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Jonathan Paris Discusses Syrian Crisis with France 24
Jonathan Paris, nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, appeared on France 24 to discuss Russia's support for the Assad regime and what it means for a possible UN resolution against Syria.
Damon Wilson US Senate Testimony: Ukraine at a Crossroads
On February 1, Atlantic Council executive vice president Damon Wilson testified at a hearing of the US Senate Committe on Foreign Relations on the topic: "Ukraine at a Crossroads: What's at Stake for the US and Europe?"
Michele Dunne on US-Egypt Relations for NPR's Morning Edition
Relations between the US and Egypt have taken a downturn since Egyptian authorities raided the offices of seventeen nongovernmental organizations in December - three of them US-funded. Michele Dunne, director of the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, spoke on NPR's Morning Edition about the situation and what it means for US aid to Egypt.
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The South Asia Center receives guidance and support from many experts throughout the world. Our senior fellows, guest-speakers, Center patrons, and visitors contribute heavily to the Center’s mission to “wage peace,” and engage the international community in the region. The Center asked our contributors the simple, but key question, “What you do expect in 2012?”
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NATO Anti-Piracy Mission Begins
Peter Cassata | October 28, 2008NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer announced that NATO completed its first anti-piracy mission by escorting a ship carrying supplies for the African Union Mission to Somalia, Deutsche Welle reported.
Italian, British, and Greek warships have sailed to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia to form the front guard of the anti-piracy Operation Allied Provider, which will begin escorting World Food Program shipments of aid to the region. The EU also announced that it will contribute three or four vessels to combat piracy by December.
However, many analysts remained skeptical about the plans, arguing that a dozen or so warships will do little more than escort specific ships through the region. With NATO military operations already stretched, analysts were doubtful that the number of warships would increase significantly next year.
