Transatlantic Security
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BASIC focuses on providing solutions to transatlantic security
and arms control issues as a means of creating a more stable
and secure world. It plays a unique role as a transatlantic
bridge for policymakers and opinion shapers and a leading
role in advancing new, law-based, pragmatic solutions that
enhance the structures of transatlantic security.
The US drift away from multilateralism may be ending. There
is growing recognition in Washington that US resources are
limited and that the political support of traditional allies
is essential to making progress on a host of issues, from
redefining NATO's role in the world, dealing with Iran's nuclear
program, stabilizing Afghanistan, countering terrorism, to
establishing a secure relationship with a resurgent Russia
and China.
At the same time, a new generation of leaders in the United
Kingdom, France, and Germany offer prospects for improving
transatlantic security.
As we enter this new political phase, BASIC will explore
the current state of both formal institutions such as NATO
and more informal arrangements such as the "6+1" approach
to dealing with the Iranian nuclear program. It will also
propose new multilateral arrangements to strengthen these
arrangements as a practical means of problem solving under
the rule of law.
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