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Nawaz Offers Views on Changing Pakistani Perceptions of U.S.
Shuja Nawaz, Director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, was interviewed on The Takeaway morning radio news program on the Pakistan flood situation. The discussion focused on the U.S. being the single largest donor of aid, and the potential for Pakistanis to shift their perceptions of America. However, Nawaz warns of the long-term effects of America's goodwill, stating that "changing image takes a long time."
South Asia Center's Shikha Bhatnagar Spotlighted
Shikha Bhatnagar's recent appointment as Associate Director of the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council, is yet another manifestation of a growing trend of second generation Indian Americans' advent into leading Washington, DC think tanks as senior policy analysts and associates.
Chuck Hagel Discusses START Ratification on RussiaToday
Atlantic Council Chairman Chuck Hagel was interviewed for RussiaToday on delays in ratification of the START treaty in both the U.S. and Russia.
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In August the sunny calm and quiet that is a Swedish summer will be shattered by the impact of Joint Direct Attack Munitions dropped by F-16CM Fighting Falcons from US Air Force Europe.
Ashraf Ghani on Fixing Failed States
October 30, 2008
Under the auspices of the Council's Young Atlanticist program, Dr Ashraf Ghani led an off-the-record roundtable entitled, 'Fixing Failed States and Securing Afghanistan's Future'. Ghani, Chairman of the Institute for State Effectiveness and former Minister of Finance of Afghanistan, discussed the challenge failed states pose to the global community. The event was hosted at the offices of the Atlantic Council and was attended by young leaders from around the world.
Fragile and failed states are a central problem facing the international community, yet we have still not figured out how best to support state functionality in these difficult places. Dr. Ghani, Chairman of the Institute for State Effectiveness and previously the first Minister of Finance in post-Taliban Afghanistan, confronted the problem of state-building in one of the most challenging contexts of the 21st century. Dr. Ghani has recently co-authored a book with Clare Lockhart, entitled "Fixing Failed States", and will share his thoughts on how best to understand problems of state fragility and offer some practical solutions for meeting the state-building challenge in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Participants:
- Dr. Ashraf Ghani - Chairman of the State Effectiveness Institute, Atlantic Council of the United States International Advisory Board
- Brooke R. Heaton - Assistant Director, Young Atlanticist Program
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Related Commentary on New Atlanticist Blog:
- Are We Losing in Afghanistan? – Donald M. Snow
- Pakistan's Perfect Storm - Shuja Nawaz
- Focusing the Spy Glass on Pakistan's ISI - Shuja Nawaz
- Pakistan's Strategic Moment - Jeffrey Lightfoot
- Pakistan: No Money, No Energy, No Government - James Joyner
- Winning in Afghanistan: Whose Side is Pakistan Really On? - James Joyner
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Ukraine Under Yanukovych: An Analytical Debate
On August 18, New Atlanticist--the Atlantic Council's policy and analysis blog--published a critique of Ukraine's leadership and progress toward democracy since 2004. Entitled "Orange Peels: Ukraine after Revolution," the essay was written by Council Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky.
Lisbon 2010 NATO Young Atlanticist Summit: Call for Applications
The Atlantic Council of the United States’ Young Atlanticist Program, in partnership with the Portuguese Atlantic Commission and the Atlantic Treaty Association/Youth Atlantic Treaty Association, will be hosting a young professionals’ event for the Lisbon Summit, and is currently soliciting applications from exceptional candidates from all NATO and Partnership for Peace (PfP) countries, as well as Mediterranean Dialogue members.
Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award Dinner
On September 23rd, international luminaries will gather at the inaugural Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award Dinner, honoring Professor Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of World Economic Forum, upon the forum's 40th Anniversary.
Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2010
The Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum (BSEEF) is a unique annual initiative that brings business and policy leaders together to discuss Eurasia’s leading economic and energy challenges.
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Transatlantic Relations from German Perspective
In a recent installment of the New Atlanticist Podcast Series Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri interviews Irmtraud Richardson, Brussels-based correspondent for German public radio and television service ARD. Richardson discusses Germany's outlook on the EU, as well as the state of U.S.-German and U.S.-EU relations.
