In this edition of the New Atlanticist Podcast, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri speaks to Mr. Tutu Agyare, founder and managing partner of Nubuke Investments, one of Africas’s largest asset managers.

Hardly a day goes by without Iran featuring in media headlines. In his latest New Atlanticist Podcast, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri spoke with Boston University Professor of International Relations and History Andrew Bacecvich on the great game between the West and Iran.

The Pentagon is facing over $900 billion in spending cuts. How are the cadets at West Point reacting to this news and has it affected their choice of a military career?

After weeks of ferocious debate and political theater in Washington DC, on Sunday, July 31, 2011, the Congress of the United States and President Obama struck a deal to extend America’s debt ceiling and to begin reducing the country’s spending. So what is the message that America has just finished sending to the world? Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Sarwar Kashmeri interviews George Magnus of UBS investment bank from London, and Marc Chandler, chief currency strategist, Brown Brothers Harriman from New York in the latest New Atlanticist podcast.

German Chancellor Merkel arrives in Washington this week to receive America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom. But is the German-American relationship heading upwind after Germany’s refusal to support the war in Libya, and an about turn on nuclear energy? How to interpret these developments?

The conflict in Libya is NATO’s first war without America in the lead. What is the reaction in Europe? The Dutch just announced a drastic cut in their defense budget. How are they reacting to the Libyan campaign? Will there be European boots on the ground in Libya?In the latest installment of the New Atlanticist Podcast Series, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri interviewed Juurd Eijsvoogel, International Relations Columnist for the NRC Handelsblatt.

China may have become the second largest economy in the world, but in terms of GDP per capita it still ranks among some of the poorest countries. In the first contribution to the New Atlanticist Podcast Series for 2011, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri interviews Linda Yueh, economics fellow at Oxford University and economics correspondent for Bloomberg TV, to discuss the future economic challenges for the Chinese government.