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
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Most security experts believe cyber arms race is on
Jorge Benitez | January 31, 2012
From Rachel King, ZDNet: The digital arms race is already underway, according to many global experts and their opinions included in McAfee’s global cyber defense report.
Russia charges former Estonian spy chief in Arctic Sea hijacking
Jorge Benitez | January 18, 2012
From RIA Novosti: Investigators in the northern Russian port of Arkhangelsk have charged in absentia Estonia's former spy chief, Eerik-Niiles Kross, with organizing the hijacking of the cargo ship Arctic Sea in 2009, a spokesman for the regional Investigative Committee, Yury Shperling said on Friday.
Presidential frontrunner won't push Finland into NATO
Jorge Benitez | January 09, 2012
From Jussi Rosendahl and Eero Vassinen, Reuters: Finland's leading presidential candidate Sauli Niinisto said Monday he will not push for the country to join NATO if he is elected, despite his party's enthusiasm for membership of the military alliance.
Public support in Finland for membership in NATO has "fallen sharply"
Jorge Benitez | December 22, 2011
From Helsingin Sanomat: Support for membership in the NATO military alliance has fallen sharply in the past year and a half. According to a poll commissioned by Helsingin Sanomat and conducted by TNS Gallup, more than two thirds of Finns (68 per cent) are against joining the alliance.
NATO Secretary General attends Special Forces joint exercise in Denmark
Jorge Benitez | October 13, 2011
From NATO: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is attending a joint Special Forces exercise, NIGHT HAWK, in Denmark on 12-14 October.
NATO conducts annual Crisis Management Exercise (CMX)
Jorge Benitez | October 12, 2011
From NATO: NATO will conduct its annual Crisis Management Exercise (CMX) between 19 and 26 October 2011.
Europe Under Stress: Ways Ahead
September 26, 2011
On September 26th, the Global Business and Economics Program hosted Erkki Liikanen, Governor of the Bank of Finland and a key leader on the European Central Bank’s Governing Council for a discussion of possible solutions to Europe’s ongoing Euro crisis.
A Modest Proposal for Pan-European Defense
Nikolas Gvosdev | September 16, 2011
The idea of intra-alliance military specialization in Europe is attractive in theory, but problematic in practice. Instead, officials should pursue a two-tiered pan-European defense force, which would facilitate deployment beyond Europe and improve effeciency using economies of scale.
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.
