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

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

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

July 2005
Topics in Terrorism: Toward a Transatlantic Consensus on the Nature of the Threat
Jason S. Purcell & Joshua D. Weintraub, Editors.  Combating terrorism remains a key focus of International Security but the Transatlantic Allies don’t approach all major concerns in the same way. The Topics in Terrorism series explores these differences and seeks consensus.
Topic(s): Terrorism

March 2005
Moldova Matters: Why Progress is Still Possible on Ukraine’s Southwestern Flank
Pamela Hyde Smith
Topic(s): Europe / Eurasia

March 2005
U.S.-Cuban Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations
Dianne E. Rennack and Mark P. Sullivan, Authors.
Topic(s): Americas

December 2004
Military Force Transformation: Progress, Costs, Benefits and Tasks Remaining
S. J. Deitchman
Topic(s): Defense

June 2004
NATO’s Role in Confronting International Terrorism
Richard A. Clarke and Barry R. McCaffrey, Co-Chairs; C. Richard Nelson, Author-Rapporteur.
Topic(s): NATO, Terrorism

April 2004
NATO Transformation: Problems & Prospects
A compendium featuring the views of authors Arthur K. Cebrowski, Jacques Lanxade, Michel Maisonneuve and Montgomery C. Meigs.  Introduction by Andrew J. Goodpaster; C. Richard Nelson and Jason S. Purcell, editors.
Topic(s): NATO

February 2004
Do Economic Sanctions Work? Lessons from ILSA & Other U.S. Sanctions Regimes
A policy paper.  Stuart E. Eizenstat, Author.
Topic(s): Economics & Trade

August 2003
U.S.-Libyan Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations
This compendium presents the texts of the U.S. policy statements, laws and regulations (or relevant parts thereof) that govern U.S. relations with Libya, on both the bilateral and multilateral levels. By Kenneth Katzman.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa

June 2003
Missile Defense in Asia
A policy paper/trip report which discusses the likely future course of U.S. missile defense programs in Asia and considers the cases of China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.  It concludes that the deployment of a U.S. missile defense in Asia need not be destabilizing if it continues to be managed skillfully and transparently.  Walter B. Slocombe, Rapporteur; Michael P.C. Carns, Jacques S. Gansler and C. Richard Nelson.
Topic(s): Defense, Asia

April 2003
U.S.-Libyan Relations: Toward Cautious Reengagement
A policy paper/working group report which advocates a fundamental shift in U.S. policy toward Libya and discusses a wide range of topics; including terrorism, energy security, regional security, human rights, and weapons of mass destruction. Chester A. Crocker, Chair; C. Richard Nelson, Rapporteur.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa

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

January 2003
Transforming NATO Forces: European Perspectives
Topic(s): NATO, Transatlantic Relations

December 13, 2002
U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf: Unilateral U.S. Sanctions
From a congressional staff briefing on "U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf." Jointly sponsored by the Atlantic Council of the United States, the Middle East Institute, the Middle East Policy Council and the Stanley Foundation.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa

October 10, 2002
The United States and Turkey: A Model of Sustained Engagement
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa, Transatlantic Relations, Europe / Eurasia

September 13, 2002
U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf: Israel and the Gulf
From a congressional staff briefing on "U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf."  Jointly sponsored by the Atlantic Council of the United States, the Middle East Institute, the Middle East Policy Council and the Stanley Foundation.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa

September 2002
New Capabilities: Transforming NATO Forces
Robert Hunter and George Joulwan, Co-Chairs, C. Richard Nelson, Project Director & Rapporteur.
Topic(s): NATO

July 12, 2002
U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf: Iran and Proliferation Concerns
A congressional staff briefing on "U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf."  Jointly sponsored by the Atlantic Council of the United States, the Middle East Institute, the Middle East Policy Council and the Stanley Foundation.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa, Defense

June 21, 2002
U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf: European Perspectives
From a congressional staff briefing on "U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf."  Jointly sponsored by the Atlantic Council of the United States, the Middle East Institute, the Middle East Policy Council and the Stanley Foundation.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa, Transatlantic Relations

2002
U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf: Energy Security
From a congressional staff briefing on "U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf."  Jointly sponsored by the Atlantic Council of the United States, the Middle East Institute, the Middle East Policy Council and the Stanley Foundation.
Topic(s): Energy / Environment, Middle East & North Africa

May 2002
Fighting Terror with Civil Litigation: The Wrong Approach
Anne-Marie Slaughter and David L. Bosco.
Topic(s): Terrorism

April 2002
The War on Terrorism: The Libya Case
William H. Lewis
Topic(s): Terrorism, Middle East & North Africa

