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 <title>Russia-Ukraine Relations: Historical Battle Lines</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Atlantic Council senior fellow &lt;a title="Bio - Adrian Karatnycky" href="http://www.acus.org/users/adrian-karatnycky"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Adrian Karatnycky&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and Rutgers University Political Science Professor &lt;a title="Bio - Alexander J. Motyl" href="http://www.acus.org/users/alexander-motyl"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alexander J. Motyl&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a contributor to the Council's New Atlanticist blog, co-authored an op-ed entitled &amp;quot;&lt;a title="Historical Battle Lines - Why is Russia afraid of a 300-year-old Ukrainian hero?" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124708161090713405.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Historical Battle Lines: Why is Russia afraid of a 300-year-old Ukrainian hero?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; in the &lt;em&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/highlight/russia-ukraine-relations-historical-battle-lines"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlanticCouncilHighlights/~4/D6yD5gt9mso" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>NATO: Relevant or Relic?</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Atlantic Council &lt;a title="Strategic Advisors Group" href="http://www.acus.org/about/people/strategic-advisors-group"&gt;senior advisor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Bio - Harlan Ullman" href="http://www.acus.org/users/harlan-ullman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Harlan Ullman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; published &amp;quot;NATO: Relevant or Relic?&amp;quot; in the column &lt;a title="NATO - relevant or relic?" href="http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/07/08/Outside-View-NATO-relevant-or-relic/UPI-64651247029200/"&gt;Outside View&lt;/a&gt;, part of &lt;em&gt;UPI&lt;/em&gt;'s Emerging Threats analysis section.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/highlight/nato-relevant-or-relic"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlanticCouncilHighlights/~4/gvTC5lnnB9c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/international-security">International Security</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/nato">NATO</category>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Shuja Nawaz: Congressional Testimony on U.S.-Pakistan Relations</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Bio - Shuja Nawaz" href="http://www.acus.org/users/shuja-nawaz"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shuja Nawaz&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, director of the Atlantic Council's &lt;a title="South Asia Center" href="http://www.acus.org/tags/south-asia"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;South Asia Center&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/highlight/shuja-nawaz-congressional-testimony-us-pakistan-relations"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlanticCouncilHighlights/~4/7-WQ9yNCzSY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Chuck Hagel Appointed to New Defense Policy Board</title>
 <link>http://www.acus.org/highlight/chuck-hagel-appointed-new-defense-policy-board</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;The Atlantic Council congratulates its chairman Senator &lt;a title="Bio - Chuck Hagel" href="http://www.acus.org/users/chuck-hagel"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chuck Hagel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on his recent appointment to the new &lt;a title="Defense Policy Board" href="http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12783"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Defense Policy Board&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, where he joins Atlantic Council &lt;a title="Atlantic Council Board of Directors" href="http://www.acus.org/about/people/board"&gt;Board of Directors&lt;/a&gt; member Henry Kissinger.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/highlight/chuck-hagel-appointed-new-defense-policy-board"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlanticCouncilHighlights/~4/NEI2Xlfe6rk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Nikolas Gvosdev: What the Russians Want</title>
 <link>http://www.acus.org/highlight/nikolas-gvosdev-what-russians-want</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Bio - Nikolas K. Gvosdev" href="http://www.acus.org/users/nikolas-gvosdev"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nikolas K. Gvosdev&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, an Atlantic Council contributing editor and faculty member at the U.S. Naval War College, published an op-ed in the &lt;a title="What the Russians Want" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/opinion/06iht-edgvosdev.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; entitled &amp;quot;What the Russians Want,&amp;quot; where he analyzes recent developments in U.S.-Russia relations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/highlight/nikolas-gvosdev-what-russians-want"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlanticCouncilHighlights/~4/cZjGhBaXPSo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/russia">Russia</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/transatlantic-relations">Transatlantic Relations</category>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Damon Wilson Signs Open Letter to President Obama on Russia</title>
