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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.
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.
Sven Biscop and Jo Coelmont: Permanent Structured Cooperation and European Armed Forces
Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Director of the Security & Global Governance Programme at the Egmont Institute and member of the Atlantic Council Strategic Advisors Group, and Brig-Gen. (Ret.) Jo Coelmont, former Belgian Representative to the European Union Military Committee, co-authored an Egmont Institute Security Issue Brief entitled Permanent Structured Cooperation for Effective European Armed Forces.
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.
Rupert Murdoch
Council Awards Gala: A Night to Remember
James Joyner | April 30, 2009
At the 2008 awards dinner, the Atlantic Council honored Tony Blair, Rupert Murdoch, Mike Mullen, and Evgeny Kissin. We had the likes of Colin Powell and Henry Kissinger introducing the introducers. It was inconceivable that we would be able to top that. And, yet, we did just that last night.
Murdoch: Nations Will Be Redefined
James Joyner | February 24, 2009
Matt Drudge has the banner headline "MURDOCH WARNS NATIONS WILL BE REDEFINED" above a story that begins: Media baron Rupert Murdoch issued an urgent internal communication late Monday, warning his staff: "We are in the midst of a phase of history in which nations will be redefined and their futures fundamentally altered."
Press Release: Rupert Murdoch Receives Atlantic Council Leadership Award
MURDOCH CRITICIZES EUROPE FOR INACTION AND CALLS FOR GLOBAL NATO
Washington, D.C. (April 21, 2008) — News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch questioned Europe’s political will to defend itself and called upon NATO to expand beyond current candidates to global members such as Australia, Japan, and Israel.
2008 Leadership Awards: Blair, Murdoch, Mullen and Kissin
April 21, 2008The Atlantic Council of the United States celebrated its 2008 Awards Dinner, honoring former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, News Corporation Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, and Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Distinguished International, Business, and Military Leadership respectively, on Monday, April 21st
Rupert Murdoch Receives Atlantic Council Leadership Award
April 21, 2008News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch says that NATO is in a "crisis of confidence" because Western Europe is "losing its faith in the values and institutions that have kept us free." He calls for a radical redefinition of the Alliance in order to save it, including extending membership to Australia, Japan, and Israel.
FEATURED EVENT
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.
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.
Conference on U.S. Force Posture in Europe
On March 18, the Atlantic Council will host a conference with senior administration officials, experts, and authoritative Europeans to assess the alternative futures for U.S. force posture in Europe.
U.S.-Iran Relations: Best-Case Scenario
A panel of Iran experts addressed the "best-case scenario" for U.S.-Iran relations at the Atlantic Council. Dr. Kenneth Katzman, a Middle East scholar at the Congressional Research Service, presented his Atlantic Council-commissioned Compendium of Policies, Laws and Regulations that govern U.S. relations with Iran, and the discussion followed.
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.
