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The Atlantic Council promotes 1) the constructive exercising of leadership and engagement in international affairs, and 2) the central role of the Atlantic community in meeting global challenges. This Issue Briefs series features materials are either produced or republished by the Council, and which focus on international relations, stability-security cooperation at the regional and international levels, and more.

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Publications:	Russia’s Exotic Nuclear Weapons and Implications for the United States and NATO Democracy under Siege: Advancing Cooperation and Common Values in the Indo-Pacific After Sistani and Khamenei: Looming Successions Will Shape the Middle East The Melians’ Revenge: How Small, Frontline, European States Can Employ Emerging Technology to Defend Against Russia Russia’s Energy Strategy Navigating the Energy Transition: International Oil Company Diversification Strategies How Iran Will Cope with US Sanctions US Policy in Syria: A Seven-Year Reckoning Beyond Security: Stabilization, Governance, and Socioeconomic Challenges in Iraq Supply Chain in the Software Era Toward Effective Air Defense in Northern Europe The Ties That Bind: Germany and the United States in a New Era Using Citizen-Based Observations to Plan for Climate Change: A Look at the United States and Europe The United States´ Climate Change Relocation Plan: What Needs to Happen Now Journey to the West: Chinese Opportunities in European Infrastructure Expansion Transforming India from a Balancing Power to Leading Power Economic Sanctions: Sharpening a Vital Foreign Policy Tool Strengthening the Transatlantic-Pacific Partnership: Key to World Order US Liquefied Natural Gas Exports Outlook Back to the North: The Future of the German Navy in the New European Security Environment Confronting Transatlantic Cybersecurity Challenges in the Internet of Things Political Consensus and the Energy Transition Superpartner: A US Strategy for a Complex World Spotlight France: Europe´s Swing State Turkey´s Nuclear Program: Challenges and Opportunities Eritrea: Coming in from the Cold Broken Embraces: Is Central Europe Falling Out of Love with the West? Towards a More Flexible NATO Nuclear Posture NATO´s New Frontlines: Security and Deterence in the Baltic Sea Region Aftermath of the Arab Spring in North Africa History´s Lessons for Resolving Today´s Middle East Conflicts Precision Fire: A Strategic Assessment of Iran's Conventional Missile Program Enhancing the US-Swedish Defense Relationship: Security and Deterrence in the Baltic Sea Region A NATO Strategy for Security in the Black Sea Region Exploring US Engagement in the Middle East: A Crisis Simulation Water Dispute Escalating between Iran and Afghanistan Updating NATO´s Maritime Strategy Bahrain´s Inconvenient Truths A US Strategy for Building Defense and Deterrence in the Baltic States Will Iran´s Human Rights Record Improve? Nato´s Next Consortium: Maritime Patrol Aircraft Countering Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe: Leveraging US Rotational Forces A Maritime Framework for the Baltic Sea Region What's Left of Europe if the Far Right has its Way Why the Congo Matters Enhanced Defense Cooperation: New Opportunities for US Engagement in the Baltic Sea Region Post-Sanctions Economic Opportunities and Risks in Iran The Renewed Russian Nuclear Threat and NATO Nuclear Deterrence Posture Nigeria's Oil Revenue Crunch Harnessing Communications and Public Diplomacy: Four Rules for Success in Strategy Development Renewable Energy’s Coming of Age: A Disruptive Technology? ISIS War Game III: The Final Phase Nordstream 2: Too Many Obstacles, Legal, Economic, and Political to be Delivered? Foreign Policy for an Urban World: Global Governance and the Rise of Cities Tunisia: The Last Arab Spring Country Afghanistan and US Security Crude Oil for