 <link>http://www.acus.org/highlight/damon-wilson-signs-open-letter-president-obama-russia</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Bio - Damon Wilson" href="http://www.acus.org/users/damon-wilson"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Damon Wilson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, director of the International Security Program at the Atlantic Council, signed an open letter urging President Obama to prioritize human rights and democracy on his upcoming visit to Russia.&amp;nbsp; Wilson was joined by 38 other experts in signing the &lt;a title="The Foreign Policy Initiative" href="http://www.foreignpolicyi.org/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Foreign Policy Initiative&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; letter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/highlight/damon-wilson-signs-open-letter-president-obama-russia"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlanticCouncilHighlights/~4/vFse3VvzoUk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/barack-obama">Barack Obama</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/international-security">International Security</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/russia">Russia</category>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Britain's Global Role</title>
 <link>http://www.acus.org/highlight/britains-global-role</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;Atlantic Council &lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/about/people/strategic-advisors-group" title="Strategic Advisors Group"&gt;senior advisor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/users/harlan-ullman" title="Bio - Harlan Ullman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Harlan Ullman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; published &amp;quot;Rule Britannia&amp;quot; in the column &lt;a href="http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/07/01/Outside-View-Rule-Britannia/UPI-49311246462805/" title="Rule Britannia"&gt;Outside View&lt;/a&gt;, part of &lt;em&gt;UPI&lt;/em&gt;'s Emerging Threats analysis section.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/highlight/britains-global-role"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlanticCouncilHighlights/~4/pQjZPnTg4jA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/afghanistan">Afghanistan</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/iran">Iran</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/uk">UK</category>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Bio - David L. Phillips" href="http://www.acus.org/users/david-phillips"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;David L. Phillips&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's &lt;a title="Transatlantic Relations Program" href="http://www.acus.org/tags/transatlantic-relations"&gt;Transatlantic Relations Program&lt;/a&gt;, published an op-ed addressing the strategic partnership between Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan in &lt;a title="Hurriyet Daily News" href="http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/"&gt;Hurriyet&lt;/a&gt;, a Turkish daily.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/highlight/turkey-and-iraqi-kurdistan"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlanticCouncilHighlights/~4/BxWIngfBzbU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/iraq">Iraq</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/kurdistan">Kurdistan</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/transatlantic-relations">Transatlantic Relations</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/turkey">Turkey</category>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:56:45 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Chuck Hagel Delivers Keynote Speech for Angela Merkel</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Atlantic Council chairman and former Senator &lt;a title="Bio - Chuck Hagel" href="http://www.acus.org/users/chuck-hagel"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chuck Hagel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; will deliver the keynote speech at a ceremony in the Library of Congress for German Chancellor &lt;strong&gt;Angela Merkel&lt;/strong&gt;, who will receive the Eric M. Warburg Award from &lt;a title="Atlantik-Brücke" href="http://www.atlantik-bruecke.org/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Atlantik-Br&amp;uuml;cke&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/highlight/chuck-hagel-delivers-keynote-speech-angela-merkel"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlanticCouncilHighlights/~4/tgVD9T8vThE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
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 <title>Changes to the Face of War</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Atlantic Council &lt;a title="Strategic Advisors Group" href="http://www.acus.org/about/people/strategic-advisors-group"&gt;senior advisor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Bio - Harlan Ullman" href="http://www.acus.org/users/harlan-ullman"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Harlan Ullman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; published &amp;quot;Four Revolutions&amp;quot; in the column &lt;a title="Four revolutions" href="http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/06/24/Outside-View-Four-revolutions/UPI-23101245819600/"&gt;Outside View&lt;/a&gt;, part of &lt;em&gt;UPI&lt;/em&gt;'s Emerging Threats analysis section.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acus.org/highlight/changes-face-war"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AtlanticCouncilHighlights/~4/7BkcKDexqBI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/war-theory">War Theory</category>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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