J. Peter Pham, director the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, was one of four experts invited to address a high-level international conference on the crisis in the Sahel region convened today in The Hague.

Rudolph Atallah, senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, spoke at an all-day conference hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace entitled “Perilous Desert: Security Challenges in the Sahara and 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.”

J. Peter Pham, director the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, spoke on terrorism and other security issues in Africa at a briefing on the continent organized by the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs for committee staff and those from the offices of members of Congress serving on the committee.

Hariri Center Director Michele Dunne and Senior Fellow Amy Hawthorne reflect on US policy toward the Middle East and North Africa in the two years since President Barack Obama promised to make it a top priority to support democracy and human rights in the region.

Scowcroft Center Strategic Foresight Resident Senior Fellow for Global Trends and Innovation Banning Garrett contributed an article (pdf) to the Spring 2013 issue of Euro Atlantic Quarterly on US-China relations and the outlook for the future.

On the heels of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to the United States, Energy & Environment Program Associate Director Mihaela Carstei joins CTV to discuss the Keystone Pipeline project that would transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to refineries in the Gulf coast of Texas.

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.

Council on Foreign Relations consulting editor interviews Hariri Middle East Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof about the conflict in Syria and prospects for a peaceful, negotiated political transition.

South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz joins a live Google Hangout organized by RFE/RL to discuss Pakistan’s historic elections.