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Jonathan Paris Discusses Syrian Crisis with France 24
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.
Damon Wilson US Senate Testimony: Ukraine at a Crossroads
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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Reforming NATO for the 21st Century
November 04, 2008
The Atlantic Council's Strategic Advisors Group (SAG) hosted a conference reviewing the ability of Euro-Atlantic institutions to deal with future challenges. Policy experts and European diplomats tackled a range of issues with particular emphasis on the current configuration of NATO and the EU. Topics of discussion included reform of NATO, ambitions for the Alliance, and relations between NATO and other multinational institutions and partners such as the EU, the AU and the UN.
The conference comes at a time of uncertainty, with the resurgence of Russia, the ongoing debate about extending membership to Ukraine and Georgia, and the dubious efficacy of operations in Afghanistan. On either side of the Atlantic there is a growing discourse on the role of NATO in the 21st century. Is there, for example, a shared ambition or a transatlantic gap between Allies in what is expected of NATO, fed by differences in threat perception and lack of a common perspective on NATO’s direction and mission? The relationship between NATO and the EU was also touched upon with the panel suggesting that future challenges will call for increased cooperation between NATO and the EU, and the panel questioned if there should be a division of labor between NATO and the EU, and between the US and Europe.
The conference - the second of a four-part series - was split into a morning and afternoon session and was held at the French embassy in Washington, D.C. in coordination with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins SAIS, and the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University.
Participants:
- James L. Jones - Co-Chair SAG, Atlantic Council
- Brent Scowcroft - The Scowcroft Group
- Frederick Kempe - Atlantic Council
- H.E. Klaus Scharioth - Embassy of Germany
- H.E. Pierre Vimont - Embassy of France
- Klaus Naumann - Former German CHOD
- Neil Holland - British Embassy
- Nigel Hall - Former UK Military Advisor to the UN
- Jack Twiss - Royal Netherlands Embassy
- Johan van der Werff - Netherlands Mission to NATO
- Julian Lindley-French - Royal Military Academy of the Netherlands
- Taimar Peterkop - Embassy of Estonia
- Ioan Pascu - EU Parliament
- Manuel Lafont Rapnouil - CSIS, French Foreign Ministry
- Robert Hunter - RAND
- James Dobbins - RAND
- Marc Grossman - Cohen Group
- Victoria Nuland - US Department of State
- Amanda Sloat - House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Ashraf Ghani - Chairman of the State Effectiveness Institute, Atlantic Council
- R. Nicholas Burns - Harvard University
- Edgar Buckley - Thales
- Steve Flanagan - CSIS
- Jim Towsend - Atlantic Council
Related Events:
- NATO Ambassador Talks With Council
- Council Hosts General David Petraeus
- Council Hosts Ukrainian President Yushchenko
- Council Hosts Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili
Related Commentary on New Atlanticist Blog:
- NATO Enlargement: The Unanswered Question - James Joyner
- Time to Extend Hand to Ukraine - Alexander Motyl
- Would NATO Defend Narva? - Alexabder Motyl
- NATO and the Near Abroad: Beyond Bucharest - Nikolas Gvosdev
- Builders, Diplomats, Guardians, and Warriors - Derek Reveron
- Pakistan's Strategic Moment - Jeffrey Lightfoot
- Sneak Preview of the Future: Who Makes New Rules? - Robert Manning
- NATO's Afghanistan Strategy Needs Changes Now - Peter Cassata
- Winning in Afghanistan: Whose Side is Pakistan Really On? - James Joyner
- Pakistan's Perfect Storm - Shuja Nawaz
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The Way Forward in Europe
On February 13, the Atlantic Council's Global Business and Economics Program will host Luc Frieden, finance minister of Luxembourg, and an influential member of the European Union’s Eurogroup and Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
Libya Revisited: Coalition Building and the Future of NATO Operations
Please join the Atlantic Council for a public address and conversation with General Charles Bouchard, commander of the NATO military mission in Libya.
Pivotal Partnerships: The Prospects for International Defense Cooperation in an Age of Austerity
On Wednesday, February 15, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will join the Atlantic Council for a public address and conversation on international defense cooperation.
Counter-Piracy Task Force: Strategic Approaches to the Piracy Challenge
On February 8, 2012, the International Security Program and the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a meeting of the Atlantic Council Maritime Piracy Task Force, chaired by Atlantic Council Board Director Franklin D. Miller. This is the third in a series of meetings looking into the challenge of piracy and possible strategic approaches.
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