Natural Gas: Prospects for Iran-Saudi Reconciliation The Militarization of Crimea under Russian Occupation Iran Debates its Regional Role Toward a Sustainable Peace in the South China Sea Energy Sanctions and Russia: What Comes Next? Nordic-Baltic Security and the US Role Ukraine: From Evolutionary to Revolutionary Reforms Seizing Local Opportunities in Syria To Vote or Not to Vote: Examining the Disenfranchised in Egypt’s Political Landscape Tunisia: From Elected Government to Effective Governance Beyond Camp David A Transatlantic Approach to Europe’s East: Relaunching the Eastern Partnership Defeating the Jihadists in Syria: Competition before Confrontation Reimagining Pakistan’s Militia Policy Morocco’s Gradual Political and Economic Transition ISIS War Game II: The Escalation Challenge False Dichotomy: Stability versus Reform in the Arab World The Die is Cast: Confronting Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe The Case for a New Federalism in Libya Mitigating the Security Risks Posed by a Near-Nuclear Iran ISIS War Game: The Coming Stalemate A Blueprint for a Comprehensive US Counterterrorism Strategy in Yemen Do Drone Strikes in Yemen Undermine US Security Objectives? Reforming Tunisia’s Troubled Security Sector NATO’s Cyber Capabilities: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Diplomacy for a Diffuse World Investment and Ingenuity Morocco’s Emergence as a Gateway to Business in Africa Why Nuclear Deterrence Still Matters to NATO Losing Syria and Iraq to Jihadists Easing US Sanctions on Iran Inside Libya's Wild West Disrupt or Be Disrupted: How Governments Can Develop Decisive Military Technologies No Arab Spring for Algeria The Challenge of Federalism in Yemen Turkish-Iranian Rapprochement and the Future of European and Asian Energy NATO’s Framework Nations: Capabilities for an Unpredictable World Zooming in on Syria: Adapting US Policy to Local Realities Breaking Taboos: Youth Activism in the Gulf States The Kurdish Question and US-Turkish Relations in a Changing Middle East Europe’s Imperfect Banking Union: Enough to End the Crisis? Georgia's Path to NATO The Economic Consequences of the Arab Spring Getting Democracy Promotion Right in Egypt Negotiating Libya’s Constitution Ten Ideas for Smarter NATO Missile Defense Egypt's Labor Dilemma Building a Better US-Gulf Partnership Cybersecurity and Tailored Deterrence Stability through Change: Toward a New Political Economy in Jordan Iran, Afghanistan, and South Asia: Resolving Regional Sources of Instability Morocco’s Vital Role in Northwest Africa’s Security and Development Rouhani's First One Hundred Days Cross-Border Electricity Exchanges: Bolstering Economic Growth in the South Caucasus and Turkey Global Trends and the Future of NATO A Transatlantic Perspective on Natural Gas Security in Central Asia and Southeastern Europe Universal Data Fusion: Enabling Cost-effective US/Russia/NATO Cooperative Missile Defense Foreign Policy for an Urban World The Israeli Experience in Missile Defense The Libyan Economy after the Revolution Jordan’s Youth: Avenues for Activism Big Data Is Changing Your World - More than You Know Beyond Spillover: Syria’s Role in Lebanon’s Drift Toward Political Violence Syria’s War Threatens Lebanon’s Fragile Economy Electoral Politics Under Tunisia’s New Constitution Rising Robotics and the Third Industrial Revolution A World Run on Algorithms? Iran: How a Third Tier Cyber Power Can Still Threaten the US Mutually Assured Stability: Establishing US-Russia Security Relations for a New Century US-Iran Cultural Engagement Egypt’s Litigious Transition The Political Kaleidoscope Turns Again in Crisis-Challenged Iran: 2013 Elections Post-revolutionary Politics in Libya A Strategy for US Engagement in the Middle East: Contain Threats, Embrace Dignity Does Beijing Have a Strategy? An Economic NATO: A New Alliance for a New Global Order Six Months of Georgian Dreams: The State of