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Robert Diamond Named President and Deputy Chief Group Officer of Barclays PLC
Atlantic Council Board member Robert E. Diamond Jr. will succeed John Varley as President and Deputy Chief Group Officer of Barclays PLC, effective 1 October 2010.
Senator Hagel Interview: Hagel May Have Left Senate Behind, But Not His Candor About Politics
Atlantic Council chairman Chuck Hagel was featured in an article by Michael Coleman of The Washington Diplomat, providing insight Senator Hagel's post-Senate career, and opinions on Iraq, Afghanistan, and the upcoming elections.
Nawaz Offers Views on Changing Pakistani Perceptions of U.S.
Shuja Nawaz, Director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, was interviewed on The Takeaway morning radio news program on the Pakistan flood situation. The discussion focused on the U.S. being the single largest donor of aid, and the potential for Pakistanis to shift their perceptions of America. Nawaz insists that the U.S. should stay the course with aid to Pakistan, but warns of the long-term effects of America's goodwill, stating that "changing image takes a long time."
Atlantic Council Board Member Tom Blair Releases Book "Poorer Richard's America"
In his new book "Poorer Richard's America: What Would Ben Say?", Atlantic Council Board member Tom Blair writes as Ben Franklin on a wide range of issues affecting America today: the national deficit, Wall Street, health care, and many others.
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Wars fundamentally change militaries. For example, the bloody and muddy stalemate of World War I led defeated Germany to invest in the innovative use of armor and firepower to break that stalemate. The U.S. experience in Vietnam led to the rise of the professional and all-volunteer force that is now fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.
EU Justice Mission in Kosovo Aims to be Operational in December
Peter Cassata | October 20, 2008The EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) could be operational by December, Deutsche Welle reported. The head of the police and justice mission, Yves de Kermabon, estimated that an agreement with Serbia on the deployment of EULEX would be reached in the near future but said that fierce opposition in the majority ethnic Serb northern part of Kosovo remained a major obstacle.
EULEX will replace the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), which has governed the territory since the end of the 1998-99 war. De Kermabon suggested that a transitional period of joint EULEX-UNMIK administration might be possible. He also pushed for agreement, stating, "EULEX will not be deployed by force. ... I hope that before the end of winter at the latest, EULEX will be fully deployed throughout Kosovo."
Serbian President Boris Tadic said that an accord over EULEX deployment in Kosovo between Serbia and the EU was possible, but stressed that this would only come after being approved by the UN Security Council. This seems unlikely given Russia's strong rejection of Kosovo's independence. Some 100,000 ethnic Serbs live in Kosovo, with around 250,000 having left since the war.
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