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Atlantic Review was founded in 2003 by three US and German Fulbright Alumni who were concerned about the deterioration of the US-German relationship. However, Atlantic Review now covers not only US-German relations, but aims for the whole spectrum of transatlantic relations issues. Atlantic Review is currently edited by Joerg Wolf (Berlin, Germany) Sonja Bonin (Zuerich, Switzerland), and Kyle Atwell (San Francisco, CA, but soon in Brussels, Belgium).

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Joerg Wolf founded Atlantic Review with the US and German Fulbrighters Scott Brunstetter and Joerg Geier in July 2003. Joerg Wolf works as project manager and Editor-in-Chief of the Atlantic Community, the open think tank on global issues, published by the Atlantic Initiative e.V. in Berlin. Joerg studied political science at the Free University of Berlin and worked as a research associate for the International Risk Policy project at the Free University's Center for Transatlantic Foreign and Security Policy. He has been a Fulbright Fellow at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Washington DC and has worked for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Cairo and in Berlin.

Sonja Bonin joined the Atlantic Review in spring 2004. She is a freelance journalist, editor and translator (English/German). Xing Profile. Sonja earned two degrees, one in philosophy and Germanic studies, another one in journalism. A former Fulbright Fellow, Sonja has lived and worked in Germany, the United States and China before moving to Zurich, Switzerland in 2007. Also in 2007, she translated Howard Zinn's classic "A people's History of the United States" into German.

Kyle Atwell joined the Atlantic Review in November 2007. Originally from California, his interest in transatlantic relations focuses on security and defense, and in March 2008 he moved to Brussels to work on transatlantic defense issues. Previously Kyle has worked for the European Union Office of the Municipality of Prato, Italy, and studied transatlantic security relations at Lund University in Sweden. He has also served as Executive Editor of the International Affairs Journal at UC Davis, worked for an arms control NGO in Washington D.C., and as a Field Representative for a California state legislator. Kyle studied Economics and International Relations at the University of California, Davis, graduating with Highest Honors and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Nanne Zwagerman joined the Atlantic Review in February 2008. As a Dutchman, he has been living in Berlin for several years, originally as an exchange student, and currently as a masters student in environmental management. Nanne has a degree in law from the University of Amsterdam with a specialisation in environmental law. He has worked in marketing and has experience in legal and policy consulting on environmental and development issues. His interest in transatlantic relations is mainly in the area of global governance and international security. Nanne has been blogging on European Union politics since 2004 on his personal blog DJ Nozem.

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Dear loyal subscribers, 

Thank you for your continued commitment to the Atlantic Review. The past few months have seen rising tensions among the allies over the conflict in Afghanistan, a pickup in the US political campaigns, pivotal elections in Russia and Georgia, Germany seeking a ban on Scientology, Pakistan and Kosovo on the brink of conflict, and much more.

Below is a roundup of the most popular topics in transatlantic relations, provided by your editors at Atlantic Review. Again, thank you for continuing to read the Atlantic Review, your source for current news and commentary on transatlantic relations.

But first, the Atlantic Review is proud to introduce the newest editor on the staff, Kyle Atwell. You can find information on Kyle's biography here. 

This month's most talked about issues in transatlantic relations:

* Politics: Obama, Huckabee, and elections in Russia
* Culture: education and religion on both sides of the Atlantic
* Defense: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kosovo heat up
* State of Relations: think-tankers argue at a low, Rice says at a high

Barack Obama's Lack of Real Interest in Transatlantic Cooperation
(41 comments)
Senator Obama is criticized for failing to convene a single policy meeting of the Senate European subcommittee, of which he is chairman. Continue Reading.

Related post in Politics:
• Huckabee: United States Does Integration Better than Europe (33 comments)
• Obama’s Popularity in Germany: The New Kennedy (30 comments)
• Russia’s Elections 2: Russia Should Face Consequences (20 comments)

Americans and Europeans Raised in Prejudice and Ignorance
(61 comments)
Denis from the blog SuperFrenchie writes, "Americans by and large all agree on this: America is the greatest country in the world, the American way of doing things is the only possible one, and everybody supports the troops. They learn that in schools from the earliest age, along with the fact that everything else (and everywhere else) is, by definition, flawed." Continue Reading.

Related posts in Culture:
• Arrogant Germans See Their Country as a Superpower (31 comments)
• The Euro-American Religious Divide (16 comments)
• Seeking to Ban Scientology (13 comments)

War for Dummies: Step 1, Fighting Is Necessary (6 comments)
"I am not ready to let NATO off the hook in Afghanistan at this point," Gates told the House Armed Services Committee. Ticking off a list of vital requirements -- about 3,500 more military trainers, 20 helicopters and three infantry battalions -- Gates voiced "frustration" at "our allies not being able to step up to the plate." Continue Reading.

Related post in Defense:
• Sarkozy Makes Premature, Unnecessary, Familiar Statement on Kosovo (24 comments)
• Europe has no Pakistan Policy, US has a Bad One (20 comments)
• Transatlantic Bickering over Afghanistan (17 comments)
• Afghanistan: Fighting is Not Most Important (10 comments)

The Future of Transatlantic Relations (3 comments)
Nikolas K. Gvosdev and Richard Haas point out respectively, that "shared values are an insufficient basis for partnership without compelling shared interests" and that "transatlantic cooperation will be less predictable and more selective." Continue Reading.

Related posts in the State of Relations:
• "The Strongest Trans-Atlantic Relations…" (37 comments)
• Redefining Transatlantic Relations (2 comments)

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The State of the Citizen's European Union (24 comments)
Nanne Zwagerman of the European Tribune criticizes the European Commission's list of 2007 achievements. Being relatively low on the radar the EC does need to advertise itself, but hopefully they will have a little more to boast about next year, says Atlantic Review's guest columnist. Continue Reading.

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