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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.
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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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Strategy Session with Georgian Opposition Leader
June 18, 2009The Atlantic Council hosted Irakli Alasania, former Georgian Ambassador to the United Nations and Chairman of the opposition "Alliance for Georgia," for a strategy session to discuss the way forward on Georgia's territorial conflicts. The event was staged in cooperation with the newly established Center for Black Sea-Caspian Studies at American University's School of International Service. The Atlantic Council's Strategic Advisors Group, counselors to the Council's Initiative on Georgia and the Caucasus, as well as select leading experts brainstormed on what strategies Georgia and the West should advance today in order to maintain the prospect of a unified Georgia in the future.
Ambassador Alasania, who resigned his UN post to join Georgian politics in December 2008, discussed a strategy for Georgian policy toward its breakaway regions from an opposition perspective. The group debated non-violent measures which could prevent the unrecognized independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia from becoming an enduring reality. Alasania, whose father was executed in the early 1990s conflict with Abkhazia, developed a reputation as an effective mediator in government negotiations with Abkhazia.
For more information, contact Damon Wilson at dwilson@acus.org.
Press Coverage:
- Irakli Alasania Sums up His Visit to USA – InterPressNews
- Irakli Alasania demands Dialogue and the investigation of raid of June 15 – InterPressNews
- Alasania drew conclusions of his visit to the USA – Georgia Times
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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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