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Aug 2011

Energy in Food

Boyko Nitzov
Atlantic Council

How much energy does it take to put a meal on a plate? Here’s the best answer that I’ve come up with so far: it takes about the equivalent of one third pound of oil to produce, harvest, process, trans...

Aug 2011

Future Options for NATO Nuclear Policy

Jeffrey A Larsen
Atlantic Council

NATO released a new Strategic Concept in November 2010 that maintained its traditional call for continued reliance on nuclear weapons as the ultimate guarantor of its security. But finalizing that do...

Aug 2011

On Cyber Peace

Les Bloom, John E Savage
Atlantic Council

The best deterrence to cyber conflict is to aggressively pursue national and international risk mitigation at the same time that we explore a full-spectrum of cyber capabilities. Nations should strive...

Aug 2011

Pursuing Cyber Statecraft

Jason Healey
Atlantic Council

The concept of “cyber statecraft” has not yet been thought of as a strategic approach to securing the cyber domain, but will prove to be decidedly valuable in addressing cyber concerns in the future. ...

Jul 2011

Egypt's Democratic Transition

Legatum Institute, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Atlantic Council
Atlantic Council

In this report the authors considers many of the challenges that the new Egypt is confronted with as it seeks to build a democratic future. The report specifically focuses on the economy and the quest...

Jun 2011

Increasing Outreach, Public Understanding and Support for NATO across the Transatlantic Community

Kurt Volker
Atlantic Council

In this paper, the author argues that fixing NATO’s public support problem requires the personal commitment of allied leaders, tough decisions on resources, capabilities, and operations in order to re...

Jun 2011

European Unconventional Gas Developments

Jim Bolander, Lena Kolarska'Bobinska, Mark Boling, Sally Kornfield, Nick Douglas, Chitra Kumar, Malcolm Fergusson, Vello Kuuskraa, David Goldwyn, Richard Lawson, Heinz Hilbrecht, John Lyman, Chris Hopkins, Amy Mall, Brian Horsfield, Mike Moore, Valerie Jochen, Brenda Pierce, William Ramsay, Scott Kell, Michele Rivasi, Michael Schaal, Michael Schuetz, Kate Sinding, Stephan Singer, Mike Smith, Klaus Sontgerath, Michael Sullivan, Mihai Tomescu, Marta Wagrodza
Atlantic Council

In Europe, national perceptions of the economic and energy security benefits to be derived from unconventional gas development vary greatly between the Member States. This paper finds that some countr...

Jun 2011

Iran Sanctions: Preferable to War but No Silver Bullet

Barbara Slavin
Atlantic Council

This brief will outline the penalties imposed on Iran by the US as a result of its nuclear program, its support for organizations the US government has designated as terrorist, and its human rights ab...

Jun 2011

Nuclear Issues for NATO After the Strategic Concept

Walt Slocombe
Atlantic Council

The Strategic Concept adopted at the Lisbon Summit in November 2010 includes a number of propositions that define NATO’s future nuclear policy which, explicitly or otherwise, serve to highlight the q...

Jun 2011

Mapping the Economic and Financial Future

Neelie Kroes, Josef Ackermann, Youssef Boutros Ghali, Charles McCreevy, Timothy Adams, Nancy Birdsall, Robert Zoellick, Christine Lagarde, Gary Gensler, Christopher Dodd, Leszek Balcerowicz, Michel Barnier
Atlantic Council

This report summarizes two years’ worth of discussions from the Atlantic Council’s “Mapping the Economic and Financial Future” speakers’ forum, an initiative to help build the intellectual foundation ...

Jun 2011

US European Command and NATO’S Strategic Concept

Harlan Ullman
Atlantic Council

Regardless of how the conflict in Afghanistan is resolved, one consequence will be to increase the importance of US European Command (EUCOM) both in Europe and for the entire transatlantic community....

Jun 2011

EUCOM and NATO-EU Relations After the Lisbon Summit

Leo Michel
Atlantic Council

This paper outlines two proposals for EUCOM’s consideration: establishing a structured program of US military “embeds” in certain allied and partner defense institutions; and promoting a “proof of con...

Jun 2011

EUCOM’s Future Force Structure

Kori Schake
Atlantic Council

The study assesses how the NATO Strategic Concept and other initiatives launched at the November 2010 NATO Lisbon summit might affect the United States European Command (EUCOM) and its future. The aut...

4 Mar 2011

Turkey’s Three Transformations

Ross Wilson
Atlantic Council

This paper argues that while the ultimate destination of the changes that Turkey is embarked upon is not clear, the United States and Europe should maintain close relations with Ankara and ensure that...

Mar 2011

´Strategically Lonely´ Iran Exploits Opportunities for Regional Influence

Barbara Slavin
Atlantic Council

This brief outlines Iran's relations with Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Arab nations across the Persian Gulf, and discusses the impact of unsettled Arab politics on Iran.

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