Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

Atlantic Council of the United States

The Atlantic Council promotes constructive U.S. leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the central role of the Atlantic community in meeting the international challenges of the 21st century.

The Council embodies a nonpartisan network of leaders who aim to bring ideas to power and to give power to ideas by: stimulating dialogue and discussion about critical international issues with a view to enriching public debate and promoting consensus on appropriate responses in the Administration, the Congress, the corporate and nonprofit sectors, and the media in the United States and among leaders in Europe, Asia and the Americas; conducting educational and exchange programs for successor generations of U.S. leaders so that they will come to value U.S. international engagement and have the knowledge and understanding necessary to develop effective policies.

Accomplishments

Through its diverse networks, the Council builds broad constituencies to support constructive U.S. international leadership and policies. By focusing on critical issues, choices can be illuminated, priorities established, and possibilities for consensus explored. Important contributions by the Council include:

identifying and shaping responses to major issues facing the future of the Atlantic Alliance and transatlantic relations;
building consensus on U.S. policy towards Russia, China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan;
promoting balanced responses to growing energy needs and environmental protection;
drafting roadmaps for U.S. policy towards the Balkans, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Libya, and Panama;
engaging university students from across the Euro-Atlantic area in the process of nato transformation and enlargement.

In all its programs, the Council seeks to integrate the views of knowledgeable individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, interests and experience.

Policy Briefs

Title: Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World
Date: November 2008

Title: Post-Conflict Georgia
Authors: David L. Phillips
Date: September 2008

Title: Restoring Georgia's Sovereignty in Abkhazia
Authors: David L. Phillips
Date: July 2008

Title: U.S.-China Cooperation on Clean and Efficient Transportation
Date: May 2008

Title: Saving Afghanistan: An Appeal and Plan for Urgent Action
Date: January 2008

Title: Enhancing Democracy Assistance
Authors: LINCOLN A. MITCHELL, David L. Phillips
Date: January 2008

Title: Cyber Attack: Risk Management Primer for CEOs
Date: December 2007

Title: A Road Map for Restructuring U.S. Relations with Cuba
Date: December 2007

Title: Corruption, Democracy, and Investment in Ukraine
Authors: Jan Neutze, Adrian Karatnycky
Date: October 2007

Title: Independent Commision on the Security Forces of Iraq
Authors: Jones James
Date: September 2007

Title: U.S.-China Energy Security Cooperation Dialogue Report
Date: June 2007

Title: Law & the Lone Superpower: Rebuilding a Transatlantic Consensus on International Law
Authors: William H. Taft IV, Frances G. Burwell
Date: April 2007

Title: Korea and Northeast Asia Peace and Security Framework
Authors: James Goodby, Jack N. Merritt
Date: April 2007

Title: A Marshall Plan for Energy, Water and Agriculture in Developing Countries
Authors: Richard L. Lawson, John R. Lyman
Date: April 2007

Title: North Korean Relations: U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations
Authors: Kenneth Katzman
Date: March 2007

Title: Can German Locomotive Drive the European Economy?
Authors: Frances G. Burwell, Jan Neutze
Date: March 2007

Title: Transatlantic Transformation: Building a NATO-EU Security Architecture
Authors: Frances G. Burwell, David C. Gompert, Leslie S. Lebl, Jan M. Lodal, Walter B. Slocombe
Date: March 2006

Title: Taiwan In Search of a Strategic Consensus
Authors: Jonathan Adams, Banning Garrett, Franklin Kramer
Date: March 2006

Title: Libya and the United States: The Next Steps
Authors: Ronald Bruce St. Jon
Date: March 2006

Title: Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic Ambitions: Building an Effective Policy Coordination Process
Authors: F. Stephen Larrabee, Jan Neutze, Steven Pifer, Jeffrey Simon
Date: February 2006

Title: What Could Go Wrong?
Authors: Harry Harding
Date: January 2006

Title: Comments on China as a Regional Player
Authors: Edward J. Lincoln
Date: January 2006

