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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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National Security Strategy
Lead Britannia!
Harlan Ullman | August 31, 2011
August, not April, is the cruelest month.
In the 20th century, two world wars were started. America's long and tragic engagement in Vietnam and Saddam Hussein's ill-fated incursion into Kuwait were conceived in August.
NSS Review: Upholding the Transatlantic Relationship
Andras Simonyi | June 07, 2010
The Obama administration's new National Security Strategy, released last week, has global consequence, reflecting the responsibility of the United States to provide leadership to the free world. It reflects a shift in the mindset of America’s thinking about the world and itself.
NSS Review: Europe Given Short Shrift
Sven Biscop and... | June 03, 2010Is the European Union (EU) – or even its Member States – still a key ally for the US? Is the transatlantic alliance in decline?
NSS Review: Vision and Questions
Ioan Mircea Pascu | June 01, 2010The Obama administration’s National Security Strategy is even more important because it comes at a crucial time: the international system is heavily affected by economic and financial crisis, conflict, disorder and successive natural disasters.
NSS Review: How Will It Be Managed?
Laura A. Hall | June 01, 2010The Obama National Security Strategy was released on May 27. Such a broad document inevitably includes vague words like “engage” and “ensure” and “seek to,” that describe without defining.
Obama's National Security Strategy Sleight-of-Hand
James Joyner | May 28, 2010George Kennan famously defined national security as "the continued ability of this country to pursue its internal life without serious interference." The Obama Administration, with the release of its National Security Strategy, has re-defined it beyond all meaning.
National Security Strategy Instant Reactions
James Joyner | May 27, 2010Yesterday, Derek Reveron gave us a National Security Strategy preview. Today, the 52-page document is being unveiled to mixed reviews.
Government Accountability and National Security Not a Trade-Off
Bernard Finel | January 21, 2010
"FBI agents seeking phone records used 'startling' methods," a recent Washington Post article said.
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.
