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Council Highlights
Damon Wilson: Congressional Testimony on Post-Election Ukraine
Damon Wilson, Atlantic Council Vice President and Director, International Security Program, testified before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) on March 16.
Stephen Hadley Calls for New Phase of U.S.-China Relations
In a luncheon address at the 3rd U.S.-China Project on Crisis Avoidance & Cooperation Track 1.5 conference in Beijing, Atlantic Council Board member, former national security adviser and current senior adviser for international affairs at the United States Institute of Peace, Stephen J. Hadley, spoke about U.S.-China relations 30 years after the establishment of full diplomatic relations.
Shuja Nawaz: Congressional Testimony on Islamist Militancy in Pakistan
Shuja Nawaz, director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, testified before the House Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia on March 11.
Damon Wilson Discusses NATO, Turkey and Azerbaijan
Damon Wilson, vice president and director of the Atlantic Council Program on International Security, was interviewed by Leyla Tagiyeva of Azerbaijani news site News.Az about U.S.-Turkey relations in the context of NATO and its role in the Caucasus region.
FEATURED ISSUE
Eurozone Crisis: Threat of Sovereign Debt Default
The Atlantic Council's Global Business and Economics Program hosted a conference call with Professor Leszek Balcerowicz on the Euro debt crisis.
Mikheil Saakashvili
Russia and Georgia to Reopen Border Crossing
James Joyner | December 24, 2009
Georgia and Russia have agreed to re-open a key artery closed since 2006, another sign that Moscow would like to repair relations with its former satellite.
EU: Georgia 'Triggered' Russia's Illegal Invasion
James Joyner | September 30, 2009
As widely anticipated, an EU report on last year's Russian invasion of Georgia finds plenty of blame to go around, finding that Tblisi "triggered" the conflict but that Moscow violated international law by its invasion and with numerous atrocities thereafter.
Georgia Army Mutiny: Russia-Backed Coup Attempt?
James Joyner | May 05, 2009
Georgia has put down a rebellion at an army barracks near Tblisi, which President Mikheil Saakashvili's government is claiming was "coordinated with Russia and aimed at minimum thwarting NATO military exercises." Moscow says this allegation is "mad."
Georgia Protests: So Far, So Good
David J. Smith | April 14, 2009
On April 9 and successive days, people took to the streets of Tbilisi calling upon Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign. The President remains in office, as a majority of Georgians want. However, the demonstrations have not been for naught—the peaceful, democratic demeanor of demonstrators and government alike has burnished Georgia’s image abroad.
EU Probe Investigates Causes of Russia-Georgia Conflict
Peter Cassata | December 02, 2008On Tuesday, an official EU probe into the causes and progression of the Georgia conflict in August was launched. Deutsche Welle:
Ukraine, Georgia React to Diminished NATO Hopes
Peter Cassata | December 02, 2008Ukraine is seeking to repair relations with Russia as its hopes of entering NATO fade, the Times reports:
Gunfire Erupts Near Convoy of Georgian and Polish Presidents
Peter Cassata | November 24, 2008News broke over the weekend that shots were fired as a convoy carrying Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and Polish president Lech Kaczynski approached South Ossetia. There were no injuries, and the convoy returned safely to Tbilisi. Predictably, Georgia is blaming Russia, and Russia is blaming Georgia. Reports vary significantly.
Putin and Sarkozy Don't Mince Words
Peter Cassata | November 18, 2008The Times published an interesting exchange between Sarkozy and Putin from the August ceasefire talks on Georgia, leaked courtesy of Sarkozy's chief diplomatic advisor Jean-David Levitte:
FEATURED EVENT
Estonian President Ilves: The Future of NATO
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves will deliver a major policy address to the Atlantic Council on March 19 as part of the Global Leadership Series.
James Steinberg: Foreign Policy Priorities of the Obama Administration
On March 15, Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg delivered remarks at the Atlantic Council, outlining the foreign policy approach the Obama administration has taken since taking office over a year ago.
U.S. Force Posture in Europe
On March 18, the Atlantic Council hosted a conference with senior administration officials, experts, and authoritative Europeans to assess the alternative futures for U.S. force posture in Europe. The event, generously sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton with support from L-3 Services Group, featured Dr. Janine Davidson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Plans, U.S. and European points of view in two separate panels, and Representative Jim Marshall (D-GA), Member of the House Armed Services Committee.
NATO Nuclear Policy
The Atlantic Council and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation will co-host a panel discussion on the future of NATO Nuclear Policy, based on the recent publication of two reports from FES/SIPRI and the Atlantic Council's Strategic Advisors Group on the issue.
FEATURED INTERVIEW
Euro Debt Crisis: A Discussion with Currency Strategist Marc Chandler
In his latest New Atlanticist Podcast, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri addresses the Euro debt crisis and the recent hedge fund betting of over $8 billion in short positions against the common EU currency. He talks with Marc Chandler, the Chief Currency Strategist for the investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman and author of Making Sense of the Dollar.
