Featured Publications
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
Board Members
Atlantic Council Board Member Joseph E. Robert, Jr. Passes
December 08, 2011
The Atlantic Council has lost a dear friend and board director with the passing of Joseph E. Robert, Jr. Mr. Robert was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the same form of brain cancer that took Senator Edward Kennedy, in early 2009, and passed away Wednesday night in his home.
What 9/11 Has Wrought
Dov Zakheim | September 14, 2011
Everyday American images of the war on terror—the legacy of 9/11: Government buildings surrounded by ugly concrete blocks. Pennsylvania Avenue, the street that the White House—once known as the "people's house"—faces, no longer open to traffic. ID cards required everywhere.
The New Foreign Policy Frontier
Anne-Marie Slaughter | July 29, 2011
A rapidly changing world requires news ways of thinking, and new tools for understanding and engaging with societies as well as governments.
Izzat Majeed: Poet, Intellectual, Music Lover, and Board Director
July 25, 2011
On July 24 and 25, Izzat Majeed, Atlantic Council Board Member and owner of the Lahore-based Sachal Studios, was featured in Pakistan Today article: "Izzat Majeed: poet, intellectual, music lover" and Views and Reviews article: "Pakistani musicians creating a stir in the world of Jazz music".
Alice Pickering, Wife of Amb. Tom Pickering, Passes
June 25, 2011Alice Pickering, wife of long-time Atlantic Council Board member Ambassador Thomas Pickering, has died.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued the following statement:
Robert Ellsworth, Former NATO Ambassador, Dead at 84
May 13, 2011
Robert Ellsworth, a Lifetime Director of the Atlantic Council and former US Ambassador to NATO, has died. He was 84. Our sincere condolences go out to his family and loved ones, along with our gratitude for a lifetime of service to his country.
A memorial service will take place at St. Francis Episcopal Church at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 11. The church is located at 10033 River Road in Potomac, Maryland.
NATO in Libya: Why Gaddafi Must Go
Walter Slocombe | March 30, 2011
So far, the US as a nation, NATO as an institution, “Europe” as a collectivity, and many of its nations individually have done rather well on Libya.
Warren Christopher, Former Secretary of State, Dead at 85
March 19, 2011
Warren Christopher, an Honorary Director of the Atlantic Council and former U.S. Secretary of State, has died at 85. Our sincere condolences go out to his family and loved ones, along with our gratitude for a lifetime of service to his country.
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.
Featured Video
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.
