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Labor, Technology, and Innovation in Europe: Facing Global Risk through Increased Resiliency
The Political Kaleidoscope Turns Again in Crisis-Challenged Iran: 2013 Elections
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
Time to Move from Tactics to Strategy on Iran
Council News
Barry Pavel on NATO in a New Security Landscape (Federal News Radio)
Barry Pavel, Atlantic Council vice president and director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, joins Federal News Radio to speak about why America's rebalance to Asia and the Middle East makes our relationship with European countries and NATO different.
Frederic Hof Discusses G8 Talks on Syria Conflict (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Frederic C. Hof, senior fellow with the Hariri Middle East Center, appeared on Australia’s primetime news program to discuss the G8 countries’ talks on the Syria conflict, the Obama administration’s plans to arm the Syrian opposition while seeking a negotiated settlement, and the broader regional implications of the Syria conflict.
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 (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.
Council News
Chuck Hagel Featured as "HBO History Maker"
June 16, 2011
Senator Chuck Hagel, Chairman of the Atlantic Council, is the subject of the latest installment in the HBO History Makers series, joining such luminaries as Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Shuja Nawaz on NPR Morning Edition to Discuss U.S.-Pakistan Relations
June 16, 2011
South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz spoke with Jackie Northam on NPR's Morning Edition to discuss the sharp downturn in U.S.-Pakistan relations.
Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin on Panel Discussing Iran
June 16, 2011
Barbara Slavin, a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, and author of three publications for the Atlantic Council's Iran Task Force, was featured as a panelist at a SETA Foundation event titled "Overcoming Iran Nuclear Impasse: A Year after the Tehran Declaration."
Ansari Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham’s Op-Ed on “The Plagues of Somalia”
June 13, 2011
In “The Plagues of Somalia,” an op-ed for the online edition of the foreign policy journal The National Interest, Dr. J. Peter Pham, director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, discusses the threat posed by terrorists, extremists, and pirates in world’s most spectacularly failed state.
Shuja Nawaz a Panelist on Discussion of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence
June 13, 2011On June 13, South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz was featured as a panelist for a Middle East Institute discussion on Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI): "Who's Afraid of the ISI."
Kurt Volker on BBC To Discuss Gates Speech on NATO
June 10, 2011
Kurt Volker, Atlantic Council Senior Advisor, Managing Director at Johns Hopkins University - SAIS Center for Transatlantic Relations, and former US Ambassador to NATO, appeared on BBC Radio 4's World at One Program to discuss U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' recent speech on NATO.
Cyber Director Jason Healey Contributes to CNAS Report on Cyber Security
June 09, 2011
Jason Healey, director of the Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative, co-authored a report on the future of America's growing cyber insecurity for the Center for New American Security.
Ansari Center Director J. Peter Pham’s New Study on “Somalia: Where a State Isn’t a State”
June 07, 2011The new Summer 2011 issue of the Fletcher Forum on World Affairs features a study by Dr. J. Peter Pham, director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, entitled “Somalia: Where a State Isn’t a State.”
Shuja Nawaz Featured as a Panelist and Study Group Member on U.S. Aid to Pakistan
June 01, 2011On June 1, the Center for Global Development held an event to launch the report of its Study Group on a U.S. Development Strategy in Pakistan. South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz is a member of that study group, and was featured on the first panel "Getting Back on Track: A Focused Aid Strategy."
Ross Wilson HASC Testimony on European and Eurasian Energy
June 01, 2011
Ross Wilson, director of the Atlantic Council's Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center and former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, testified June 2 before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the subject "European and Eurasian Energy: Developing Capabilities for Security and Prosperity."
FEATURED EVENTS
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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