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Michele Dunne and Amy Hawthorne on US Policy in Middle East (NPR)
Hariri Center Director Michele Dunne and Senior Fellow Amy Hawthorne reflect on US policy toward the Middle East and North Africa in the two years since President Barack Obama promised to make it a top priority to support democracy and human rights in the region.
J. Peter Pham Speaks on Sahel Politics and Security in The Hague
J. Peter Pham, director the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, was one of four experts invited to address a high-level international conference on the crisis in the Sahel region convened today in The Hague.
Rudolph Atallah Testifies before House Panel on Crisis in the Sahel
Rudolph Atallah, senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, testified at a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on “The Growing Crisis in Africa’s Sahel Region.”
Mihaela Carstei on the US-Canada Keystone Pipeline Project (CTV)
On the heels of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to the United States, Energy & Environment Program Associate Director Mihaela Carstei joins CTV to discuss the Keystone Pipeline project that would transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to refineries in the Gulf coast of Texas.
Providing Security and Stability in Afghanistan: Uzbekistan’s View
October 14, 2010
On October 14, the Atlantic Council hosted Ambassadors Abdulaziz Kamilov and Sodiq Safaev for a Eurasia Discussion Series event on Uzbekistan’s view and role on Afghanistan.
Featuring:
Abdulaziz Kamilov, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Sodiq Safaev, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
Located in the heart of Central Eurasia, Uzbekistan provides non-military transit routes for the NATO mission in Afghanistan that have important implications for regional security and cooperation. The discussion will consider Uzbekistan’s views with a particular focus on the social, economic and ethno-cultural aspects of Afghan reality, the challenges of achieving political stability, and Uzbekistan’s ideas about how to support Afghanistan’s political and economic recovery and relations with Central Asia.
Event Media - Audio [mp3, 1:21:18), Transcript
Press Coverage:
- Uzbekistan: Tashkent Seeks Expanded Trade Opportunities with Washington - Joshua Kucera, EurasiaNet
- Uzbekistan "6+3" Afghanistan Proposal Deserves Washington’s Attention - John Daly, OilPrice.com
- Uzbekistan Weekly Roundup - Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, EurasiaNet
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