the very unpredictable and nasty surprises that befell presidential hopeful Mitt Romney last week somehow afflicted global politics on a far grander scale?
The State of the Union (SOTU) address is not usually focused on foreign policy, and rightfully so. With our current economic woes, education problems, and immigration issues, we have plenty of reason to look inward. Still, President Obama missed a great opportunity last night—one that would have only required a sentence or two.
From Jamey Keaten, the AP: President Nicolas Sarkozy says France and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will ask NATO to hand over all combat missions in Afghanistan to Afghan troops in 2013 — a year earlier than planned.
From Lolita C. Baldor, the AP: Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, says the Pentagon will take two heavy armor brigades out of Europe in 2013 and 2014 and eliminate them.
From Tomas Valasek, the Center For European Reform: The Pentagon's 'strategic guidance', released on January 5th, makes three key changes
The Department of Defense announced today that it is terminating its purchase of the Block 30 variant of Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4 Global Hawk. The Block 30 Global Hawk is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and “multi-intelligence platform” designed to simultaneously carry imagery and signals intelligence.
From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO: Many will remember 2011 as a year of austerity. But it has also been a year of hope. The international community united in its responsibility to protect. Much of the Arab world took a new path forward.FEATURED EVENTS
The Transatlantic Bargain in 2012: Still a Good Deal?
On January 24, the Atlantic Council hosted the Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic, H.E. Alexandr Vondra. He offered a central European perspective on the future of the transatlantic partnership and the key issues facing the alliance in the run-up to the NATO Chicago Summit.
Managing US-Russian Relations During the Year of Political Transitions: A Perspective from Moscow
The Atlantic Council invites you to a Eurasia Center discussion with Dr. Sergey Rogov, the director of the Institute for US and Canadian Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, for a discussion on Friday, January 27 about US-Russian relations during the 2012 political transition year.
Nigeria on the Edge
The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center is pleased to an invite you to a panel discussion, ‘Nigeria on the Edge’ on January 31.
South Asia Predictions for 2012
The South Asia Center receives guidance and support from many experts throughout the world. Our senior fellows, guest-speakers, Center patrons, and visitors contribute heavily to the Center’s mission to “wage peace,” and engage the international community in the region. The Center asked our contributors the simple, but key question, “What you do expect in 2012?”
Call for Applications: Young Atlanticist NATO Working Group and Young Leaders Summits
The Atlantic Council is accepting applicants for the 2012 Young Atlanticist NATO Working Group and Young Leaders Summits until February 6, 2012. Learn how to apply.
FEATURED INTERVIEW
Interview: We Need to Encourage Research for Development
Infosys' Executive Co-chairman S. Gopalakrishnan, a member of the Atlantic Council's International Advisory Board, spoke to Bibhu Ranjan Mishra of Business Standard on the reasons behind instituting research awards and also about technologies that are expected to steer the IT industry forward.