Title: China Succeeding Beyond Expectations
Authors: Albert Kiedel
Date: January 2006

Title: The Future of NATO-Russia Relations: Or, How to Dance With a Bear and Not Get Mauled
Authors: Lt. Colonel Gordon B. Hendrickson
Date: December 2005

Title: Hu Jintao's Outbox
Authors: Joseph Fewsmith
Date: December 2005

Title: China as Producer: Chinese Industry After 25 Years of Reform
Authors: Thomas Rawski
Date: December 2005

Title: China as Employer and Consumer: Economic Outlook for the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010)
Authors: Arthur R. Kroeber
Date: December 2005

Title: China as Consumer
Authors: Kenneth Lieberthal
Date: December 2005

Title: China and the World Economy Workshop. Conference Summary
Authors: Robert Kapp
Date: December 2005

Title: The Inevitable Peaking of World Oil Production
Authors: Robert L. Hirsch
Date: October 2005

Title: Security Cooperation and Non-State Threats: A Call for an Integrated Strategy
Authors: Albert Zaccor
Date: August 2005

Title: Germany and the Future of the Transatlantic Economy
Authors: Jan Neutze, Philipa Tucker
Date: August 2005

Title: Topics in Terrorism: Toward a Transatlantic Consensus on the Nature of the Threat
Authors: Jason S. Purcell (ed), Joshua D. Weintraub (ed)
Date: July 2005

Title: Global Futures and Implications for U.S. Basing
Authors: Franklin D. Kramer, C. Richard Nelson
Date: June 2005

Title: The New Partnership: Building Russia-West Cooperation on Strategic Challenges
Authors: Frances G. Burwell
Date: April 2005

Title: A Marshall Plan For Energy And Water Supply In Developing Countries
Authors: Donald L. Guertin, Richard L. Lawson, John R. Lyman
Date: March 2005

Title: Re-Engaging Russia: The Case for a Joint U.S.-EU Effort
Authors: Frances G. Burwell
Date: February 2005

Title: The Post 9/11 Partnership: Transatlantic Cooperation Against Terrorism
Authors: David L. Aaron, Anna M. Beauchesne, Frances G. Burwell, C. Richard Nelson, K. Jack Riley, Brian Zimmer
Date: December 2004

Title: The Transatlantic Economy in 2020: A Partnership for the Future?
Authors: Frances G. Burwell, W. Bowman Cutter, Peter S. Rashish, Paula Stern
Date: November 2004

Title: Partners in Frustration: Europe, the United States and the Broader Middle East
Authors: William Drozdiak, Geoffrey Kemp, Flynt L. Leverett, Christopher J. Makins, Bruce Stokes
Date: September 2004

Title: Turkey at the Threshold: Europe's Decision and U.S. Interests
Authors: Morton I. Abramowitz, Donald K. Bandler, Richard R. Burt, Frances G. Burwell, William Drozdiak, Eric Melby
Date: August 2004

Title: NATO's Role in Confronting International Terrorism
Authors: Richard A. Clarke, Barry R. McCaffrey, C. Richard Nelson
Date: June 2004

Title: NATO Transformation: Problems and Prospects
Authors: Arthur K. Cebrowski, Andrew J. Goodpaster, Jacques Lanxade, Michel Maisonneuve, Montgomery C. Meigs, C. Richard Nelson, Jason S. Purcell
Date: April 2004

Title: Do Economic Sanctions Work? Lessons from ILSA & Other Sanctions Regimes
Authors: Stuart E. Eizenstat
Date: April 2004

Title: Clean Air for Asia - China - India - Japan - United States Cooperation to Reduce Air Pollution in China and India
Authors: Tarun Das, Shinji Fukukawa, Donald L. Guertin, Yang Jike, Richard L. Lawson, John R. Lyman
Date: July 2003

Title: Missile Defense in Asia
Authors: Michael P.C. Carns, Jacques S. Gansler, C. Richard Nelson, Walter B. Slocombe
Date: June 2003

