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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
Time to Move from Tactics to Strategy on Iran
Lowering the Price of Russian Gas: A Challenge for European Energy Security
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Michele Dunne and Amy Hawthorne on US Policy in Middle East (NPR)
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.
J. Peter Pham Speaks on Sahel Politics and Security in The Hague
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 Testifies before House Panel on Crisis in the 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.”
Mihaela Carstei on the US-Canada Keystone Pipeline Project (CTV)
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.
Transatlantic Leadership for a New Global Economy
April 20, 2007
The Council’s report Transatlantic Leadership for a New Global Economy is the product of a commission co-chaired by Stuart E. Eizenstat, former deputy secretary of the Treasury and Council board member, and Grant D. Aldonas, former under secretary of Commerce for international trade. The report argues that to deal with a new international economy, the United States and European Union must lead a major effort to restructure the governing institutions of that economy and seek new ways to reduce barriers to trade and investment.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In the last fifty years, the international economy has undergone a significant transformation, as globalization has connected national economies and economic power has spread east and south. Unless the United States and the European Union respond with new leadership, these changes will overwhelm the institutions created in the post-World War II era by Europe and the United States to manage the world economy. China, India, Brazil, Russia, and other developing and transitional economies have become major players in the world economy. Global private fi nancial markets can now make available to developing nations assets that dwarf the public funds available through the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Energy assets now reside predominantly in state-owned energy companies in some of the most unstable areas of the world, rather than in effi cient multinational energy companies, as in the past. The diffi culties of the Doha Round signal the end of the era of traditional multilateral trade negotiations requiring consensus of more than 150 nations. Although many barriers to commerce have fallen and global poverty has been reduced, protectionism and economic nationalism have enjoyed a recent revival in some quarters. Regional accords in trade and fi nance threaten to weaken commitments to new multilateral liberalization, while emerging economic powers see regional arrangements as a way to exercise influence. The international community now faces a choice: will the future bring more globalization, with further reduced barriers; or a backlash aimed at protecting regional and national economies?
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On May 30, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center will release a new issue brief, The Kaleidoscope Turns Again in a Crisis-Challenged Iran, a discussion of Iran’s upcoming presidential elections.
2013 Wroclaw Global Forum

From June 13-14, the 2013 Wrocław Global Forum will bring together over 350 top policy-makers and business leaders to explore the region’s impact as an actor in Europe, as well as its crucial role in the transatlantic partnership and on the global stage.
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