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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?”
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Henry Kissinger
Gates renews warning of dim and dismal future for NATO
Jorge Benitez | December 15, 2011
From Jorge Benitez, New Atlanticist: Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has revisited perhaps the most controversial speech in his career.
Gates Renews Warning of Dim and Dismal Future for NATO
Jorge Benitez | December 15, 2011Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has revisited perhaps the most controversial speech in his career.
Gates: Moderate Center Not Holding, American Strategy Imperiled
James Joyner | December 14, 2011Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates bemoaned the "oversized egos and undersized backbones" of America's political leaders, wishing more of them would emulate Brent Scowcroft's "steadfast integrity, common decency, and moral and political courage" to deal with enormous global challenges.
Kissinger Offers Mixed Reviews of Obama China Policy
James Joyner | June 16, 2011
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wonders whether something like the opening to China he and President Nixon undertook would be possible today. He believes that the U.S. government is "too complex" these days, with "too many urgent things" forcing a focus on the everyday and preventing bold, strategic moves.
RIP former Secretary of State and Atlantic Council Board member, Lawrence Eagleburger
Jorge Benitez | June 04, 2011
From President Barack Obama, POLITICO: With the passing of former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, our nation has lost a distinguished diplomat and public servant.
Grounds for U.S. military intervention
Jorge Benitez | April 09, 2011
From Henry A. Kissinger and James A. Baker III, the Washington Post: Like most Americans, we believe that the United States should always support democracy and human rights politically, economically and diplomatically
Deterrence in the Age of Nuclear Proliferation
Jorge Benitez | March 07, 2011
From George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn, the Wall Street Journal: The doctrine of mutual assured destruction is obsolete in the post-Cold War era.
Kissinger's Swan Song for World Order
Kenneth Weisbrode | September 13, 2010
The other day in Geneva, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger delivered the keynote address of the annual meeting of the International Institute of Strategic Studies. His topic was the present and future state of world order – not an unfamiliar topic to him or to his audience.
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.
