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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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John McCain
Republicans question new Obama policy on Afghanistan
Jorge Benitez | February 03, 2012
From Barbara Starr and Adam Levine, CNN Security Clearance: The United States and NATO want to end their combat mission in Afghanistan next year
US budget woes could hit European missile defense
Jorge Benitez | November 21, 2011
From Desmond Butler, the AP: A breakdown in high-stakes budget talks in Congress could threaten plans for a missile defense shield in Europe.
Roger Cohen: Leading from behind "was smart policy in Libya"
Jorge Benitez | November 01, 2011
From Roger Cohen, the New York Times: Leading from behind — a phrase first used by a White House adviser in a New Yorker article by Ryan Lizza — was smart policy in Libya.
U.S. foreign policy: War fever subsides
Jorge Benitez | June 28, 2011
From Andrew J. Bacevich, the Los Angeles Times: At periodic intervals, the American body politic has shown a marked susceptibility to messianic fevers.
McCain: Without victory in Libya, NATO's finished
Jorge Benitez | June 24, 2011
From Josiah Ryan, the Hill: Speaking on the Senate floor, [Linsey] Graham and [John] McCain bemoaned President Obama’s plan, announced on Wednesday, to begin a withdrawal of surge forces from Afghanistan
Libya War-Funding Fight Escalates
Jorge Benitez | June 22, 2011
From Siobhan Hughes, the Wall Street Journal: U.S. lawmakers staked out starkly different positions Tuesday on the legitimacy of the American intervention in Libya, suggesting more legislative challenges are ahead in a debate the White House had hoped to put to rest.
'It is time for Poland to give back' Minister Sikorski Declares at Atlantic Council Freedom Awards Dinner
June 11, 2011Wroclaw, Poland- "What side of history will the world's great democracies be on?" That question, posed by U.S. Senator John McCain, captured the essence of the 2011 Freedom Awards, presented by the Atlantic Council at its annual Wroclaw Global Forum.
McCain: U.S.-Led Operation Would Have Gotten Rid of Qaddafi by Now
Jorge Benitez | May 29, 2011
From Fox News: The United States should be running military operations in Libya, not leaving it to NATO, Arizona Sen. John McCain said Sunday
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.
