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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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General Barry McCaffrey: Report from Afghanistan
September 26, 2008
After recently visiting Afghanistan, General Barry McCaffrey discussed the country's fragile security situation in an event hosted at the Atlantic Council jointly with the Center for the Study of the Presidency.
McCaffrey said that urgent action is needed in Afghanistan and expected violence to worsen in the next 24 months. He stressed the political nature of NATO, insisting that military action alone will accomplish little in Afghanistan and that true peace will require reconstruction, the elimination of government corruption, and the eradication of the country's increasing opium problem.
McCaffrey said the American military, at its smallest since 1939, is stretched virtually to its limits but insisted the Afghanistan mission should be a 25 year commitment. Furthermore, NATO and the U.S. need to institute processes that will allow various government agencies to lend their expertise, such as drug enforcement or border patrol, to Afghanistan. He also called for the U.S. to maintain positive relations with Pakistan, whose help with supply lines to Afghanistan is extremely important.
McCaffrey's analysis marks the start of a joint project by the Atlantic Council and the Center for the Study of the Presidency titled Refocusing Attention and Moving Forward on Afghanistan.
View GEN McCaffrey's PowerPoint Slides
Afghanistan Trip Report - July 21-26, 2008
Text of GEN McCaffrey's PowerPoint Slides
Afghanistan Trip Report - July 21-26, 2008
Related Commentary on the New Atlanticist Blog
- NATO's Afghanistan Strategy Needs Changes Now - Peter Cassata
- Afghanistan Just Got a Bit Tougher - James Easaw
Afghanistan Report by the Strategic Advisors Group of the Atlantic Council
Saving Afghanistan: An Appeal and Plan for Urgent Action
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