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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 Forum: Slovak Defense Leaders at the Atlantic Council
March 16, 2010
The Atlantic Council hosted Slovak Minister of Defense Jaroslav Baška and General Ľubomír Bulík, Chief of the General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces, for a NATO Forum strategy session. Minister Baška delivered a comprehensive address capturing the impact of historical legacies and recent events on Slovakia’s involvement with NATO. Atlantic Council Vice President and International Security Program Director Damon Wilson led a wide-ranging discussion of Slovak contributions to ISAF and visions for the 2010 Strategic Concept. Participants, including the Slovak Ambassador, H.E. Peter Burian, and members of the Strategic Advisors Group offered a variety of perspectives on transformational military capabilities, the nexus of military resources and political capital, and the meaning of the Alliance in Central and Eastern Europe.
The NATO Forum serves as the Euro-Atlantic community’s premier venue for discussion, debate and analysis on issues relating to NATO and its future. The Forum features major public speeches from senior statesmen, roundtable strategy sessions with decision-makers and leading analysis from experts and practitioners from across the Atlantic on matters relating to the Alliance.
More on Minister Baska:
Jaroslav Baška has served as Minister of Defense since January 2008, and served as a member of the Slovak National Council since 2002; he is a member of Prime Minister Fico’s SMER-Social Democracy party. As Minister, Baška is managing the modernization of Slovak forces during difficult economic times, overseeing a doubling of Slovakia’s troops in Afghanistan from 250 to between 400-500, and is currently reviewing whether to lift caveats on Slovakia’s troops in NATO operations. Slovakia’s forces are serving in Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces.
NATO Forum:
- Gitte Lillelund Bech: Face of the New NATO
- Brigadier-General Jonathan Vance: Canada in Afghanistan
- Vassilis Kaskarelis: Advancing NATO-EU Cooperation
- Gordan Jandrokovic: Croatia and Southeast Europe in NATO
- NATO Secretary General Rasmussen: First Major U.S. Speech
- Senator Richard Lugar: Congressional Perspective on the Future of NATO
The NATO Forum is generously supported by BAE Systems.
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