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<title>Le quattro sfide esistenziali della NATO</title>
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<description>In light of recent events, this article highlights the four main challenges facing NATO, namely: strategic drift, inadequate capacity, financial woes and insufficient coordination with other International Organisations. The future strength of NATO will be in danger if its member states do not face up to these four pressing challenges.(IN ITALIAN)</description>
<date>July 2008</date>
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<title>No Clear Frontrunner, but a Very Clear Direction in the US Primary Elections</title>
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<description>The US primaries are not yet decided, but the future course of America’s foreign and security policy is already clear: a more cooperative and humbler US, and one which wishes to work with its allies. The tilt to the 'left' in Washington is both significant, and unmistakable. </description>
<date>February 2008</date>
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<title>American Impressions of Gordon Brown</title>
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<description>In Washington, although Brown's foreign policy does not appear much different to Americans, the UK seems to have lost some prestige. </description>
<date>December 2007</date>
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<title>The Overly Simplistic Logic of Washington’s Pakistan Policy</title>
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<description>The simplistic logic of US policy in Pakistan which posits a dichotomy between these two core aims is misleading and should lead to a broader reassessment of US policy in the war on terror. </description>
<date>December 2007</date>
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<title>Capabilities and Assets for Civil-Military Projects in Afghanistan</title>
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<description>The NATO mission in Afghanistan has been constantly beleaguered by a civil- military divide. The challenge now is to build up civilian capacity so that they can take the reins.</description>
<date>October 2007</date>
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<title>Analysis of Petraeus' and Crocker's comments at RUSI</title>
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<description>The Ambassador and General gave a frank but guarded summary of the situation in Iraq and then fielded questions. </description>
<date>September 2007</date>
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<title>Petraeus Report: Assessing the Surge</title>
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<description>On Monday 10 September General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker presented an upbeat report on the 'Surge policy' promulgated earlier this year. RUSI's experts give their initial reaction and RUSI.org offers background information to the conflict and to policy.</description>
<date>September 2007</date>
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<title>Bridging the Gap</title>
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<description>Dr. Michael Williams speaks with Newsweek Interantional about improving US-European relations. </description>
<date>September 2007</date>
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<title>Subversive Markets: The Economic Roots of the Iraq Insurgency</title>
<link>http://rusi.org/research/studies/transatlantic/commentary/rss/ref:C46AF3A8D53542/ </link>
<description>Ian Siperco examines the political economy of the insurgency in Iraq, and the informal economic activity that sustains it.</description>
<date>July 2007</date>
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<title>Election Dateline: 16 July 2007</title>
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<description>The Youth Vote: Fact or Fiction?</description>
<date>July 2007</date>
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<title>Hillary Clinton: Foreign Policy Profile</title>
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<date>July 2007</date>
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<title>Bill Richardson: Foreign Policy Profile</title>
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<date>July 2007</date>
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<title>Rudy Giuliani: Foreign Policy Profile</title>
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<date>July 2007</date>
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<title>Sam Brownback: Foreign Policy Profile</title>
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<date>July 2007</date>
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<title>Barack Obama: Foreign Policy Profile</title>
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<date>July 2007</date>
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<title>John Edwards: Foreign Policy Profile</title>
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<date>July 2007</date>
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<title>John McCain: Foreign Policy Profile</title>
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<date>July 2007</date>
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<title>Mitt Romney: Foreign Policy Profile</title>
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<date>July 2007</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing 6-07</title>
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<description>Turkey: The Transatlantic Energy Hub- by Alexandros Petersen</description>
<date>June 2007</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing 5-07</title>
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<description>Gordon Brown's America Dilemma</description>
<date>June 2007</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing 4-07</title>
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<description>The End of Alliances? - by John Hemmings</description>
<date>May 2007</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 3-07</title>
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<description>After the American Empire - by Professor Michael Cox, LSE</description>
<date>April 2007</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 2-07</title>
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<description>The Senate of Canada’s Caveat on Caveats</description>
<date>March 2007</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Commentary in US Media on UK Troop Reductions</title>
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<date>February 2007</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 1-07</title>
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<description>NATO in Afghanistan - still not enough</description>
<date>February 2007</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Programme Commentary on Iraq and Somalia</title>
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<date>January 2007</date>
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<title>Defending Blair and the 'Special Relationship'</title>
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<date>January 2007</date>
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<title>Enjoy Transatlantic Programme Commentary?</title>
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<date>January 2007</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 12-06</title>
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<description>Some Thoughts on the ‘Special Relationship’</description>
<date>December 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 11-06</title>
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<description>Canada and the Intelligence-gathering Burden: Should Ottawa Spy Abroad?</description>
<date>November 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 10-06</title>
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<description>The Day After…</description>
<date>November 2006</date>
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<title>Election Analysis by Transatlantic Programme on CNN.com</title>
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<date>November 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 9-06</title>
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<description>Early Update - Democrats win the House</description>
<date>November 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 8-06</title>
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<description>NATO Left Holding the Bag?</description>
<date>November 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 7-06</title>
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<description>North Korean Crisis: Key US Players</description>
<date>October 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 6-06</title>
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<description>Moderate Conservatism makes wave in Transatlantic Relations</description>
<date>October 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 5-06</title>
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<description>Force Generation Finger Pointing: NATO’s Never Ending Dilemma</description>
<date>September 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 4-06</title>
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<description>Staying the Course in Afghanistan</description>
<date>September 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 3-06</title>
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<description>The Long and Short of the QDR’s ‘Long War’</description>
<date>February 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 2-06</title>
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<description>The Right Direction: Britain and Canada Step Up the Challenge, the Dutch Dither</description>
<date>January 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 1-06</title>
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<description>Northern Neocons or Business as Usual? Canada’s Conservative Turn and Transatlantic Relations</description>
<date>January 2006</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 2-04</title>
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<description>Médecins Sans Frontières Pulls Out of Afghanistan</description>
<date>July 2004</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Briefing No. 1-04</title>
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<description>US Force Transformation</description>
<date>June 2004</date>
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<title>Financial Times - Nato must decide how to use its response force</title>
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<description></description>
<date>April 2005</date>
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<title>Transatlantic Programme in the Media</title>
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<date>February 2006</date>
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