JHU SAIS Center Publishes New Issue of Transatlantic Magazine: Discovering News Sources of Energy

Transatlantic: Europe, America & the World, published by the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), has released its latest issue entitled "Discovering News Energy Sources."

Transatlantic takes a detailed look at the energy policies-or the lack of comprehensive energy policies-in the European Union countries and the United States.

Joe Fitchett, who has been the political correspondent for the International Herald Tribune based in Paris for the past 20 years, finds a conspicuous energy gap in Europe in his in-depth piece on "Europe's Achilles Heel."

S. Frederick Starr, chairman of the SAIS Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, in his "Steppin' on the Gas" article says that with the Caspian Sea pipeline "the grounds for productive EU-U.S. collaboration in the area of Caspian energy are stronger than ever."

Sanim Vakil, assistant professor of Middle East studies at SAIS, explores the "nuclear brinkmanship" going on with Iran and the EU3 and the United States. She explains Iran's nuclear posturing in her article "Dancing the Tehran Nuclear Tango."

Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, in an interview, speaks out on the advantages of ethanol in meeting the growing energy needs of the United States.

Robert Guttman, the editor-in-chief of Transatlantic, looks ahead to the presidential contest in 2008 to see which of the potential candidates actually has a coherent foreign policy.

Esther Brimmer, deputy director of the SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, sees the role of women expanding in politics across the globe in her article entitled "Politics: The New Women's Room."

Transatlantic presents interviews with Croatian Foreign Minister Grabar-Kitarovic and Danish Ambassador to the United States Friis Arne Petersen.

Transatlantic reviews SAIS American Foreign Policy Program Director Michael Mandelbaum's book "The Case For Goliath: How America Acts As the World's Government in the 21st Century," and in our view from Brazil we look at how that country is "Ending Their Dependence on Foreign Oil."