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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Mr. Jean Lemierre
Jean Lemierre took office as the fourth President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Monday, July 3, 2000.
Mr Lemierre has had a long and distinguished career in international finance. He was Head of the French Private Office of the Minister of Economy and Finance and Director of France's Treasury.
He served as a member of the European Monetary Committee and, prior to taking up his position at the EBRD, was Chairman of the European Economic and Financial Committee and Chairman of the Paris Club. Previously he had served as Head of France's Internal Revenue Service, and Head of the Tax Policy Administration.
Mr Lemierre is a graduate of Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. He earned a degree in law, and graduated from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration. Born 6 June 1950 at Sainte Adresse (France), he is married with three children.
University Diplomas:
Graduate of Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Economy) (1971)
Degree in Law (1972)
Graduate of Ecole Nationale d'Administration (1976)Career:
June 1976: Inspection Générale des Finances
June 1980-February 1987: Various positions in the tax administration
March 1987: Appointed Head of the Tax Policy Administration
August 1989: Appointed Directeur Général des Impôts (Head of the Internal Revenue Service)
May 1995: Appointed Directeur de Cabinet, Head of the Private Office of the Minister of Economy and Finance
October 1995: Appointed Head of Treasury
Member of the European Monetary Committee (1995-1998)
Chairman of the European Economic and Financial Committee (1999-2000)
Chairman of the Paris Club (1999-2000)
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.
