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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.
Atlantic Council SAG Members Nominated for Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military Literature
The Oxford Handbook of War, edited by Atlantic Council Strategic Advisors Group members Julian Lindley-French and Yves Boyer, has been nominated for the prestigious Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military Literature awarded by the Royal United Services Institute.
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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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Operationalizing Aid in Pakistan with Faiysal AliKhan
May 25, 2010
On May 25, the Atlantic Council hosted Faiysal AliKhan, Founder and Executive Director of the Foundation for Integrated Development Action (FIDA), a non-governmental organization focusing on development issues in the southern districts of Pakistan's Frontier Province and Tribal Area. Calling upon his extensive experience with humanitarian organizations, Mr. AliKhan discussed the current status of aid in Pakistan and how local organizations and the international community can better cooperate to improve the effectiveness and transparency of developmental efforts in the region.
Founded in 2004, FIDA works primarily in districts NWFP and FATA, with a long-term approach to development and social change in this region. FIDA aims to act as a bridge between traditional and modern systems of governance and society. Recent issues that FIDA has responded to include the crisis of internally displaced people from South Waziristan and has worked with partners such as UNHCR, Oxfam-GB, IRC and IRD to provide non-food items, water and sanitation facilities, health services and protection support to the IDP community.
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The Day After: President Saakashvili on Post-Revolutionary Societies and What Comes After the Arab Spring
On February 1, the Atlantic Council held a discussion with the Honorable Mikheil Saakashvili, president of Georgia, at the US Institute of Peace.
Nigeria on the Edge
On January 31, the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a panel discussion, “Nigeria On The Edge”
Call for Applications: Young Atlanticist NATO Working Group and Young Leaders Summits
The Atlantic Council is accepting applicants for the 2012 Young Atlanticist NATO Working Group and Young Leaders Summits until February 6, 2012. Learn how to apply.
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Interview: We Need to Encourage Research for Development
Infosys' Executive Co-chairman S. Gopalakrishnan, a member of the Atlantic Council's International Advisory Board, spoke to Bibhu Ranjan Mishra of Business Standard on the reasons behind instituting research awards and also about technologies that are expected to steer the IT industry forward.
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