Play and Ways Forward Lowering the Price of Russian Gas: A Challenge for European Energy Security Shale Oil and Gas and the Middle East Jordan’s Electoral Environment and Prospects for Change Cyber Conflict and the War Powers Resolution The United States and the Gulf States Lessons from Constitution-Making in Tunesia Naval Future: International Preponderance Through Naval Partnership Conventional Arms Control in Europe and Related Regional Security Concerns Strategic Cyber Early Warning: A Phased Adaptive Approach for NATO An Agenda for NATO-EU-Private Sector Cyber Collaboration Ukraine’s Parliamentary Election 2012: A Critical Moment for Democracy The Business Case for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Encouraging Public-Private Partnerships to Fight Financial Crime France: Back to the Future Economic Policies in Egypt: Populism or Reforms? India’s Water Challenges Water Insecurity: A Threat for Pakistan and India US Policy Shift to Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Driven by Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery Georgia’s Polarized Political Landscape on the Eve of Elections Security Challenges to Libya’s Quest for Democracy When “Not My Problem” Isn’t Enough A New Framework for US-China Economic Relations Beyond the Ballot Box: Egypt’s Constitutional Challenge A Global Industrial Base for 21st Century Security Needs It’s Time to Put the Nuclear Issue Behind Us Change Management and Cultural Transformation in NATO Preparing for Cyber 9/12 The Strategic Rationale for Promoting Transatlantic Values in a Globalized World The Transatlantic Bargain After Rethinking US Relations with a Changing Egypt Iran’s Internal Politics Rethinking the Russia Reset The US Cyber Policy Reboot The United States and the Global Future Beyond Attribution: Seeking National Responsibility for Cyber Attacks NATO’s Cyber Capabilities Kazakhstan and the United States: Twenty Years of Ambiguous Partnership Kazakhstan’s Energy Sector Since Independence The Path Towards Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy Baltic Energy Security: Building a European Energy Future New Solutions to Close the Skills Gap

Publishers:

Atlantic Council

Publications:

Russia’s Exotic Nuclear Weapons and Implications for the United States and NATO
Democracy under Siege: Advancing Cooperation and Common Values in the Indo-Pacific
After Sistani and Khamenei: Looming Successions Will Shape the Middle East
The Melians’ Revenge: How Small, Frontline, European States Can Employ Emerging Technology to Defend Against Russia
Russia’s Energy Strategy
Navigating the Energy Transition: International Oil Company Diversification Strategies
How Iran Will Cope with US Sanctions
US Policy in Syria: A Seven-Year Reckoning
Beyond Security: Stabilization, Governance, and Socioeconomic Challenges in Iraq
Supply Chain in the Software Era
Toward Effective Air Defense in Northern Europe
The Ties That Bind: Germany and the United States in a New Era
Using Citizen-Based Observations to Plan for Climate Change: A Look at the United States and Europe
The United States´ Climate Change Relocation Plan: What Needs to Happen Now
Journey to the West: Chinese Opportunities in European Infrastructure Expansion
Transforming India from a Balancing Power to Leading Power
Economic Sanctions: Sharpening a Vital Foreign Policy Tool
Strengthening the Transatlantic-Pacific Partnership: Key to World Order
US Liquefied Natural Gas Exports Outlook
Back to the North: The Future of the German Navy in the New European Security Environment
Confronting Transatlantic Cybersecurity Challenges in the Internet of Things
Political Consensus and the Energy Transition
Superpartner: A US Strategy for a Complex World
Spotlight France: Europe´s Swing State
Turkey´s Nuclear Program: Challenges and Opportunities
Eritrea: Coming in from the Cold
Broken Embraces: Is Central Europe Falling Out of Love with the West?
