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 <title>Counterterrorism Plan for Obama</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Atlantic Council senior fellow David L. Phillips published an op-ed at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/01/02/a_counterterrorism_plan_for_obama?mode=PF&quot; title=&quot;A counterterrorism plan for Obama&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Boston Globe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; entitled, &amp;quot;A counterterrorism plan for Obama.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/highlights/counterterrorism-plan-obama&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/barack-obama">Barack Obama</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/international-security">International Security</category>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:47:09 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Obama&#039;s Pragmatic View of China</title>
 <link>http://www.acus.org/highlights/obamas-pragmatic-view-china</link>
 <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Max&amp;quot; Yu Tsung-chi, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, has published an editorial entitled &amp;quot;Obama&#039;s Pragmatic View of China&amp;quot; in tomorrow&#039;s edition of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2008/12/24/2003431905&quot; title=&quot;Obama&amp;amp;rsquo;s pragmatic view of China&quot;&gt;Taipei Times&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/highlights/obamas-pragmatic-view-china&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/asia">Asia</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/barack-obama">Barack Obama</category>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:13:40 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Atlantic Council Board Member Named Secretary of Veterans Affairs</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eric K. Shinseki&lt;/strong&gt;, a member of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors, was appointed President-elect Barack Obama&#039;s Secretary of Veterans Affairs on December 7.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/highlights/atlantic-council-board-member-named-secretary-veterans-affairs&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/barack-obama">Barack Obama</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/eric-shinseki">Eric Shinseki</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/secretary-veterans-affairs">Secretary of Veterans Affairs</category>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:00:12 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Atlantic Council Chairman Named National Security Advisor</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Atlantic Council Chairman &lt;strong&gt;General James L. Jones&lt;/strong&gt; has accepted President-elect Barack Obama&amp;rsquo;s offer to serve as his National Security Advisor.&amp;nbsp; Jones, respected on both sides of the aisle, brings more than forty years of military and diplomatic experience to the post.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/highlights/atlantic-council-chairman-named-national-security-advisor&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/james-jones">James Jones</category>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:41:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Atlantic Council Board Member Named UN Ambassador</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Susan E. Rice&lt;/strong&gt;, a member of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors, was appointed President-elect Barack Obama&#039;s U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations on December 1.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/highlights/atlantic-council-board-member-named-un-ambassador&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/susan-rice">Susan Rice</category>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>China’s Carrier Plans Worry Region</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Max&amp;quot; Yu Tsung-chi, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, published an editorial in today&#039;s &lt;em&gt;Taipei Times&lt;/em&gt; entitled &amp;quot;&lt;a title=&quot;China&amp;amp;rsquo;s Carrier Plans Worry Region&quot; href=&quot;http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2008/11/28/2003429792&quot;&gt;China&amp;rsquo;s Carrier Plans Worry Region&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/highlights/china%E2%80%99s-carrier-plans-worry-region&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/asia">Asia</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/china">China</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/taiwan">Taiwan</category>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:56:12 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Mumbai Attacks Dagger to Heart of India Commerce</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Mansoor Ijaz, a member of the Atlantic Council&#039;s board of directors, published &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;A Dagger in the Heart of Indian Commerce&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot; in &lt;a title=&quot;A Dagger in the Heart of Indian Commerce &quot; href=&quot;http://online.barrons.com/article/SB122774454138261343.html&quot;&gt;Barron&#039;s&lt;/a&gt; today.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The full text is provided below as a courtesy to Council members.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/highlights/mumbai-attacks-dagger-indian-commerce&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/global-business-economics">Global Business &amp;amp; Economics</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/india">India</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/mumbai">Mumbai</category>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:49:22 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>General Jones Thanks Atlantic Council Board Member for Service as ATA President</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ambassador Robert Hunter&lt;/strong&gt;, a member of the Atlantic Council&#039;s Board of Directors, recently completed a five-year term as president of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA).&amp;nbsp; Below is a letter from Atlantic Council Chairman &lt;strong&gt;General James L. Jones&lt;/strong&gt; thanking Ambassador Hunter for his service.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dear Bob:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/highlights/general-jones-thanks-atlantic-council-board-member-service-ata-president&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/james-jones">James Jones</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/robert-hunter">Robert Hunter</category>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Hutchings:  Global Grand Bargain</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Robert Hutchings, a member of the Atlantic Council&#039;s board of directors and its Strategic Advisors Group, published an op-ed in today&#039;s &lt;em&gt;Washington Post&lt;/em&gt; entitled &amp;quot;&lt;a title=&quot;A Global Grand Bargain&quot; href=&quot;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/16/AR2008111601732.html&quot;&gt;A Global Grand Bargain&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/highlights/hutchings-global-grand-bargain&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/financial-crisis">Financial Crisis</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/g20">G20</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/global-business-economics">Global Business &amp;amp; Economics</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/transatlantic-relations">Transatlantic Relations</category>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:33:26 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Taking Taiwan Defense Seriously</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Max&amp;quot; Yu Tsung-chi, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, published an editorial in today&#039;s &lt;em&gt;Taipei Times&lt;/em&gt; entitled &amp;quot;&lt;a title=&quot;Taking national defense seriously&quot; href=&quot;http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2008/11/13/2003428541&quot;&gt;Taking National Defense Seriously&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acus.org/highlights/taking-taiwan-defense-seriously&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/asia">Asia</category>
 <category domain="http://www.acus.org/tags/china">China</category>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:55:16 -0500</pubDate>
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