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Ian Brzezinski Senate Testimony on NATO: Chicago and Beyond
Ian Brzezinski, Atlantic Council senior fellow with the International Security Program, testified before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the upcoming NATO Summit in Chica
David Koranyi Pens Op-Ed in Hurriyet Daily News
David Koranyi, deputy director of the Council's Patriciu Eurasia Center, published a commentary piece in the Hurriyet Daily News entitled "Nabucco and the embattled Hungarian Prime Minister."
MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' Features Fred Kempe and Awards Dinner
Atlantic Council President and CEO Fred Kempe appeared on msnbc's Morning Joe to discuss the recent French and Greek elections and their wider impact on Europe. The Atlantic Council's 2012 Awards Dinner was also featured in a segment on Prince Harry and his charity dedicated to helping wounded warriors.
Gerard Prunier Writes New York Times Op-Ed on Sudan and South Sudan
In “In Sudan, Give War a Chance,” an op-ed published in Saturday’s New York Times, Gérard Prunier, a senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, discusses the likelihood of war between South Sudan and Sudan as well as the growing conflict within Sudan between the Arab Islamist center and its black Muslim periphery.
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Will Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Work?
December 04, 2009
A panel of military and political experts joined the Council’s South Asia Center to evaluate the implications of and global reactions to President Obama’s new Afghanistan strategy. The event was moderated by South Asia Center director Shuja Nawaz.
After a much anticipated review, Obama decided to rapidly deploy more troops to Afghanistan, engaging other countries in the region as well as European coalition partners in tackling the insurgency in Afghanistan and the border region of Pakistan. Experts discussed whether this new strategy will work.
Panelists:
- Kimberly Kagan, President, Institute for the Study of War
- LtCol Gregory Lemons, Atlantic Council Marine Corps Senior Fellow; veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq wars
- David Sedney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia
- Damon Wilson, Vice President and Director, International Security Program, Atlantic Council
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Atlantic Council Press Release: Obama Afghanistan Speech
Atlantic Council Analysis:
- Afghanistan Deadline: What Happens in July 2011? – James Joyner
- Afghanistan Debate Over, Now Time to Execute – James Cook
- Obama Afghan Plan: A Wing and A Prayer – Donald M. Snow
- Behind Obama's Afghanistan Decision – Kurt Volker
- How Iraq Could Win the War in Afghanistan – Richard Miniter and Sebestyén Gorka
- Obama's Afghanistan Speech: Reactions From Around the World – James Joyner
- Missing Tools for the Afghan Job – Harlan Ullman
- Certain Obama, Uncertain Allies – Shuja Nawaz
- Obama Announces Afghan Surge and Exit Strategy – James Joyner
- Obama Faces Ghost of LBJ in Tonight's Speech – Donald M. Snow
- Obama's Afghanistan Speech: What to Look For – James Joyner
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