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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Biography
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Edgar Buckley
Edgar Buckley is currently Senior Vice President, European Business Development, based at Thales headquarters in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He joined Thales in September 2003 following a career in British government and international organization service. He was from 1999 until 2003 the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defense Planning and Operations, responsible under Lord Robertson for NATO defense policy and operational issues. Before that he was from 1996 until 1999 Assistant Under Secretary of State (Home and Overseas) in the Ministry of Defense in London, responsible for policy advice on UK military operations and UK defense relations with countries outside Europe and North America. In previous appointments, Edgar Buckley was the Defence Counsellor to the UK Delegation to NATO and the Western European Union from 1992 until 1996; Head of the MOD Defence Arms Control Unit from 1991 to 1992; Head of Resources and Programmes (Navy) from 1985 to 1989; Assistant Director, Nuclear Policy from 1984 to 1985; Assistant Director, Strategic Systems/Trident Finance from 1980 to 1984; Principal, Civilian Management (Specialists) from 1978 to 1980; and Private Secretary to the Vice Chief of the Air Staff from 1976 to 1978. Edgar Buckley attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1990 and conducted an Efficiency Study on Defence Equipment Decision-Making and a Reorganization Study on the Defence Policy Staff in 1991. Before joining the Ministry of Defence, Edgar Buckley worked for a short period as a teacher in London, where he was born and educated. He has a BA (Hons) and a Ph.D from London University.
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.
Featured Video
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.
