Global Challenges
June 2007
A Road Map for Restructuring U.S. Relations with Cuba
Produced by the Atlantic Council Working Group on Cuba led by resident senior fellow John Naland, Philip Peters, Vice President Lexington Institute and Julia Sweig, Director of Latin American Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, this policymaker’s guide offers 20 recommendations in six areas: sanctions, leverage, international support, migration, transnational threats, and property claims.
Topic(s): Americas, Economics & Trade, Global Challenges
Program: International Security
April 13, 2007
A Framework for Peace and Security in Korea and Northeast Asia
Co-chaired by General Jack Merritt and Ambassador James Goodby, the working group calls for a series of parallel negotiations on security, political and economic issues that would go beyond the current Six Party talks to effectively denuclearize North Korea. The report describes a pathway and the elements of a comprehensive settlement to achieve the full range of U.S. strategic goals in Korea
Topic(s): Asia, Global Challenges
Program: Asia
April 13, 2007
U.S.- North Korean Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations
Topic(s): Asia, Global Challenges
Program: Asia
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
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
7 October 2005
The Inevitable Peaking of World Oil Production
The era of plentiful, low-cost petroleum is approaching an end. Without massive and timely mitigation, the damage to the world economy will be dire and long-lasting. Dr. Robert Hirsch, a senior energy advisor and former energy government official, explains why many experts believe that world oil will peak in the coming years and what could be done about it.
Topic(s): Energy / Environment, Global Challenges
Program: Energy & Environment
August 2005
Security Cooperation and Non-State Threats: A Call for an Integrated Strategy
Colonel Albert Zaccor, USA, published exclusively on this website.
Topic(s): Terrorism, Defense, Global Challenges
Program: Senior Fellows
January 2, 2005
A New Security Balance
Borut Grgic, Op-ed published in Gulf News.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa, Global Challenges
Program: Senior Fellows
March 2004
Proliferation and the Future of Nuclear Power
Donald L. Guertin, Project Director and Rapporteur.
Topic(s): Energy / Environment, Global Challenges
Program: Energy & Environment
February 2004
American Perspectives on the Threat Posed by Weak and Failing Asian States
William Wise
Topic(s): Asia, Global Challenges
Program: Asia
February 2004
Preventing State Failure: Steps Toward Closer Cooperation Between China and the United States
Ellen Frost
Topic(s): Asia, Global Challenges
Program: Asia
February 2004
Regional Conflicts: Strategies for Quelling Violence and Prospects for Sino-U.S. Cooperation
James A. Schear
Topic(s): Asia, Global Challenges
Program: Asia
January 2003
Winning the Peace: Managing a Successful Transition in Iraq
The report of a joint American University-Atlantic Council working group on Iraq, Richard Murphy.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa, Global Challenges, Terrorism
Program: International Security
May 14, 2002
Global Cohesion and Global Poverty: The Challenge for International Leadership
The Honorable Robert E. Rubin's remarks at the presentation of the Atlantic Council's Award for Distinguished International Leadership.
Topic(s): Global Challenges, Transatlantic Relations
September 1998
Third Party Arms Transfers: Requirements for the 21st Century
John D. Macomber and Charles McC. Mathias, Co-Chairs, Project on Third-Party Arms Transfers; Jack Seymour, Project Director; Michael E.C. Ely, Rapporteur.
Topic(s): Defense, Global Challenges
Program: Transatlantic Relations
