Atlantic Council

Former National Security Advisor Jim Jones says tackling the "real 21st century challenge" of maritime security and political instability in West Africa is "something we must do" as well as something we should do.  He called on the United States and its NATO Allies to work together on these issues "Not only to make Africa a better place but, in so doing, to make the world a safer place."

The United States and our transatlantic partners are rightly working together to address the very real problems off the coast of East Africa. But it’s time for us to start paying more attention to West Africa, which is on the verge of catastrophe that would have far more negative impact our our interests. 

Having worked to convince NATO allies to stay committed in Afghanistan, President Obama now returns home, where questions about America's role in the world may be growing in the wake of this month's mid-term elections.  

As the storm clouds deepen over the euro, I have spent some time in Germany in the last few days speaking to German politicians and officials who played a significant role in bringing in the single currency.

The latest WikiLeaks document dump by five Western newspapers — this time, victimizing the State Department  — will start some uncomfortable conversations among America's friends.  It will also force further evaluation about how we handle our internal business.

NATO's Lisbon Summit did not satisfy everyone, but it was, by most measures, a successful summit. NATO leaders produced a Strategic Concept that reasserted NATO's core Article 5 vocation, while offering an ambitious vision of the alliance's role in tackling the global challenges of the 21st century.

In the latest installment of the New Atlanticist Podcast Series Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri interviews Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's Ambassador to NATO.

No smoking gun cleanly identifies the author of Stuxnet but three broad streams of evidence suggest it is unlikely to be the usual suspects of Israel, the US, or China.

Quoted before in this column was President John F. Kennedy's dark joke that the only thing worse than being an enemy of the United States was being an ally. In the shadow of the NATO heads of state summit that concluded last weekend in Lisbon, Portugal, Kennedy's remark was turned on its head.

President Barack Obama must have left India an extremely satisfied man. When he arrived, the civilian nuclear deal announced by George Bush and the gushing warmth of Bill Clinton set high water marks for him to surpass.