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Rudolph Atallah Testifies before House Panel on Crisis in the Sahel
Rudolph Atallah, senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, testified at a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on “The Growing Crisis in Africa’s Sahel Region.”
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Frederic Hof on US Position in Syria Crisis (BBC World Service)
Hariri Middle East Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof speaks with the BBC’s Tim Franks about the cautious US position with respect to resolving the Syria crisis.
Shuja Nawaz Response to Pakistan Election Results (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz joins a live Google Hangout organized by RFE/RL to discuss Pakistan’s historic elections.
Third Site: Missile Defense in Europe
April 19, 2007
On Thursday April 19th the Atlantic Council hosted “Third Site: Missile Defense in Europe,” a major conference featuring key European and U.S. policy makers who provided their perspectives on the evolving debate about U.S. missile defense arrangements in Europe.
Participants included: Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, BG Patrick O’Reilly, Deputy Director of the Missile Defense Agency, former NATO Assistant Secretary General Robert Bell, former U.S. Undersecretary of State for Arms Control Robert Joseph, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Dan Fried, former Polish State Secretary for Defense Dr. Andrzej Kakorszka, and Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA).
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Karel Schwarzenberg
Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic
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Brigadier General Patrick O'Reilly
Deputy Director, Missile Defense Agency
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Robert G. Bell
Senior Vice President, SAIC
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Daniel Fried
Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs
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Representative Ellen Tauscher (CA-10)
Chair, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
House Armed Services Committee
Interfax Central Europe, May 31, 2007
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[watch video]
Russian opposition to U.S. NMD aimed at weakening trans-Atlantic alliance – Czech PM
Additional information
Defense News, April 20, 2007
Official Upbeat on Russian Talks, but U.S. Lawmaker Signals Budget Cuts Possible
Security and Defense Agenda Report
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