ASP – What we are reading

posted by Paul Hamill on December 21, 2011 at 2:33 pm

21 Dec 2011 A Changing NATO for a Changing World John Adams / American Security Project / The Atlantic Twenty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, NATO can point with pride to its history. But can it point with confidence to its future? NATO’s viability in the 21st century depends on applying the…

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ASP – What We Are Reading

posted by Paul Hamill on December 19, 2011 at 3:42 pm

19 Dec 2011 How the Fall of the Soviet Union Changed the News Media  By Carolyn Deady / American Security Project / The Atlantic American TV would never cover breaking news the same way again. International media coverage of the historic events in Moscow on December 25, 1991, was a first for world broadcast news. Earlier…

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The Atlantic – Joshua Foust : No Great Game: The Story of Post-Cold War Powers in Central Asia

posted by Paul Hamill on December 16, 2011 at 3:24 pm

This post is part of a 12-part series exploring how the U.S.-Russia relationship has shaped the world since the December 1991 end of the Soviet Union. Read the full series here. Source: The Atlantic, 16 of Dec /2011 ASP Senior Fellow Joshua Foust is a featured author. The mid-2000s also saw Russia emerge from its slumber. Under Presidents Vladimir Putin…

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The Atlantic – Michael Cohen: Peace In the Post-Cold War World

posted by Paul Hamill on December 15, 2011 at 4:43 pm

This post is part of a 12-part series exploring how the U.S.-Russia relationship has shaped the world since the December 1991 end of the Soviet Union. Read the full series here. Source: The Atlantic,  15 Dec, 2011 ASP Senior Fellow Michael Cohen is a featured author. Twenty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the world is a freer…

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Hearts and Minds: Al-Qaeda’s Visit to Somalia

posted by Lara Getz on December 12, 2011 at 1:42 pm

Al-Qaeda’s recent appearance at the Ala-Yasir refugee camp in southern Somalia was certainly unexpected. While the camp is located in the large expanse of territory controlled by al-Shabaab, a militant group associated with al-Qaeda, this was not only the first time the organization had spoken publicly in Somalia, but that it had distributed aid in…

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ASP Podcast: the Future of Afghanistan

posted by Paul Hamill on December 9, 2011 at 11:21 am

A panel of experts discuss the recent Bonn Conference and the further of Afghanistan; later in the program there is a discussion on next generation energy

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