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The Trilateral Bond: Mapping a New Era for Latin America, the United States, and Europe
Egypt's Litigious Transition: Judicial Intervention and the Muddied Road to Democracy
A New Deal: Reforming US Defense Cooperation with Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Ambitious but Achievable
Time to Move from Tactics to Strategy on Iran
Lowering the Price of Russian Gas: A Challenge for European Energy Security
Does Beijing Have a Strategy? China's Alternative Futures
Council News
Michele Dunne and Amy Hawthorne on US Policy in Middle East (NPR)
Hariri Center Director Michele Dunne and Senior Fellow Amy Hawthorne reflect on US policy toward the Middle East and North Africa in the two years since President Barack Obama promised to make it a top priority to support democracy and human rights in the region.
J. Peter Pham Speaks on Sahel Politics and Security in The Hague
J. Peter Pham, director the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, was one of four experts invited to address a high-level international conference on the crisis in the Sahel region convened today in The Hague.
Rudolph Atallah Testifies before House Panel on Crisis in the Sahel
Rudolph Atallah, senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, testified at a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on “The Growing Crisis in Africa’s Sahel Region.”
Mihaela Carstei on the US-Canada Keystone Pipeline Project (CTV)
On the heels of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to the United States, Energy & Environment Program Associate Director Mihaela Carstei joins CTV to discuss the Keystone Pipeline project that would transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to refineries in the Gulf coast of Texas.
Biography
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Joshua Foust
Joshua Foust, a member of the Atlantic Council's Young Atlanticist Working Group, is DC-based analyst who writes about strategy, counterterrorism, and futures. He is the author of Afghanistan Journal: Selections from Registan.net.His website is JoshuaFoust.com.
He was previously a fellow at the American Security Project and a civilian cultural advisor for the US Army.
While living in Kazakhstan in 2003, Joshua began a torrid love affair with Central Asia that hasn’t yet petered out. In real life he’s spent the vast majority of his adult life doing defense and intelligence consulting.
In addition to writing for Registan.net, Joshua edits the Afghanistan roundups section at Global Voices Online. His writing has appeared in World Politics Review, The Christian Science Monitor, Reuters, and several other publications, both American and international, where he’s discussed energy policy, military policy, and the cultural components of warfare. Joshua is a regular contributor to The Columbia Journalism Review, where he analyzes American media coverage of conflict zones.
Joshua is a native speaker of English, decent at French, knows just enough street Russian to get around a market and the mashrutkas, and is learning Farsi at an abysmal pace when not consumed with work or writing.
FEATURED EVENTS
The Kaleidoscope Turns Again in a Crisis-Challenged Iran
On May 30, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center will release a new issue brief, The Kaleidoscope Turns Again in a Crisis-Challenged Iran, a discussion of Iran’s upcoming presidential elections.
2013 Wroclaw Global Forum
From June 13-14, the 2013 Wrocław Global Forum will bring together over 350 top policy-makers and business leaders to explore the region’s impact as an actor in Europe, as well as its crucial role in the transatlantic partnership and on the global stage.
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