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Frederick Kempe at Davos
Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe spoke with the BBC's Nik Gowing about his experience at Davos this year, touching on the future of American power and divergent views of capitalism after the crisis.
Hagel, Scowcroft Appointed to Department of Energy Nuclear Commission
Atlantic Council Chairman Senator Chuck Hagel and International Advisory Board Chairman Brent Scowcroft were appointed by Energy Secretary Steven Chu to a new Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future.
The Future of Iran
Jonathan Paris, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center and adjunct fellow at the London-based Legatum Institute, co-authored an editorial in the Wall Street Journal with Nazenin Ansari entitled "The Future of Iran."
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NATO Steps up to the Plate
Afghanistan has eroded support for NATO in Washington. An alliance that has long enjoyed strong bipartisan support is now facing bipartisan skepticism.
A Senate hearing this fall made clear that many on Capitol Hill are asking what the value of the alliance is in the future if it cannot succeed in Afghanistan today.
Council Hosts General David Petraeus
October 09, 2008
In a luncheon hosted at the offices of the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., General David Petraeus participated in an off-the-record exchange with the Strategic Advisors Group (SAG). The General, who was recently confirmed by the Senate as chief of U.S. Central Command, engaged in a frank dialogue with Council experts about the challenges faced by the U.S. and NATO in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The luncheon was co-chaired by Atlantic Council president and CEO Frederick Kempe and Lt Gen Brent Scowcroft, chairman of the Council's International Advisory Board.
Petraeus repeatedly emphasized that winning in Afghanistan will require "sustained commitment" from the United States and NATO on the military front but, far more importantly, on the diplomatic and development fronts. As hard as Iraq was and continues to be, this will be "the long theater in the Long War."
Notable Guests and Dignitaries:
- General David Petraeus - Commander, U.S. CENTCOM
- Mr. Frederick Kempe - President and CEO, Atlantic Council
- Lt Gen Brent Scowcroft (USAF, Ret.) - Chairman, Atlantic Council International Advisory Board
- The Hon. Walter Slocombe - Secretary, Atlantic Council Board of Directors
- The Hon. Franklin Kramer - Atlantic Council Board of Directors
- Dr. Frances Burwell - Vice President for Transatlantic Programs, Atlantic Council
- Mr. Jim Townsend - Vice President for International Security Programs, Atlantic Council
- Mr. Joseph Snyder - Director of Asia Programs, Atlantic Council
- LTG P.T. Mikolashek (USA, Ret.) - Raytheon International
- Gen Charles F. Wald (USAF, Ret.) - L-3 Communications
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Related Commentary on New Atlanticist Blog:
- Builders, Diplomats, Guardians, and Warriors - Derek Reveron
- Afghanistan: Necessary But Not Sufficient - James Joyner
- Winning in Afghanistan: Whose Side is Pakistan Really On? - James Joyner
- Surging in Afghanistan - James Joyner
- Iraq: Time for a Deadline - Neil Leslie
- NATO's Afghanistan Strategy Needs Changes Now - Peter Cassata
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Online Security Jam: Security and Defense Agenda
From February 4 through 9, Security and Defense Agenda will host its 2010 Security Jam in partnership with the Atlantic Council.
Pakistan: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism
Ikram Sehgal, Chairman of Pathfinder G4S (Pakistan’s largest private security firm), will join the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council on Thursday, February 11, for a discussion on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism in Pakistan.
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General Stéphane Abrial on Allied Command Transformation
Sarwar Kashmeri, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's International Security Program, interviewed General Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, for the New Atlanticist Podcast Series.
