Content Type: Working Paper / Publishing Institution: Atlantic Council

Author:: Hans Binnendijk, Julianne Smith, Daniel Hamilton, Charles Barry, Stephen Flanagan, and James Townsend
Publication Date:: 01-2009
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: We have an open but fleeting moment to forge a more effective Atlantic partnership. We must seize it now. European and North American allies have allowed their relations to become discordant, yet the times demand vigor and unity. Courageous decisions need to be taken to breathe new life and relevance into the Atlantic partnership, which must be recast to tackle a diverse range of serious challenges at home and abroad.
Topic:: International Cooperation, Border Control, and Reform
Political Geography:: Europe, North America, and Atlantic Ocean

Author:: Franklin Kramer and John Lyman
Publication Date:: 03-2009
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: The world is energy short and carbon long. This report focuses on that juxtaposition and the means to achieve energy security in a world concerned over climate change and maintaining economic growth. The provision of a sustainable energy future will require a dramatic transformation of the world's energy supplies and consumption patterns. The current global financial crisis and accompanying economic downturn has made meeting this challenge significantly more difficult. Despite the current softening of energy demand, the world is facing a long-term tightening of conventional energy supplies and a need to address increasing environmental concerns that will require international cooperation on an unprecedented scale.
Topic:: Climate Change, Economics, Energy Policy, and International Security

Author:: Ashraf Ghani
Publication Date:: 04-2009
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: Describing the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan as increasingly perilous, President Obama has committed his administration to enhancing the military, governance, and economic capacity of the two countries. On March 27, 2009, he announced plans to launch a new strategy in the region: To succeed, we and our friends and allies must reverse the Taliban's gains and promote a more capable and accountable Afghan government. . . . Afghanistan has an elected government, but it is undermined by corruption and has difficulty delivering basic services to its people. The economy is undercut by a booming narcotics trade that encourages criminality and funds the insurgency. The people of Afghanistan seek the promise of a better future. Yet once again, they have seen the hope of a new day darkened by violence and uncertainty.
Topic:: Foreign Policy, Development, Economics, Military Strategy, and Governance
Political Geography:: Pakistan and Afghanistan

Author:: John R. Lyman
Publication Date:: 07-2009
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: In 2007, the Atlantic Council of the United States (the Council) partnered with the U.S./China Energy and Environment Technology Center (EETC) at Tsinghua and Tulane Universities to hold a series of dialogues to foster cooperation between the United States and China on developing secure and sustainable energy supplies. Over the past several years, the Council and EETC have invited key organizations, experts from industry and government, and representatives from relevant United States (U.S.) and Chinese government agencies to become directly involved in several meetings designed to identify concrete recommendations for increasing official governmental and industry cooperation.
Topic:: Security, Foreign Policy, Climate Change, Diplomacy, Energy Policy, Bilateral Relations, and Nuclear Power
Political Geography:: United States, China, and Asia

Author:: Alexei Monsarrat and Kiron K. Skinne
Publication Date:: 09-2009
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: This statement, delivered by Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke in the understated manner of a central banker, was made nearly a year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers—the event that tipped the global financial system into full crisis. Bernanke's message starkly reveals the scope of the challenge facing the stewards of the global economy.
Topic:: Economics, International Cooperation, International Trade and Finance, and Financial Crisis

Author:: Annette Heuser and Frances Burwell
Publication Date:: 10-2009
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: This memo is a joint effort of the Bertelsmann Foundation and the Atlantic Council and is intended as a contribution to advancing the integration of the trans‐Atlantic economy. This project was conceived as a blueprint for the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) on the occasion of the October meeting.
Topic:: International Relations, Climate Change, Economics, International Cooperation, and International Trade and Finance

Author:: Patrick Degategno and Joseph Snyder
Publication Date:: 03-2008
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: The Atlantic Council of the United States published a report entitled A Framework for Peace and Security in Korea and Northeast Asia in April 2007. The report was the culmination of deliberations of a working group of distinguis hed American scholars and practitioners with a wide range of experience on Korea and Northeast Asia and chaired by Ambassador James Goodby and General Jack Merritt. It laid out a program for resolving the North Korean nuclear issue as part of a comprehensive s ettlement of a range of fundamental security, political and economic issues on the Korean peni nsula. The working group first met in June 2006, shortly before the North Koreans test fire d a series of missiles and about three months prior to the time Pyongyang exploded its firs t, and so far only, nuclear weapon on October 9. At the time the project began, the Six-P arty talks were suspended and prospects for a peaceful solution to the North Korean nuclear issue looked dim.
Topic:: Security, Economics, Nuclear Weapons, and Authoritarianism
Political Geography:: United States, Asia, North Korea, and Korea

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