CTR NEWS: WIDER EUROPE What does Putin's strategy on Kosovo mean for wider Europe? See the analysis by Vladimir Socor, courtesy of the Jamestown Foundation, here.FRIENDS OF BELARUS Belarus will hold elections in March; can they be free and fair? Click here for background Responding to Lukashenka -- EU officials told a congressional hearing Feb. 1 that the US and EU must unite to respond to developments in Belarus before, during and after the March 19 elections. Click here for more. Transatlantic Market In Services The EU's Austrian Presidency, the European Commission and the European Parliament all agree that the Directive advancing a single European market in services will be a key issue this year. What would be the impact? What about a transatlantic market in services? Click here for analysis by CTR Director Dan Hamilton and Fellow Joe Quinlan. Does NATO have a future?
Julian Lindley-French thinks so — if the Alliance is prepared to tackle some big challenges. See his piece Big World, Big Future, Big NATO here. Borderland--Ukraine and the Rebirth of Democracy--February 9
This documentary explores the events of the Orange Revolution through the voices of six Ukrainians. By exploring the experiences – before, during and after – of six participants in Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, this film poses two important questions: what does it mean to be a People? What does it mean to be free? Click here for more information. NEW BOOK: How do Americans and Europeans approach homeland security? How can they work together? A new CTR book, Transforming Homeland Security: US and European Approaches, examines these issues.Click here for more information. New Publication CTR has just released its annual survey of jobs, trade and investment flows across the Atlantic. The Transatlantic Economy 2005 provides the most updated information available for European-sourced jobs, trade and investment with each of the 50 U.S. States, and American-sourced jobs, trade and invesment with 27 different European economies. Available through Brookings Institution Bookstore. Back in the USA: 2006 promises to be a major year for transatlantic commerce. European investors are returning to the US in a big way, shopping for deals, says CTR Fellow Joe Quinlan. For Joe's analysis, ClickHere.
How would Bioterrorism Challenge the Nations of the Atlantic Alliance?
Click Here for an article by CTR Director Dan Hamilton and Brad Smith of the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. International Dimensions of Homeland Security Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff has awarded a consortium headed by Johns Hopkins to be the nation's new National Center of Excellence in Homeland Security. The Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins SAIS was part of the team developing this new effort, and will lead on international policy dimensions of the Center's efforts. For further information Click Here.
Dr. Esther Brimmer on Secretary of State Rice BBC World television news interviewed CTR deputy director Esther Brimmer about Sec. Rice's trip to Europe and American anti-terrorism efforts on December 6. New Book: Transatlantic Homeland Security?
How can the U.S. and its European allies work together effectively on homeland security? In Transatlantic Homeland Security: Protecting Society in the Age of Catastrophic Terrorism, a new book by CTR Director Dan Hamilton and Fellow Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen now available from Routledge, a team of experienced European and American scholars and practitioners offer analysis and prescription for closer collaboration. Click Here for more details. Transatlantic Open Skies?
The US and the EU have agreed to resume talks to create an open transatlantic aviation market. CTR has recently released an analysis of the economic impact of a transatlantic "Open Skies" Agreement.
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NATO Response Force
CTR and the National Defense University Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP) have just released the Defense and Technology Paper No.18, "The NATO Response Force: Facilitating Coalition Warfare Through Information Sharing and Technology Transfer", by Jeffrey P. Bialos and Stuart L. Koehl of CTR's Transatlantic Security and Industry Project.
Click Here to read the paper. Hostages to Fortune
The Transatlantic Partners Have a Bonanza to Protect say Dan Hamilton and Joseph Quinlan in the inaugural issue of Europe's World magazine. Click Here to read more. Atlantic Storm, the After-Action Report
The Center and its partners at the Biosecurity Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have released their after-action report on the Atlantic Storm bioterror simulation featuring former European and North American ministers and heads of government.
The article appears in the current issue of the journal Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. Click here. Graduate Students--Call for Papers. Click Here for more details. The Transatlantic Observer Newsletter
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