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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?”
REGISTER
Zbigniew Brzezinski
The Presidential Campaign and America's Strength Abroad
Jorge Benitez | January 29, 2012
From David Ignatius, the Washington Post: The foreign policy theme that should dominate this year’s presidential campaign is “American renewal.”
Gates renews warning of dim and dismal future for NATO
Jorge Benitez | December 15, 2011
From Jorge Benitez, New Atlanticist: Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has revisited perhaps the most controversial speech in his career.
Gates Renews Warning of Dim and Dismal Future for NATO
Jorge Benitez | December 15, 2011Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has revisited perhaps the most controversial speech in his career.
Gates: Moderate Center Not Holding, American Strategy Imperiled
James Joyner | December 14, 2011Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates bemoaned the "oversized egos and undersized backbones" of America's political leaders, wishing more of them would emulate Brent Scowcroft's "steadfast integrity, common decency, and moral and political courage" to deal with enormous global challenges.
NATO evolution, Southeast Asian security
Jorge Benitez | April 05, 2011
From Peni Hanggarini, the Jakarta Post: Over the past 62 years, a military alliance of democratic states called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has demonstrated institutional change by expanding into 28 member states since its establishment in Washington DC on April 4, 1949.
Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft Discuss Arab World Turmoil on PBS NewsHour
March 21, 2011
Zbigniew Brzezinski, member of the Atlantic Council International Advisory Board and National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, and Brent Scowcroft, Chairman of the Atlantic Council International Advisory Board and National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, recently appeared on the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer to discuss the recent turmoil in the Arab world.
5 Reasons Why Russia Could Join NATO
Jorge Benitez | December 09, 2010
From Alexander Kramarenko, the Moscow Times: 1. Russia does have civilian and democratic control over its armed forces, which one could easily confirm by following debates in the country’s media.
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.