Title: U.S. - Libyan Relations: Toward Cautious Reengagement
Authors: Chester A. Crocker, C. Richard Nelson
Date: April 2003

Title: Winning the Peace: Managing a Successful Transition in Iraq
Authors: Richard Murphy
Date: February 2003

Title: Risk and Reward: U.S. - E.U. Regulatory Cooperation on Food Safety and the Environment
Authors: David L. Aaron, C. Boyden Gray
Date: November 2002

Title: The Twain Shall Meet: The Prospect for Russia - West Relations
Authors: Christoph Bertram, Charles Grant, Christopher J. Makins, Robert Nurick, Sergey Rogov
Date: September 2002

Title: Staying the Course: Limitations in U.S. -China Relations
Authors: Gen. Jack N. Merritt
Date: September 2002

Title: New Capabilities: Transforming NATO Forces
Authors: Robert Hunter, George Joulwan, C. Richard Nelson
Date: September 2002

Title: Elusive Partnership: U.S. and European Policies in the Near East and the Gulf
Authors: Marc C. Ginsburg, Rita Hauser, Geoffrey Kemp, Craig Kennedy, Christopher J. Makins, James Steinberg, J. Robinson West
Date: September 2002

Title: New Frontiers for U.S. - Japan Security Relations
Authors: L. Gordon Flake, Christopher J. Makins, Akio Watanabe
Date: February 2002

Title: Managing Proliferation Issues with Iran
Authors: C. Richard Nelson, David H. Saltiel
Date: January 2002

Title: The Bulgarian Defense Industry
Authors: Jeffrey P. Bialos, Curtis M. Coward
Date: July 2001

Title: Thinking Beyond the Stalemate in U.S. - Iranian Relations, Volume I - Policy Review
Authors: Chas W. Freeman Jr., Lee H. Hamilton, Eliane L. Morton, C. Richard Nelson, Siddarth Roscoe, Brent Scowcroft, James Shlesinger
Date: May 2001

Title: Permanent Alliance? NATO's Prague Summit and Beyond
Authors: Wesley K. Clark, Max Cleland, Chas W. Freeman Jr., Robert L. Hutchings, C. Richard Nelson, Gordon Smith
Date: May 2001

Title: Changing Terms of Trade: Managing the New Transatlantic Economy
Authors: David L. Aaron, Donald L. Guertin, John D. Macomber, Peter W. Smith
Date: April 2001

Title: Strategic Assessment of Central Eurasia
Authors: Charles Fairbanks, C. Richard Nelson, S. Frederick Starr, Kenneth Weisbrode
Date: January 2001

Title: U.S. - Japan Energy Cooperation to Help Achieve Sustainable Energy Development in Asia
Authors: Shinji Fukukawa, Donald L. Guertin, Richard L. Lawson, Kazuo Shimoda
Date: November 2000

Title: European Views of National Missile Defense
Authors: Stephen Cambone, Ivo Daalder, Stephen J. Hadley, Christopher J. Makins
Date: September 2000

Title: Panama Canal Transition: The Final Implementation
Authors: Jr. Gillespie, Brandon Grove Jr., David E. McGiffert, C. Richard Nelson
Date: July 1999

Title: Beyond Kosovo: A Regional Approach to the Balkans
Authors: Roger Kirk, John Lampe, Louis Sell, Jack M. Seymour Jr.
Date: June 1999

Title: Building an Asia-Pacific Security Community: The Role of Nuclear Weapons
Authors: W. Neal Anderson, James E. Goodby, Tomohide Murai, C. Richard Nelson, Shinichi Ogawa, Tomohisha Sakanaka
Date: May 1999

Title: An Appropriate Role for Nuclear Power in Meeting Global Energy Needs
Authors: Richard E. Balzhiser, William J. Dirks, Joy C. Dunkerley, Christian Gobert, Donald L. Guertin, Stephen P. Pettibone
Date: February 1999

Title: Third Party Arms Transfers: Requirements for the 21st Century
Authors: John D. Macomber, Charles McC. Mathias
Date: October 1998