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Jonathan Paris Discusses Syrian Crisis with France 24
Jonathan Paris, nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, appeared on France 24 to discuss Russia's support for the Assad regime and what it means for a possible UN resolution against Syria.
Damon Wilson US Senate Testimony: Ukraine at a Crossroads
On February 1, Atlantic Council executive vice president Damon Wilson testified at a hearing of the US Senate Committe on Foreign Relations on the topic: "Ukraine at a Crossroads: What's at Stake for the US and Europe?"
Michele Dunne on US-Egypt Relations for NPR's Morning Edition
Relations between the US and Egypt have taken a downturn since Egyptian authorities raided the offices of seventeen nongovernmental organizations in December - three of them US-funded. Michele Dunne, director of the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, spoke on NPR's Morning Edition about the situation and what it means for US aid to Egypt.
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The South Asia Center receives guidance and support from many experts throughout the world. Our senior fellows, guest-speakers, Center patrons, and visitors contribute heavily to the Center’s mission to “wage peace,” and engage the international community in the region. The Center asked our contributors the simple, but key question, “What you do expect in 2012?”
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Achieving Peace and Security in Korea and Northeast Asia: A New U.S. Diplomatic Strategy toward North Korea
February 05, 2009
The Atlantic Council is pleased to release its Final Report of its three-year project on U.S. policy toward North Korea. This report makes clear that unless President Obama adopts a new strategy of seeking a comprehensive settlement in Korea, the U.S. is unlikely to eliminate North Korea’s nuclear program.
Adopting the new diplomatic strategy of pursuing a comprehensive settlement in Korea – including a peace agreement that replaces the 1953 Armistice – will “facilitate the success of the Six Party Talks” and “resolve other critical security, political and economic issues on the peninsula that underlie the nuclear issue and fuel tensions in Northeast Asia,” in the words of the report.
The release of the report’s detailed policy recommendations comes at a time when tensions are once again rising dangerously on the Korean peninsula. Last Friday, January 30, South Korea heightened its military readiness, one day after North Korea canceled longstanding agreements on security cooperation between the two countries. Reports released Tuesday, February 3, indicate North Korea is also planning a test of its long-range missile the Taepodong 2, which is capable of striking targets in Alaska and Hawaii.
The contributors to the Atlantic Council Final Report are:
- James Goodby, Stanford University
- Donald Gross, Atlantic Council of the United States
- John Park, U.S. Institute of Peace
- Alan Romberg, Stimson Center
- Leon V. Sigal, Social Science Research Council
- Joseph Snyder, Atlantic Council of the United States
The Final Report fully reflects the conclusions of the Atlantic Council’s high-level, nonpartisan working group on North Korea which released its report entitled A Framework for Peace and Security in Korea and Northeast Asia in April 2007. I’m especially pleased to note that President Obama has appointed some members of the original Atlantic Council working group on North Korea to key policymaking positions in the new administration.
We welcome any feedback you have on the Final Report. Please send your comments to Atlantic Council senior fellow Donald Gross.
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