NATO

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With the expansion of the European Union and the rise of transnational threats like terrorism, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) must redefine its security and transatlantic diplomacy role for the 21st century. NATO's takeover of the military presence in Afghanistan is the beginning of a broader international function.

Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (C) arrives to inspect the guard of honor during a ceremony at the prime minister's residence after being sworn-in, in Islamabad (REUTERS/Mian Khursheed).

Opinion

Pakistan, Taliban and the Afghan Quagmire

August 24, 2013, Bruce Riedel

Pakistan and its intelligence service have more influence over the Afghan Taliban than any other country or intelligence organization, writes Bruce Riedel. However, Pakistan's influence is not complete, and whether the country could persuade the Taliban to agree on a political settlement in Afghanistan is unclear at best, Riedel explains.

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Opinion | The Washington Post

Afghan Election Will Be a Bellwether

July 25, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown and Ronald E. Neumann
In the News

NATO has meant that countries, historically, that had been at war have put those animosities aside and committed to mutual security. It means that at least there is one part of the world that the U.S. had to worry about before that it now doesn't have to worry about.
July 2, 2013, Clara M. O'Donnell, Christian Science Monitor
Article | Survival

Crime–War Battlefields

June 6, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown
Paper | Transatlantic Academy

Convergence without Coordination: Why Washington and Brussels Must Work Together in North Africa

June 2013, Ruth H. Santini and Emiliano Alessandri
Report | Center for a New American Security

Toward a Successful Outcome in Afghanistan

May 31, 2013, General John Allen, Michèle Flournoy and Michael E. O'Hanlon
Discussion | The International Institute for Strategic Studies

Next Steps in Nuclear Arms Control

May 15, 2013, Steven Pifer
Opinion | Centre for European Reform

NATO and the Costs of Star Wars

May 1, 2013, Clara M. O'Donnell
Paper Chapter | Natural Resources Defense Council

Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons, Policy and Arms Control: Issues for the United States, NATO and Russia

March 2013, Steven Pifer
Opinion | The Washington Post

A Record Of Progress: How Afghanistan Improved Under Gen. John Allen

February 10, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT

Nuclear Arms Control: Another New START

January 17, 2013, Steven Pifer