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'New' Europe Outworks 'Old' -- USA, Too?
James Joyner | September 10, 2008
Workers in eastern Europe work more hours and take less vacation than their counterparts to the west.
A Road Map for Restructuring U.S. Relations with Cuba
December 25, 2007
The U.S. government has sought to advance democratic and free-market change in Cuba for 47 years. Those efforts have failed. Indeed, the transfer of power from Fidel Castro has produced little change in Cuba’s politics and took place with no manifestations of broad popular demands for an end to one-party Communist rule.
Robert Kimmitt Global Leadership Series Address
July 16, 2007
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt provided an overflow Atlantic Council audience with a “snapshot” of how Treasury is working in the United States and abroad to advance open economies while protecting US national security. Kimmitt said that globalization will only grow and that “the prosperity of the United States and the world economy will depend in large
Can German Locomotive Drive the European Economy?
March 31, 2007
During the second half of 2006 and in early 2007, the German economic engine seemed to gain speed, moving into recovery after several years of stagnation. Whether this recovery is sustainable is still unclear, however. With its reliance on exports, Germany remains vulnerable to any downturn in the global economy.
FEATURED EVENT
Atlantic Council Chairman Named National Security Advisor
Atlantic Council Chairman General James L. Jones has accepted President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to serve as his National Security Advisor. Jones, respected on both sides of the aisle, brings more than forty years of military and diplomatic experience to the post.
FEATURED ISSUE
A Marshall Plan for Afghanistan?
Former Afghan finance minister Ashraf Ghani -- a member of the Atlantic Council's International Advisory Board -- calls for a Marshall Plan for his country in an op-ed in today's Independent. He argues that "The Obama Presidency provides a second chance to get Afghanistan right" and that the way to turn around this failed state is to invest in its people.
Council Highlight
Counterterrorism Plan for Obama
Atlantic Council senior fellow David L. Phillips published an op-ed at the Boston Globe entitled, "A counterterrorism plan for Obama."