March 20, 2002
Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command Remarks to Atlantic Council
Admiral Dennis C. Blair, USN, Commander-in-Chief U.S. Pacific Command.
Topic(s): Asia, Middle East & North Africa, Terrorism

March 8, 2002
U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf: Iran
From a congressional staff briefing on "U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf: Iran."  Jointly sponsored by the Atlantic Council of the United States, the Middle East Institute, the Middle East Policy Council and the Stanley Foundation.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa

February 2002
New Frontiers for U.S.-Japan Security Relations
The report of a joint working group of the Atlantic Council of the United States, the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs, and the Research Institute for Peace and Security.
Topic(s): Asia

January 2002
Managing Proliferation Issues with Iran
C. Richard Nelson and David H. Saltiel.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa, Defense

January 2002
Moving Past Dual Containment: Iran, Iraq, and the Future of U.S. Policy in the Gulf
David H. Saltiel and Jason S. Purcell
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa

December 14, 2001
US Challenges and Choices in the Gulf: Saudi Arabia
From a congressional staff briefing on "U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf: Saudi Arabia." Jointly sponsored by the Atlantic Council of the United States, the Middle East Institute, the Middle East Policy Council and the Stanley Foundation.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa

December 14, 2001
US Challenges and Choices in the Gulf: Saudi Arabia
From a congressional staff briefing on "U.S. Challenges and Choices in the Gulf: Saudi Arabia." Jointly sponsored by the Atlantic Council of the United States, the Middle East Institute, the Middle East Policy Council and the Stanley Foundation.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa

July 2001
Thinking Beyond the Stalemate in U.S.-Iranian Relations
Lee H. Hamilton, James Schlesinger and Brent Scowcroft, Co-Chairs; Roscoe Suddarth, Principal Policy Advisor; Eliane L. Morton, Author; C. Richard Nelson, Project Director.
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa

May 2001
U.S.-Libya Relations: A New Chapter?
William H. Lewis
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa

April 2001
Enforcing the Peace: An American Bird’s Eye View
David C. Acheson
Topic(s): Defense

February 2001
NATO Enlargement: the Article 5 Angle
Lawrence S. Kaplan
Topic(s): NATO, Transatlantic Relations

January 15, 2001
A cool eye on the US missile umbrella: No European government backs the plan for a robust weapon shield
Ivo Daalder, Steven Simon, and Christopher Makins, an op-ed from The Financial Times.
Topic(s): Defense, Transatlantic Relations

January 2001
Strategic Assessment of Central Eurasia
Charles Fairbanks, C. Richard Nelson, S. Frederick Starr and Kenneth Weisbrode.
Topic(s): Europe / Eurasia

August 2000
Implementing the European Security and Defense Policy: A Practical Vision for Europe
General Klaus Naumann (Ret.)
Topic(s): Defense, Europe / Eurasia, Transatlantic Relations

July 2000
The United States and Panama: End of the "Special Relationship"
Contributors: Charles A. Gillespie, Jr., Brandon Grove, Thomas E. McNamara, C. Richard Nelson.
Topic(s): Americas

December 1999
U.S.-Iranian Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws and Regulations
Kenneth Katzman
Topic(s): Middle East & North Africa

July 1999
Panama Canal Transition: The Final Implementation
Charles A. Gillespie, Jr., Brandon Grove, Jr., David E. McGiffert, C. Richard Nelson.
Topic(s): Americas

May 1999
Building an Asia-Pacific Security Community: The Role of Nuclear Weapons
James E. Goodby and Tomohisa Sakanaka, Co-Chairs; C. Richard Nelson, Project Director; W. Neal Anderson, Tomohide Murai and Shinichi Ogawa, Co-Rapporteurs.
Topic(s): Asia, Defense

March 1999
What Should Be Done About Tactical Nuclear Weapons?
George Lewis & Andrea Gabbitas (with additional commentary by Edward Rowny & John Woodworth).
Topic(s): Defense, Global Challenges

January 1999
Ballistic Missile Defense Revisited
Leon Sloss
Topic(s): Defense

August 1998
French Nuclear Weapons Policy After the Cold War
Pascal Boniface
Topic(s): Defense, Europe / Eurasia

August 1998
International Perspectives on US-Cuban Relations
Pamela S. Falk, C. Richard Nelson, and Kenneth Weisbrode.
Topic(s): Americas

December 1997
Shaping the Nuclear Future: Toward a More Comprehensive Approach
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Topic(s): Defense

June 1995
A Road Map for Restructuring Future U.S. Relations with Cuba
Topic(s): Americas