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Kazakhstan and the United States: Twenty Years of Ambiguous Partnership
The Five Futures of Cyber Conflict and Cooperation
US Lessons for the Eurozone Restoring Confidence through Transparency
Prospects and Challenges for Increasing India-Pakistan Trade
A US-EU Action Plan for Supporting Democratization: Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia
Council News
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.
FEATURED ISSUE
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?”
REGISTER
Albania
21 NATO soldiers wounded in Kosovo clash
Jorge Benitez | November 26, 2011
From Fatos Bytyci, Reuters: Twenty-one NATO soldiers were wounded overnight, one seriously, when Serbs in Kosovo fought with peacekeepers trying to remove barricades erected against the country's ethnic Albanian authorities, the alliance said on Thursday.
Obama's opportunity to promote "a Europe whole, free, and at peace"
Jorge Benitez | May 26, 2011
From Kurt Volker, Ivan Vejvoda, and Damon Wilson, the New Atlanticist: [Barack Obama's presidency] will be the first administration since President Clinton’s first term that has not seen NATO invite new members to join the Alliance.
Albania in the Western Balkans: Promoting Security and Democracy as a NATO Ally
March 03, 2011
On March 3, the Council hosted an off-the-record roundtable entitled “Albania in the Western Balkans: Promoting Security and Democracy as a NATO ally,” with Edith Harxhi, Albania’s Deputy Foreign Minister in charge of regional affairs.
Six new nations join NATO Collective Air Defence
Jorge Benitez | March 03, 2011
From Allied Command Operations: On 2 March 2011, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) held a Memorandum of Understanding signature ceremony for five nations who will begin participating in Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs) and supporting NATO Air operations.
NATO's military commander visits allied forces in Kosovo
Jorge Benitez | February 22, 2011
From Allied Command Operations: Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander United States European Command travelled to Kosovo on Friday, February 18th to visit KFOR troops and receive an update on current operations.
Stop Albania's Self-Destruction
Jorge Benitez | January 27, 2011
From Daniel Korski, the International Herald Tribune: One moment Albania is Lonely Planet’s “must-see” destination for 2011, a NATO member whose citizens enjoy visa-free travel into the European Union; the next, government forces are shooting and killing protesters on the streets
Albanian prime minister warns of more violence
Jorge Benitez | January 25, 2011
From Nick Squires, the Telegraph: Albania's prime minister has thanked the army for heading off what he called an attempted coup last week, but warned that more violence is likely in the next few days.
Leaked NATO documents link Kosovo's Prime Minister to organized crime
Jorge Benitez | January 25, 2011
From Paul Lewis, the Guardian: Kosovo's prime minister, Hashim Thaçi, has been identified as one of the "biggest fish" in organised crime in his country, according to western military intelligence reports leaked to the Guardian.
FEATURED EVENTS
The Way Forward in Europe
On February 13, the Atlantic Council's Global Business and Economics Program will host Luc Frieden, finance minister of Luxembourg, and an influential member of the European Union’s Eurogroup and Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
Libya Revisited: Coalition Building and the Future of NATO Operations
Please join the Atlantic Council for a public address and conversation with General Charles Bouchard, commander of the NATO military mission in Libya.
Pivotal Partnerships: The Prospects for International Defense Cooperation in an Age of Austerity
On Wednesday, February 15, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will join the Atlantic Council for a public address and conversation on international defense cooperation.
Counter-Piracy Task Force: Strategic Approaches to the Piracy Challenge
On February 8, 2012, the International Security Program and the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a meeting of the Atlantic Council Maritime Piracy Task Force, chaired by Atlantic Council Board Director Franklin D. Miller. This is the third in a series of meetings looking into the challenge of piracy and possible strategic approaches.
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FEATURED INTERVIEW
Is Nigeria at a Crossroad?
In this edition of the New Atlanticist Podcast, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri speaks to Mr. Tutu Agyare, founder and managing partner of Nubuke Investments, one of Africas’s largest asset managers.
