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Thomas Carothers: The US needs to recover the international legitimacy it has lost and continue promoting democracy. Yet an exclusive and excluding League of Democracies would be an ineffective tool. Indeed, too many democratic governments are unwilling to follow the US and challenge national sovereignty in the name of democracy.
A puzzle of globalization is that despite the
astonishing growth in communication and information flows, Washington lives in a bubble, seeing the
world through its own lens, being surprised and disappointed again and again
when the world does not conform to US expectations. President Bush's foreign policy is a study in
the bubble approach, marked by the constant unsuccessful projection of ideas
made in the USA
onto unruly foreign ...More
From the Editorial Team: Atlantic Community offers a chance for members to influence real politics. In preparation for Chancellor Merkel’s visit to Ukraine on July 21st, 2008, we are preparing an Atlantic Memo which will be send to members of parliament prior to Merkel’s departure.
A draft of this document is published here in order to give all readers a last chance to comment with their ideas or to make corrections/amendments if they have already contributed. Please leave a comment so that we can incorporate your view into this crucial Atlantic Memo.
Atlantic Memo 6: Ukraine's Western Integration Should Be a Slow Process
The members of the Atlantic Community believe that Ukraine belongs to Europe. Ukraine needs ...More
Fabian Martin Lieschke: NATO’s nuclear posture is dated and needs to be reconsidered during next year’s review. If NATO withdraws sub-strategic nuclear weapons from Europe it can pursue a leverage strategy to persuade Russia to also eliminate its tactical nuclear weapons.
A debate over the role of nuclear weapons in NATO is overdue. The recurrent controversy over nuclear weapons in Germany may help to boost change in NATO’s Strategic Concept. To make a meaningful contribution though, German politicians need to be constructive.
A recent report by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) points to security deficiencies at nuclear weapon sites in Europe and gives German politicians an opportunity to direct ...More
Stephanie von Hayek:: Although the Lisbon Treaty is a step forward for a Europe of the citizens, the Irish said no. And it is understandable they did. There is a lack of transparency and political dialogue within the EU which needs to be filled in by politicians on all levels.
The
Lisbon Treaty is clearly a step forward for a Europe
of the citizens. The subsidiarity principle will give national and regional
parliaments a say in European decision-making, the citizenship initiative will
empower citizens, budgetary power will democratize the European Parliament. The
Treaty of Lisbon is much more democratic than its previous treaties. Still the
Irish do not want it, and put up for referendum in other European countries, it
would ...More
Hall Gardner: NATO’s Bucharest Summit in April 2008 did not fully address the question of how to create a viable system of security for the volatile region of eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. As eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus are all riddled with secessionist and irredentist movements since Soviet collapse, it will require concerted US, EU, and Russian attention if a major crisis is to be averted.
In many ways, despite the Summit’s decision to postpone discussion of full NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia, the uncoordinated NATO and EU enlargement into former Soviet strategic-economic space has aggravated relations with Russia and its major allies in the region, Belarus and Serbia; NATO-EU enlargement has also complicated Russian-Ukrainian relations. While Belarus has sought union with Moscow, Ukraine has sought ...More
Dawid Sebastian Bunikowski:: The Treaty on a Constitution for Europe in a version presented by d’Estaing is not only a result of a legal and institutional aspect of deeper European integration but also a result of an axiological compromise.
After the Second World War, the process of economic integration, development of peace and wide social-economic integration between states and societies of European Communities have brought the need for seeking a common foundation of the European axiology.
If Europe wants to be the main and real actor in the world politics, it is necessary to understand what is the foundation of our culture and what role in the world Europe wants ...More
Sonja Davidovic: Instead of continuously debating, negotiating and making plans for reconfiguration, the international community should help the Serbian and Kosovar governments find ways to strengthen cross-border trade and regional business activities.
Following Kosovo's declaration of independence in February of this year, the country's new constitution came into force on June 15, 2008. Kosovo's President Fatmir Sejdiu lauded the "historic" launching of the document. Yet the realities on the ground reveal the country faces considerable challenges.
The starting point is a seemingly irreconcilable division between the Albanian and Serbian population in Kosovo. The two communities exist in separate ...More
Daniel Möckli:: Switzerland pursues an ambitious Middle East policy that differs from US and EU polices in major ways. This has given rise to controversies lately. There are good reasons for the Swiss to pursue a conflict resolution strategy based on mediation and dialog with Iran and militant Islamist organization
From the Editorial Team: On July 5th, Berlin celebrates Independence Day and the return of the American Embassy to the famous Pariser Platz with the grand Amerikafest 2008. This is your chance to meet the Atlantic Community editorial team face to face and find out more about our commitment to transatlantic exchange!
This year's Fourth of July in Berlin will be marked by the opening of the new US Embassy to Germany. After nearly a century of tormented history, the significance of the new building at the heart of the city at the Brandenburg Gate - a location that was chosen unde
r Roosevelt in 1930 - can hardly be overstated.
According to the the United States Diplomatic Mission to Germany "the decision of the State Department to return to the ...More
From the Editorial Team: The 2008 RIAS New Media Prize was awarded to Dr. Johannes Bohnen and Jan-Friedrich Kallmorgen for publishing the online think tank atlantic-community.org.
Founded just over a year ago, atlantic-community.org has already won its first international prize. The RIAS Berlin Commission awarded the New Media Prize to the publishers of the Atlantic Community, and praised it as a "platform for convening transatlantic exchange, possible only with the availability of the internet."
The RIAS Berlin Commission rewards "radio, TV and internet productions which made special contributions to the mutual ...More
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