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- Post-Summits: Smart Defense
- Post-Summits: New Strategic Concept – NATO 3.0
- Post-Summits: Baltic Nations focused on traditional NATO, wary of Russia
- Afghan Women’s Rights and Education: Back to the Future?
- NATO Chicago Overdosed on Fear
- Baltic caution on Russian overtures
- G8 Agenda in Action
- Op-Ed: G8 and NATO not buddy-buddy with energy security
- Actively disengaged: The story of modern protest
- Food security and the G8: A call for faster action
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The Protests
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- May 20-21 - NATO Summit in Chicago, IL, USA
- May 18-19 - G8 Summit in Camp David in MD, USA
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Posts by Rosa Lin
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Post-Summits: Afghanistan’s Warlords, From Bullets To Ballots
(Jul. 24, 2012)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. Continue reading -
Post-Summits: Smart Defense
(Jul. 24, 2012)BY ELIZABETH BUNN
The Chicago NATO Summit yielded an important, albeit somewhat imprecise, message regarding NATO’s commitment to Smart Defense: In light of economic turmoil, member countries are dedicated to sharing resources and working together to develop capabilities they could not otherwise achieve. Continue reading -
Post-Summits: New Strategic Concept – NATO 3.0
(Jul. 24, 2012)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 transform the future of the alliance. Continue reading -
Post-Summits: A New Frontier for a Tested Relationship
(Jul. 24, 2012)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 Afghanistan to withdraw by 2014 and for long-term military aid in the country through 2024. Continue reading -
Post-Summits: Growth Versus Austerity
(Jul. 24, 2012)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. Continue reading -
Post-Summits: Greece and the EuroZone
(Jul. 24, 2012)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. Continue reading -
Post-Summits: The Impact of French Withdrawal from Afghanistan
(Jul. 24, 2012)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 the withdrawal signals the beginning of a waning alliance by opening doors for other countries to leave early—and in turn, a weakening mission. Continue reading -
Post-Summits: Baltic Nations focused on traditional NATO, wary of Russia
(Jul. 24, 2012)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 the alliance’s traditional raison d’être. Continue reading -
Post-Summits: Afghanistan Transition – The Pakistan Factor
(Jul. 24, 2012)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 address how the transition might work without Pakistan. Continue reading -
Post-Summits: Afghan Women
(Jul. 24, 2012)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 women’s-rights activists. Continue reading
