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US Lessons for the Eurozone Restoring Confidence through Transparency
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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.
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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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Transatlantic Dialogues on International Law
The Transatlantic Dialogues on International Law identify measures the United States and Europe can take to strengthen cooperation on matters of international law, including international human rights, preventive detention and other issues.Human Trafficking: International Law and Human Rights
December 01, 2011
On December 1, the Transatlantic Relations Program held an off-the-record dinner and discussion at the Law Society in London with Parosha Chandran, human rights barrister with 1 Pump Court Chambers.
Rising Powers and International Human Rights Law - London Workshop
December 01, 2011
On December 1 and 2, the Transatlantic Relations Program hosted the workshop, “Rising Powers and International Human Rights Law – A Transatlantic Challenge” at Chatham House in London.
Transatlantic Challenges in International Law: Dinner with Legal Adviser Koh
October 24, 2011
On October 24th, the Atlantic Council's Transatlantic Relations Program held an off-the-record dinner and discussion with Harold Koh, Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State, who addressed the persistent differences across the Atlantic in attitudes and approaches to international law.
Rising Powers and International Law – A Transatlantic Challenge
October 24, 2011
On October 24th and 25th, the Atlantic Council's Transatlantic Relations Program, in partnership with the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), hosted the workshop, “Rising Powers and International Human Rights Law – A Transatlantic Challenge.”
Transatlantic Dialogues on International Law: International Law and Human Rights
November 10, 2010On November 10-11, 2010, former State Department legal advisor and Atlantic Council Board member William Howard Taft IV and University College London Professor of International Law Elizabeth Wilmhurst chaired the latest workshop in the ongoing series Transatlantic Dialogues on International Law. The series is an initiative of the Council's Transatlantic Relations Program.
Preventive Detention and the "War on Terror": Keeping the Response to Terrorism within the Law
September 01, 2010
In September 2010, the Atlantic Council published a paper titled "Preventive Detention and the 'War on Terror': Keeping the Response to Terrorism within the Law;" an analysis of U.S. and European dialogue on the subject.
Transatlantic Dialogues on International Law: Preventive Detention
December 08, 2009
On December 7-8, former State Department legal advisor and Atlantic Council Board member William Howard Taft IV chaired the latest workshop in the ongoing series Transatlantic Dialogues on International Law.
Transatlantic Dialogues on International Law: The Use of Force
June 26, 2009
Harold Koh visited the Atlantic Council on his first day as legal advisor for the State Department to speak at an international law workshop on the use of force against non-state actors.
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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.
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