November, 2006
The Indispensable Partnership Launching a New NATO-EU Relationship at Riga
by Frances G. Burwell, director of the Program on Transatlantic Relations at the Atlantic Council.
Topic(s): Transatlantic Relations, Europe / Eurasia, NATO
Program: Transatlantic Relations

September 2006
How Should nato Handle Stabilisation Operations and Reconstruction Efforts?
Topic(s): NATO, Defense
Program: International Security

October 2006
Intelligence Sharing: Getting the National Counterterrorism Analysts on the Same Data Sheet
By Colonel Daniel Putbrese, U.S. Air Force, Atlantic Council Senior Fellow
Topic(s): Defense, Terrorism, Global Challenges
Program: Senior Fellows

September 2006
Russia’s Shrinking Population and the Russian Military’s HIV/AIDS Problem
By Colonel Jeff Holachek, senior fellow, 2005-2006
Topic(s): Europe / Eurasia
Program: Senior Fellows

Summer 2006
Newsletter

August 2006
China’s Rise and U.S. Influence in Asia: A Report from the Region
By Robert G. Sutter, Visiting Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, non-resident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council
Topic(s): Economics & Trade, Asia
Program: Senior Fellows

July 24, 2006
Angela Merkel's Moment of Truth
by Richard Burt, a former U.S. ambassador to Germany, chairman of Diligence Inc. and an executive committee member of the Atlantic Council of the United States, and Dr. Frances G. Burwell, director of the Atlantic Council's Program on Transatlantic Relations.
Topic(s): Transatlantic Relations, Europe / Eurasia, Economics & Trade
Program: Transatlantic Relations

July 2006
Clean Air for Asia: Update and Overview of China-India-Japan-United States Cooperation to Reduce Air Pollution in China and India
Richard L. Lawson, N. Srinivasan, Shinji Fukukawa, and Yang Jike, Co-Chairs; John R. Lyman, Principal Rapporteur and Project Director. The result of six years of high-level dialogues and discussions, this final update of Clean Air for Asia summarizes the recommendations of the project’s working group and endorses the use of clean, sustainable energy in India and China as the only way to circumvent environmental degradation and economic instability.
Topic(s): Energy / Environment, Asia, Global Challenges
Program: Energy & Environment

July 15, 2006
Germany Stalled
An article by Bruce Stokes, member of an Atlantic Council delegation of economic experts to Germany, which describes Germany’s failure to pursue real reform of its stagnant economy and the implications for the United States of that failure.
Topic(s): Europe / Eurasia, Economics & Trade, Transatlantic Relations
Program: Transatlantic Relations

June 22 2006
Whither the European Union?
Comments from David C. Acheson, former president of the Atlantic Council (1993-1999).
Topic(s): Europe / Eurasia, Transatlantic Relations
Program: Transatlantic Relations

June 2006
Education Bulletin
NATO Secretary General visits students
Topic(s): NATO
Program: Education

December 7, 2005 - December 6, 2006
China and the World Economy Workshop. Conference Summary
Robert Kapp, rapporteur
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia

March 2006
Libya and the United States: The Next Steps
This issue brief examines the current state of U.S. – Libyan relations and the vast improvement that has occurred, while also noting the remaining obstacles. To overcome these, the issue brief offers a set of suggestions on how the normalization process may be completed to mutual benefit. By Ronald Bruce St John.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa
Program: International Security

March 2006
Transatlantic Transformation: Building a NATO-EU Security Architecture
NATO and the European Union must prepare now to work together in combined operations if they are to be effective in addressing the security questions of the 21st century. In Transatlantic Transformation: Building a NATO-EU Security Architecture, the authors argue that both NATO and the EU must develop mechanisms, such as joint planning and force generation, that will allow them to respond to a crisis in a coordinated way. By Frances G. Burwell, David C. Gompert, Leslie S. Lebl, Jan M. Lodal, and Walter B. Slocombe.
Topic(s): NATO, Transatlantic Relations, Europe / Eurasia
Program: Transatlantic Relations

March 2006
Taiwan In Search of a Strategic Consensus
This Issue Brief, based in part on an Atlantic Council delegation trip to Taiwan in December 2005 led by Franklin D. Kramer analyzes the antagonisms within the Taiwan polity that seem to rule out forging an internal consensus on a long-term strategic approach toward the Mainland that includes a unified position on the critical issues of economic ties, “one China”, and national defense. Written by Banning Garrett, Jonathan Adams and Franklin Kramer.
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia

February 2006
Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic Ambitions: Building an Effective Policy Coordination Process [English version]
This report summarizes observations and recommendations by the task force’s American participants regarding the Ukrainian intergancy coordination process for Euro-Atlantic policies. By Steven Pifer with F. Stephen Larrabee, Jan Neutze, and Jeffrey Simon
Topic(s): Transatlantic Relations, Europe / Eurasia, NATO
Program: Transatlantic Relations

January 2006
Comments on China as a Regional Player
By Edward J. Lincoln, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia

January 2006
China Succeeding Beyond Expectations
By Albert Keidel, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia

January 2006
What Could Go Wrong?
By Director of Research and Analysis, Harry Harding, Eurasia Group Professor, George Washington University
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia