Featured Publications
New Transatlantic Compact for NATO
Forging a Strategic U.S.-EU Partnership
Resetting the Transatlantic Economic Council
Council Highlights
Frederick Kempe at Davos
Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe spoke with the BBC's Nik Gowing about his experience at Davos this year, touching on the future of American power and divergent views of capitalism after the crisis.
Hagel, Scowcroft Appointed to Department of Energy Nuclear Commission
Atlantic Council Chairman Senator Chuck Hagel and International Advisory Board Chairman Brent Scowcroft were appointed by Energy Secretary Steven Chu to a new Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future.
The Future of Iran
Jonathan Paris, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center and adjunct fellow at the London-based Legatum Institute, co-authored an editorial in the Wall Street Journal with Nazenin Ansari entitled "The Future of Iran."
FEATURED ISSUE
NATO Steps up to the Plate
Afghanistan has eroded support for NATO in Washington. An alliance that has long enjoyed strong bipartisan support is now facing bipartisan skepticism.
A Senate hearing this fall made clear that many on Capitol Hill are asking what the value of the alliance is in the future if it cannot succeed in Afghanistan today.
Biography
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James Joyner
James Joyner has been Managing Editor of the Atlantic Council since September 2007. He oversaw the launch of the Council's new website and the New Atlanticist blog.
He has written the popular public policy weblog Outside the Beltway since January 2003. It was named 2006 Blog of the Year by The George Washington University's Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, is regularly cited in The Atlantic, Washington Monthly, Hotline, Slate, Salon and other publications and has led to appearances on BBC, NPR, CNN, and MSNBC discussing public policy issues. His Election 2008 coverage appeared in Newsweek and his coverage of the Scooter Libby trial was syndicated by the Associated Press. He has also published dozens of columns for publications including The Politico, Reason, Legal Affairs, Human Events, The New Individualist, TCS Daily, Tech Central Station, and The Washington Examiner.
His previous work includes serving as Managing Editor of Strategic Insights, the professional journal of the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School; contract consulting to the Defense Information Systems Agency; Acquisitions Editor for International Affairs at Brassey's (now, Potomac Books); and political science professor at Troy (Alabama) University, Bainbridge (Georgia) College, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
James served in the U.S. Army from 1988 to 1992 and is a combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and numerous service medals and ribbons. He is a graduate of the Airborne and Air Assault schools.
He holds a Ph.D. in national security affairs from the University of Alabama and B.A. and M.A. degrees in political science from Jacksonville State University.
He and his wife Kimberly reside in Alexandria, Virginia with their infant daughter, Katie.
FEATURED EVENT
Online Security Jam: Security and Defense Agenda
From February 4 through 9, Security and Defense Agenda will host its 2010 Security Jam in partnership with the Atlantic Council.
Pakistan: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism
Ikram Sehgal, Chairman of Pathfinder G4S (Pakistan’s largest private security firm), will join the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council on Thursday, February 11, for a discussion on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism in Pakistan.
2010 Awards Dinner: Clinton, Ackermann, Abrial, Mattis
FEATURED INTERVIEW
General Stéphane Abrial on Allied Command Transformation
Sarwar Kashmeri, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's International Security Program, interviewed General Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, for the New Atlanticist Podcast Series.
