Recently, there have been some hopeful signs of potential transatlantic rapprochement over the broader Middle East and North Africa; and, the prospective advantages of closer U.S.-European cooperation in this region remain enormous.

Specifically, the Council focuses on the role of international partnerships in addressing such issues as relations with Iran, Libya and regional conflicts within the Middle East.

Projects

Combatant Commanders Seminar Series — regular briefings by the Combatant Commanders of the unified and specified commands to discuss current challenges and potential future threats within their areas of responsibility.

Reversing Relations with Adversaries — considers the nature of bilateral relationships between the United States and current adversaries and then prepares the U.S. government for the process of “reversing” its relations with them.

Strategic Regional Assessments — evaluate both the strategic importance of particular regions and the challenges they are likely to pose over the next decade, while discerning case-specific strategies for the realization of U.S. goals.

Strengthening U.S. Security Alliances — while international alliances have long been the bedrock of U.S. security, growing threats to that security present difficult challenges for traditional approaches to military alliances.

U.S.-China Cooperation on Failing States — assesses long-term commitments and cooperative measures by the globalizing states, notably China, to contain the immediate dangers and to move these states into the category of successful states contributing to economic growth and international stability.