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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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Bronislaw Geremek Lecture: Madeleine Albright on Democracy in Eastern Europe
June 18, 2009
Former Secretary of State Dr. Madeleine K. Albright commemorated the legacy of Polish Solidarity adviser Bronislaw Geremek with the Atlantic Council. The visionary democracy activist and former Foreign Affairs Minister of Poland passed suddenly in July 2008, and the Council quickly established an annual lecture series in his name to honor and preserve his democratic ideals. For the inaugural Bronislaw Geremek Lecture, Secretary Albright discussed Professor Geremek’s commitment to Euro-Atlantic values in light of the pressing concerns facing Europe today.
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| Madeleine Albright and Fred Kempe |
Introductory remarks were provided by Robert Kupiecki, the Ambassador of Poland, and Paula Dobrianksy, former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs and a member of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors. Following Secretary Albright’s lecture, a Q&A session was moderated by Atlantic Council President and CEO Fred Kempe.
Secretary Albright's Prepared Remarks and Q&A Session
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- The Myth of a No-NATO-Enlargement Pledge to Russia – Mark Kramer, Washington Quarterly, April 2009
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- Albright on the Complexity of International Relations – James Joyner
Bronislaw Geremek:
Born in 1932 and smuggled out of the Warsaw Ghetto as a young boy, Professor Geremek was a leading figure in the Polish democracy movement and a prominent dissident by the 1970s. He actively supported the Gdansk trade union protests in 1980 and was interned for a year after martial law was declared in December 1981. Upon release, he worked alongside Lech Walesa in Solidarity and played a critical role in the movement’s 1989 Polish Round Table Talks with the Communist Party, resulting in Poland’s first free parliamentary elections. As the Polish Foreign Minister from 1997 to 2000, Geremek oversaw Poland’s accession into NATO in March 1999, developing a close friendship with Dr. Albright throughout the process. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2004 until his passing.
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Please join the Atlantic Council for a public address and conversation with General Charles Bouchard, commander of the NATO military mission in Libya.
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On Wednesday, February 15, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will join the Atlantic Council for a public address and conversation on international defense cooperation.
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On February 8, 2012, the International Security Program and the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a meeting of the Atlantic Council Maritime Piracy Task Force, chaired by Atlantic Council Board Director Franklin D. Miller. This is the third in a series of meetings looking into the challenge of piracy and possible strategic approaches.
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