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The Trilateral Bond: Mapping a New Era for Latin America, the United States, and Europe
Egypt's Litigious Transition: Judicial Intervention and the Muddied Road to Democracy
A New Deal: Reforming US Defense Cooperation with Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Ambitious but Achievable
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Council News
James Joyner on Intelligence Oversight (The National Interest)
Atlantic Council managing editor James Joyner asks in The National Interest, "Why Should Congress and the Courts Care About Snooping If Citizens Don't?"
J. Peter Pham Discusses Al-Qaeda Franchise’s MANPADS Manual on CNN
J. Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, was interviewed by Brian Todd on CNN’s Situation Room in a segment on the discovery of evidence in northern Mali that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) may have acquired surface-to-air missiles.
James Joyner on the NSA Controversy (The National Interest)
Atlantic Council Managing Editor James Joyner published an editorial in The National Interest arguing it's better to "trust in those charged with safeguarding our nation's secrets to do so honorably than to make every disgruntled Army private or low-level contractor a de facto national classification authority."
Frederic Hof on US Military and Political Options in Syria (NPR)
Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof of the Council's Hariri Middle East Center speaks with host Scott Simon of NPR Weekend Edition about the worsening crisis in Syria and the United States' limited military and political options.
J. Peter Pham Addresses France-US High-Level Seminar on the Sahel
October 22, 2012
J. Peter Pham, director the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, was the only non-government official invited to address the France-US High-Level Seminar on West African Issues hosted in Paris today by the French Ministry of Defense.
The daylong meeting on Terrorism and Trafficking in Western Africa: Towards a New Hot Spot in the ‘Arc of Crisis’? focused heavily on the ongoing crisis in Mali and drew senior French and US officials as well as representatives of invited partner countries. Pham delivered a presentation on “Trafficking and Its Impact on Regional Political Balances.”
Other speakers included Kader Arif, French minister of veterans’ affairs; Johnnie Carson, US assistant secretary of state for African affairs; Michael Sheehan, US assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low intensity conflict; Amanda Dory, US deputy assistant secretary of defense for African affairs; Michel Miraillet, director for strategic affairs in the French Ministry of Defense; Charles Rivkin, US ambassador to France; Francis Delon, French secretary-general for defense and national security; Said Djinnit, special representative of the secretary-general of the United Nations for West Africa; Ramtane Lamamra, African Union commissioner for peace and security; Jacques Champagne de Labriolle, French ambassador to Nigeria; and Major General Charles Hooper, director of strategy, plans, and programs at the US Africa Command (AFRICOM).
FEATURED EVENTS
Two Decades of Transition in Caucasus and Central Asia: Taking Stock and the Road Ahead
On June 19, please join the Eurasia Center for a discussion on the IMF’s recent presentation Two Decades of Transition in Caucasus and Central Asia: Taking Stock and the Road Ahead with Dr. Juha Kähkönen, deputy director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia department, and the Honorable William Courtney, former US ambassador to Georgia and Kazakhstan and former special assistant to the President and senior director of the National Security Council staff for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia. This event will be streamed LIVE from 10:30 a.m.
The Chinese Cyber Challenge: How to Address the Growing Threat
On June 24, the Brent Scowcroft Center of the Atlantic Council will host a panel discussion on the most recent claims of Chinese cyber espionage and the implications of this threat for the US-China relationship and China's ties with its neighbors in Asia.
US-Iran Cultural Engagement: A Cost Effective Boon to US National Security
On June 27, the Atlantic Council’s Iran Task Force will launch a new issue brief by Ramin Asgard and Barbara Slavin entitled US-Iran Cultural Engagement: A Cost Effective Boon to US National Security, along with a public briefing on people-to-people exchanges with Iran.
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