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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.
The Role of the Marine Corps in the New Defense Strategy
September 18, 2012
On September 18, the Atlantic Council held a public address and conversation with Commandant of the Marine Corps General James F. Amos. Barry Pavel, director of the Council's Program on International Security, moderated the discussion.
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Coming out of over ten years of sustained combat and counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States Marine Corps as an institution is reorienting back to its roots as an amphibious expeditionary force capable of responding to emerging threats and challenges on short notice. At the same time, the United States is increasingly looking towards the Asia-Pacific as the key security arena in the twenty-first century.
Just last month, General Amos visited several countries in the Asia-Pacific including the Philippines, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. He discussed the strategic role of the Marine Corps under the new defense strategic guidance, with an emphasis on the Marines' growing partnerships and engagements in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
General Amos became the thirty-fifth commandant of the Marine Corps in October 2010. His long career in the Marine Corps began in 1971 as a naval aviator. He has commanded at every level from lieutenant colonel to lieutenant general to include commanding 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in combat during Operations Iraqi Freedom I and II, and II Marine Expeditionary Force from 2004 to 2006. He was also assigned to NATO as deputy commander, Naval Striking Forces, Southern Europe and as chief of staff, US Joint Task Force Noble Anvil during the air campaign over Serbia. From 2008 to 2010 General Amos served as the thirty-first assistant commandant of the Marine Corps.
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Evolving US-European Security Cooperation with the Gulf States
On May 23, the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Peace and Security Initiative at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security is hosting a panel discussion on new developments in security cooperation among the United States, its European allies, and the Gulf states, and how they are likely to evolve in the coming years.
The Kaleidoscope Turns Again in a Crisis-Challenged Iran
On May 30, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center will release a new issue brief, The Kaleidoscope Turns Again in a Crisis-Challenged Iran, a discussion of Iran’s upcoming presidential elections.
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