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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Testimony
J. Peter Pham Congressional Testimony on Boko Haram
November 30, 2011
J. Peter Pham, director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, was the lead witness this morning at a hearing of the Committee on Homeland Security of the U.S. House of Representatives on “Boko Haram – Emerging Threat to the United States.”
Kurt Volker Testifies on State of Affairs in the Balkans
November 15, 2011
Atlantic Council senior advisor Kurt Volker testified before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia on the state of affairs in the Balkans.
Michele Dunne Testifies on Sectarian Violence and Democracy in Egypt
November 15, 2011
Michele Dunne, director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, testified before the United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), at a hearing entitled: "From Arab Spring to Coptic Winter: Sectarian Violence and the Struggle for Democratic Transition in Egypt."
Gérard Prunier Testifies before Congress on U.S. Policy toward Sudan
October 04, 2011
Dr. Gérard Prunier, nonresident senior fellow at the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, testified today at a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on “A Comprehensive Assessment of U.S. Policy Toward Sudan.”
J. Peter Pham Senate Testimony on the Famine in the Horn of Africa
August 03, 2011
Dr. J. Peter Pham, director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on “Responding to Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa.”
Nawaz Testimony on US Grand Strategy in South Asia
July 26, 2011
South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz testified before the House Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, at a hearing entitled "Reassessing American Grand Strategy in South Asia."
J. Peter Pham Testimony on Consequences of Failed State of Somalia
July 07, 2011
On July 7, 2011, Dr. J. Peter Pham, director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, testifed at a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on "Assessing the Consequences of the Failed State of Somalia."
Gorka Testimony Before House Armed Services Committee on Terrorist Threats
June 22, 2011
Atlantic Council Strategic Advisors Group member and faculty member of the Irregular Warfare Department of the National Defense University, Sebestyen L. v. Gorka, testified before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, June 22, at a hearing titled: "Ten Years On: The Evolution of the Terrorist Threat Since 9/11."
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.
