Post-Summits: Afghan Women
BY YUE WANG The fragile situation of women in Afghanistan is likely to aggravate dramatically after NATO’s troop withdrawal by the end of 2014, say experts on the volatile region, in addition to...
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Post-Summits: Afghanistan Transition – The Pakistan Factor
BY KELLY GUSTAFSON One of the central achievements of the NATO summit in Chicago in May was a timetable for transitioning troops out of Afghanistan, but President Obama and other leaders failed to...
View ArticlePost-Summits: Baltic Nations focused on traditional NATO, wary of Russia
BY BLAKE WILLIAMS The 2012 NATO Summit focused on looking-forward concepts such as the “smart-defense initiative” and unconventional and technological threats, but the Baltic nations remain focused on...
View ArticlePost-Summits: The Impact of French Withdrawal from Afghanistan
BY SERENA DAI When French President Françoise Hollande announced a withdrawal of French combat troops from Afghanistan, NATO officials expressed respect for Hollande’s decision. But some experts fear...
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Post-Summits: Greece and the EuroZone
BY PREETI UPADHYAYA In the saga of the financial crisis crippling the Eurozone, it is fitting that Greece has been the currency union’s Achilles Heel. The country is running on fumes. Under a...
View ArticlePost-Summits: Growth Versus Austerity
BY KIMBERLY ELSHAM, RACHEL LANDEN AND PREETI UPADHYAYA Americans know as well as anyone how politics can get in the way of progress. For the Eurozone, it’s same song, different verse. At a meeting of...
View ArticlePost-Summits: A New Frontier for a Tested Relationship
BY KRISTIN KEITH With the strategic partnership agreement confirmed in Chicago at the May NATO summit, President Hamid Karzai and President Barack Obama committed to a plan for NATO troops in...
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Post-Summits: New Strategic Concept – NATO 3.0
BY ALI DURKIN Leaders of the 28 NATO member countries viewed the 2012 Chicago Summit as an opportunity to put into action plans outlined in the New Strategic Concept of 2010 designed to shape and...
View ArticlePost-Summits: Smart Defense
BY ELIZABETH BUNN “The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all … if such an armed attack occurs, each of...
View ArticlePost-Summits: Afghanistan’s Warlords, From Bullets To Ballots
BY ARTHUR TOUCHOT In 2001, the United Stated and its allies invaded Afghanistan with a simple mission: Replace the country’s rule of violence with a government capable of rule of law. However, more...
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