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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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NATO Backs Missile Defense in Europe
Peter Cassata | December 04, 2008At the end of a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels Tuesday, the alliance reaffirmed its support for the U.S. missile defense shield that is scheduled to be installed in Poland and the Czech Republic. Spiegel:
The ministers said the planned deployment of interceptor missiles in Poland and an advanced radar station in the Czech Republic will make a "substantial contribution" to protecting allies from the threat of long-range ballistic missiles.
Russia has bitterly opposed the deployment and threatened to respond by placing short-range missiles in its westernmost region, Kaliningrad, which borders Poland. The U.S. insists the defenses are aimed at potential attack from Iran and pose no threat to Russia's ballistic arsenal.
All 26 NATO allies signed the statement backing the deployment.
Although Russia is strongly against the missile shield plans, it welcomed NATO's decision not to offer MAPs to Ukraine and Georgia. Instead, NATO reiterated its promise from April of future membership for the two countries and said that they should focus on instituting various reforms required to join the alliance.
