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South Asia Center's Shikha Bhatnagar Spotlighted
Shikha Bhatnagar's recent appointment as Associate Director of the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council, is yet another manifestation of a growing trend of second generation Indian Americans' advent into leading Washington, DC think tanks as senior policy analysts and associates.
Nawaz Featured on CNN, Commenting on Pakistan Floods
Shuja Nawaz, director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, appeared on a broadcast of the CNN Newsroom on August 22 to discuss the upheaval, natural and political, caused by the flooding in Pakistan.
Chuck Hagel Discusses START Ratification on RussiaToday
Atlantic Council Chairman Chuck Hagel was interviewed for RussiaToday on delays in ratification of the START treaty in both the U.S. and Russia.
Shuja Nawaz on PBS NewsHour
Shuja Nawaz, Director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, appeared on PBS NewsHour on August 18. Nawaz discussed the extreme flooding in Pakistan and its ramifications on stability of the region.
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In August the sunny calm and quiet that is a Swedish summer will be shattered by the impact of Joint Direct Attack Munitions dropped by F-16CM Fighting Falcons from US Air Force Europe.
Gary Gensler: Financial Reforms and the Global Economic Recovery
January 12, 2010
Gary Gensler, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, discussed reforms to over-the-counter derivatives as well as other financial markets with the Atlantic Council. In light of the emerging global economic recovery, Gensler also addressed the issue of transatlantic cooperation on new regulation to ensure the future health of financial markets and to protect the broader economy and the public.
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| David Wessel and Gary Gensler |
David Wessel, Economics Editor of the Wall Street Journal, moderated the event, and Atlantic Council Board member John D. Macomber, principal of JDM Investment Group, introduced Gensler. The conversation was part of the Mapping the Economic and Financial Future Series, a lecture series featuring high-level business leaders and economic policymakers from the U.S. and Europe hosted by the Council’s Global Business and Economics Program.
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Media Coverage:
- Derivatives Exemption Helps Big Wall Street Banks, Gensler Says – Bloomberg, Dawn Kopecki
- OTC market must escape dealers' clutches, says Gensler – Futures and Options Intelligence
- Obama administration seeks EU support in derivatives drive – Europolitics, Brian Beary
- CFTC: Derivitive Gambling 20 Times Size Of U.S. Economy – Newsroom Magazine
- Will the Senate Close the Derivatives Loopholes? – Project on Government Oversight, Michael Smallberg
New Atlanticist Analysis:
- Derivatives Market 20 Times Size of American Economy – James Joyner
Mapping the Economic and Financial Future Series:
- Robert Zoellick Assesses the World Economy
- Reforming the World Bank and IMF: A Conversation with Nancy Birdsall
- Tim Adams on China and the Global Economic Recovery
- EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy: Regulating Financial Markets in Crisis
- Youssef Boutros Ghali Discusses IMF, Economic Crisis
- Josef Ackermann on the Global Economic and Financial Crisis
- Kroes Speaks on Economic Crisis
The Mapping the Economic and Financial Future Series is generously supported by Deutsche Bank.
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Ukraine Under Yanukovych: An Analytical Debate
On August 18, New Atlanticist--the Atlantic Council's policy and analysis blog--published a critique of Ukraine's leadership and progress toward democracy since 2004. Entitled "Orange Peels: Ukraine after Revolution," the essay was written by Council Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky.
Lisbon 2010 NATO Young Atlanticist Summit: Call for Applications
The Atlantic Council of the United States’ Young Atlanticist Program, in partnership with the Portuguese Atlantic Commission and the Atlantic Treaty Association/Youth Atlantic Treaty Association, will be hosting a young professionals’ event for the Lisbon Summit, and is currently soliciting applications from exceptional candidates from all NATO and Partnership for Peace (PfP) countries, as well as Mediterranean Dialogue members.
Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award Dinner
On September 23rd, international luminaries will gather at the inaugural Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award Dinner, honoring Professor Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of World Economic Forum, upon the forum's 40th Anniversary.
Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2010
The Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum (BSEEF) is a unique annual initiative that brings business and policy leaders together to discuss Eurasia’s leading economic and energy challenges.
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Transatlantic Relations from German Perspective
In a recent installment of the New Atlanticist Podcast Series Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri interviews Irmtraud Richardson, Brussels-based correspondent for German public radio and television service ARD. Richardson discusses Germany's outlook on the EU, as well as the state of U.S.-German and U.S.-EU relations.
