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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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Macedonia
Strategy Session with Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers
February 02, 2012
On Thursday, February 2, the Council hosted Minister Nikola Poposki and Minister Fatmir Besimi for an off-the-record strategy session to discuss Macedonia’s prospects for Euro-Atlantic integration in advance of May’s NATO Summit and in light of the recent International Court of Justice ruling on the name issue.
Russia says Georgia's entry to NATO could lead to war
Jorge Benitez | December 09, 2011
From RIA Novosti: Russia’s foreign minister has warned of a repetition of its 2008 war with Georgia if the South Caucasus state joins NATO.
NATO responds to ICJ ruling on Macedonia dispute
Jorge Benitez | December 05, 2011
From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO: I take note that the International Court of Justice has issued its ruling on a bilateral issue between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Time to Let Macedonia Play with the Big Boys
Metodija A. Koloski & Mark Branov | November 30, 2011
Rarely has a country’s standing in the community of nations collapsed as quickly as that of Greece.
Strategy Session with Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov: Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic Integration
February 01, 2011
On February 1, the Atlantic Council hosted an off-the-record strategy session on Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic integration with His Excellency Gjorge Ivanov, President of the Republic of Macedonia. Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President at the Atlantic Council, moderated the discussion.
Rasmussen to German Parliament: "NATO is today the most effective peacekeeper in the world"
Jorge Benitez | October 25, 2010
From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO: I appreciate the opportunity to answer the question you have put on the table - is NATO a Cold War relic, or an instrument for peace?
Strategy Session with Macedonian Minister of Defense Konjanovski
October 05, 2010
On October 5, the Atlantic Council hosted H.E. Zoran Konjanovski, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Macedonia, for a strategy session with members of the Strategic Advisors Group.
Macedonia Vacillates on NATO Commitment
Scott Bleiweis | August 20, 2010
By Slobodanka Jovanovska, BBC via Investors Business Daily: The pillar of Macedonian foreign policy over the past two decades, that is, the good relations with the United States, has begun to fall apart against the blows of the patriotic fight for the state's name.
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.