Towards a More Flexible NATO Nuclear Posture
NATO´s New Frontlines: Security and Deterence in the Baltic Sea Region
Aftermath of the Arab Spring in North Africa
History´s Lessons for Resolving Today´s Middle East Conflicts
Precision Fire: A Strategic Assessment of Iran's Conventional Missile Program
Enhancing the US-Swedish Defense Relationship: Security and Deterrence in the Baltic Sea Region
A NATO Strategy for Security in the Black Sea Region
Exploring US Engagement in the Middle East: A Crisis Simulation
Water Dispute Escalating between Iran and Afghanistan
Updating NATO´s Maritime Strategy
Bahrain´s Inconvenient Truths
A US Strategy for Building Defense and Deterrence in the Baltic States
Will Iran´s Human Rights Record Improve?
Nato´s Next Consortium: Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Countering Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe: Leveraging US Rotational Forces
A Maritime Framework for the Baltic Sea Region
What's Left of Europe if the Far Right has its Way
Why the Congo Matters
Enhanced Defense Cooperation: New Opportunities for US Engagement in the Baltic Sea Region
Post-Sanctions Economic Opportunities and Risks in Iran
The Renewed Russian Nuclear Threat and NATO Nuclear Deterrence Posture
Nigeria's Oil Revenue Crunch
Harnessing Communications and Public Diplomacy: Four Rules for Success in Strategy Development
Renewable Energy’s Coming of Age: A Disruptive Technology?
ISIS War Game III: The Final Phase
Nordstream 2: Too Many Obstacles, Legal, Economic, and Political to be Delivered?
Foreign Policy for an Urban World: Global Governance and the Rise of Cities
Tunisia: The Last Arab Spring Country
Afghanistan and US Security
Crude Oil for Natural Gas: Prospects for Iran-Saudi Reconciliation
The Militarization of Crimea under Russian Occupation
Iran Debates its Regional Role
Toward a Sustainable Peace in the South China Sea
Energy Sanctions and Russia: What Comes Next?
Nordic-Baltic Security and the US Role
Ukraine: From Evolutionary to Revolutionary Reforms
Seizing Local Opportunities in Syria
To Vote or Not to Vote: Examining the Disenfranchised in Egypt’s Political Landscape
Tunisia: From Elected Government to Effective Governance
Beyond Camp David
A Transatlantic Approach to Europe’s East: Relaunching the Eastern Partnership
Defeating the Jihadists in Syria: Competition before Confrontation
Reimagining Pakistan’s Militia Policy
Morocco’s Gradual Political and Economic Transition
ISIS War Game II: The Escalation Challenge
False Dichotomy: Stability versus Reform in the Arab World
The Die is Cast: Confronting Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe
The Case for a New Federalism in Libya
Mitigating the Security Risks Posed by a Near-Nuclear Iran
ISIS War Game: The Coming Stalemate
A Blueprint for a Comprehensive US Counterterrorism Strategy in Yemen
Do Drone Strikes in Yemen Undermine US Security Objectives?
Reforming Tunisia’s Troubled Security Sector
NATO’s Cyber Capabilities: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Diplomacy for a Diffuse World
Investment and Ingenuity
Morocco’s Emergence as a Gateway to Business in Africa
Why Nuclear Deterrence Still Matters to NATO
Losing Syria and Iraq to Jihadists
Easing US Sanctions on Iran
Inside Libya's Wild West
Disrupt or Be Disrupted: How Governments Can Develop Decisive Military Technologies
No Arab Spring for Algeria
The Challenge of Federalism in Yemen
Turkish-Iranian Rapprochement and the Future of European and Asian Energy
NATO’s Framework Nations: Capabilities for an Unpredictable World
Zooming in on Syria: Adapting US Policy to Local Realities
Breaking Taboos: Youth Activism in the Gulf States
The Kurdish Question and US-Turkish Relations in a Changing Middle East
Europe’s Imperfect Banking Union: Enough to End the Crisis?
