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?”
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Kurdistan
Could a Turkish Buffer Enable a New Syria?
Anna Borshchevskaya | June 17, 2011
Almost 10,000 Syrian refugees have entered Turkey over the last several days, as the Syrian government escalates its crackdown on protesters. While this is a large number, the Turkish daily Posta suggests Ankara fears much worse—that a civil war in Syria could flood Turkey with 200,000 more refugees.
Jonathan Paris Co-Authors Article on Turkish Foreign Policy
September 23, 2010
Jonathan Paris, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, co-authored an article in The Washington Quarterly titled "Decoding Turkish Foreign Policy Hyperactivity" with Ziya Meral.
Iraq: Current Challeges and Future Prospects
July 30, 2010
Dr. Fuad Hussein, Chief of Staff to President of the Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani, and Minister Falah Bakir, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan Regional Government, joined the Atlantic Council on Friday, July 30 for a conversation about the political and security situation after March elections in Iraq.
Turkey, Kurdistan, and Armenia
David L. Phillips | September 18, 2009
Atlantic Council senior fellow David Phillips was interviewed by the Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman on recent developments in Turkish-Kurdish relations and in Turkey-Armenia relations.
Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan
June 29, 2009
David L. Phillips, a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Transatlantic Relations Program, published an op-ed addressing the strategic partnership between Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan in Hurriyet, a Turkish daily.
Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan are Strategic Partners
David L. Phillips | June 27, 2009
Turkey’s military strikes against the PKK in northern Iraq were a tactical and political success. Applying military pressure catalyzed Ankara’s decision to offer Iraqi Kurdistan political and economic rewards in exchange for cooperation against the PKK, a U.S.-listed terrorist organization that Turkey holds responsible for 30,000 deaths since 1984.
Confidence Building between Turks and Iraqi Kurds
June 01, 2009
The Obama administration’s “responsible redeployment” from Iraq is made even more urgent by the requirements resulting from worsening conditions in Afghanistan and Pakistan. For redeployment to occur on scale and on schedule, the United States seeks an end-state in Iraq that is stable and at peace with its neighbors.
Party Leader Speaks Kurdish in Turkey Parliament, Breaks Law
James Joyner | February 24, 2009
Democratic Society Party leader Ahmet Turk violated Turkey's constitution today by addressing the parliament in his native Kurdish tongue.
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.
