Featured Publications
NATO's Nuclear Policy in 2010
U.S.-Iran Relations: Policy Compendium
Article 5 and Strategic Reassurance
NATO Reform and Decision-Making
The U.S., NATO and the EU: Partnership in the Balance
Council Highlights
Damon Wilson: Congressional Testimony on Post-Election Ukraine
Damon Wilson, Atlantic Council Vice President and Director, International Security Program, testified before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) on March 16.
Shuja Nawaz: Congressional Testimony on Islamist Militancy in Pakistan
Shuja Nawaz, director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, testified before the House Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia on March 11.
Damon Wilson Discusses NATO, Turkey and Azerbaijan
Damon Wilson, vice president and director of the Atlantic Council Program on International Security, was interviewed by Leyla Tagiyeva of Azerbaijani news site News.Az about U.S.-Turkey relations in the context of NATO and its role in the Caucasus region.
Sven Biscop and Jo Coelmont: Permanent Structured Cooperation and European Armed Forces
Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Director of the Security & Global Governance Programme at the Egmont Institute and member of the Atlantic Council Strategic Advisors Group, and Brig-Gen. (Ret.) Jo Coelmont, former Belgian Representative to the European Union Military Committee, co-authored an Egmont Institute Security Issue Brief entitled Permanent Structured Cooperation for Effective European Armed Forces.
FEATURED ISSUE
Eurozone Crisis: Threat of Sovereign Debt Default
The Atlantic Council's Global Business and Economics Program hosted a conference call with Professor Leszek Balcerowicz on the Euro debt crisis.
Biography
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Rob de Wijk
In 2007 Dr. Rob de Wijk assumed the position of Director of the The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. He is also Professor in the field of International Relations at the Royal Netherlands Military Academy (RNMA), Breda (1999) and Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of Leiden (2000). From 2000 to 2003 he was Director of the Research Centre of the RNMA.
He is also Chairman of the National Security Think Tank, advising the Government on defense and national security issues, including contingency plans for crisis management.
Rob de Wijk started his career in 1977 as a freelance journalist. In 1980 he became editor-in chief of a publishing company specializing in journals and scientific publications.
From 1985 to 1989 he worked at the University of Leiden’s Political Science Department. He was a lecturer in international relations, focusing particularly on international security. At the same time he worked as a journalist.
In October 1989 Rob de Wijk was appointed Head of the Defense Concepts Division of the Defense Staff at the Netherlands Ministry of Defense. He advised the Chief of the Defense Staff and the minister of defense in matters relating to strategic plans and policy. At the national level he laid the foundation of the Defense White Paper 1991 and the Defense Priorities Review, published in 1993, as well as other policy guidelines. These white papers contain the plans for the reorganization and the reduction of the Netherlands armed forces and for restructuring them from regular and conscript forces into all-volunteer forces. He was also responsible for the development of strategic management methods at the Ministry of Defense.
In September 1997 he acquired a secondment with the Clingendael Institute for International Relations in The Hague to study security and defense. In 2003 he established the Clingendael Centre for Strategic Studies. Additionally, in 2005 he became the director of the Clingendael Security and Conflict Program. His main fields of expertise are (national and international) security, defense, and terrorism.
FEATURED EVENT
James Steinberg: Foreign Policy Priorities of the Obama Administration
On March 15, Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg delivered remarks at the Atlantic Council, outlining the foreign policy approach the Obama administration has taken since taking office over a year ago.
Estonian President Ilves: The Future of NATO
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves will deliver a major policy address to the Atlantic Council on March 19 as part of the Global Leadership Series.
Conference on U.S. Force Posture in Europe
On March 18, the Atlantic Council will host a conference with senior administration officials, experts, and authoritative Europeans to assess the alternative futures for U.S. force posture in Europe.
U.S.-Iran Relations: Best-Case Scenario
A panel of Iran experts addressed the "best-case scenario" for U.S.-Iran relations at the Atlantic Council. Dr. Kenneth Katzman, a Middle East scholar at the Congressional Research Service, presented his Atlantic Council-commissioned Compendium of Policies, Laws and Regulations that govern U.S. relations with Iran, and the discussion followed.
FEATURED INTERVIEW
Euro Debt Crisis: A Discussion with Currency Strategist Marc Chandler
In his latest New Atlanticist Podcast, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri addresses the Euro debt crisis and the recent hedge fund betting of over $8 billion in short positions against the common EU currency. He talks with Marc Chandler, the Chief Currency Strategist for the investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman and author of Making Sense of the Dollar.