Georgia's Path to NATO
The Economic Consequences of the Arab Spring
Getting Democracy Promotion Right in Egypt
Negotiating Libya’s Constitution
Ten Ideas for Smarter NATO Missile Defense
Egypt's Labor Dilemma
Building a Better US-Gulf Partnership
Cybersecurity and Tailored Deterrence
Stability through Change: Toward a New Political Economy in Jordan
Iran, Afghanistan, and South Asia: Resolving Regional Sources of Instability
Morocco’s Vital Role in Northwest Africa’s Security and Development
Rouhani's First One Hundred Days
Cross-Border Electricity Exchanges: Bolstering Economic Growth in the South Caucasus and Turkey
Global Trends and the Future of NATO
A Transatlantic Perspective on Natural Gas Security in Central Asia and Southeastern Europe
Universal Data Fusion: Enabling Cost-effective US/Russia/NATO Cooperative Missile Defense
Foreign Policy for an Urban World
The Israeli Experience in Missile Defense
The Libyan Economy after the Revolution
Jordan’s Youth: Avenues for Activism
Big Data Is Changing Your World - More than You Know
Beyond Spillover: Syria’s Role in Lebanon’s Drift Toward Political Violence
Syria’s War Threatens Lebanon’s Fragile Economy
Electoral Politics Under Tunisia’s New Constitution
Rising Robotics and the Third Industrial Revolution
A World Run on Algorithms?
Iran: How a Third Tier Cyber Power Can Still Threaten the US
Mutually Assured Stability: Establishing US-Russia Security Relations for a New Century
US-Iran Cultural Engagement
Egypt’s Litigious Transition
The Political Kaleidoscope Turns Again in Crisis-Challenged Iran: 2013 Elections
Post-revolutionary Politics in Libya
A Strategy for US Engagement in the Middle East: Contain Threats, Embrace Dignity
Does Beijing Have a Strategy?
An Economic NATO: A New Alliance for a New Global Order
Six Months of Georgian Dreams: The State of Play and Ways Forward
Lowering the Price of Russian Gas: A Challenge for European Energy Security
Shale Oil and Gas and the Middle East
Jordan’s Electoral Environment and Prospects for Change
Cyber Conflict and the War Powers Resolution
The United States and the Gulf States
Lessons from Constitution-Making in Tunesia
Naval Future: International Preponderance Through Naval Partnership
Conventional Arms Control in Europe and Related Regional Security Concerns
Strategic Cyber Early Warning: A Phased Adaptive Approach for NATO
An Agenda for NATO-EU-Private Sector Cyber Collaboration
Ukraine’s Parliamentary Election 2012: A Critical Moment for Democracy
The Business Case for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
Encouraging Public-Private Partnerships to Fight Financial Crime
France: Back to the Future
Economic Policies in Egypt: Populism or Reforms?
India’s Water Challenges
Water Insecurity: A Threat for Pakistan and India
US Policy Shift to Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Driven by Carbon Dioxide Enhanced Oil Recovery
Georgia’s Polarized Political Landscape on the Eve of Elections
Security Challenges to Libya’s Quest for Democracy
When “Not My Problem” Isn’t Enough
A New Framework for US-China Economic Relations
Beyond the Ballot Box: Egypt’s Constitutional Challenge
A Global Industrial Base for 21st Century Security Needs
It’s Time to Put the Nuclear Issue Behind Us
Change Management and Cultural Transformation in NATO
Preparing for Cyber 9/12
The Strategic Rationale for Promoting Transatlantic Values in a Globalized World
The Transatlantic Bargain After
Rethinking US Relations with a Changing Egypt
Iran’s Internal Politics
Rethinking the Russia Reset
The US Cyber Policy Reboot
The United States and the Global Future
Beyond Attribution: Seeking National Responsibility for Cyber Attacks
NATO’s Cyber Capabilities
Kazakhstan and the United States: Twenty Years of Ambiguous Partnership
Kazakhstan’s Energy Sector Since Independence
The Path Towards Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy
Baltic Energy Security: Building a European Energy Future
New Solutions to Close the Skills Gap