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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.
Frederic Hof on US Position in Syria Crisis (BBC World Service)
Hariri Middle East Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof speaks with the BBC’s Tim Franks about the cautious US position with respect to resolving the Syria crisis.
Shuja Nawaz Response to Pakistan Election Results (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz joins a live Google Hangout organized by RFE/RL to discuss Pakistan’s historic elections.
Biography
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Jonathan Paris
Jonathan Paris is a senior fellow with the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council.
He is a London-based political analyst specializing in South Asia and the Middle East, transatlantic relations and international security. He is also an adjunct fellow at Legatum Institute, associate fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) at King’s College London and a visiting lecturer at the University of Buckingham Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies, UK.
Before moving to London in 2001, Paris was a fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations in New York from 1995-2000, where he worked on the Middle East and co-edited the first book on Indonesia’s democratic transition, The Politics of Post-Suharto Indonesia (Brookings/CFR 1999).
He taught on the Middle East and Islamic trends at Yale University from 1994-97; comments on BBC World News, CNN, Sky News, CBC and NBC News; and has written for the International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, the Financial Times, the Baltimore Sun, Asharq al Awsat and other periodicals.
A senior associate member at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, from 2004-2005, he is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London and the Council on Foreign Relations, and a graduate of Yale University and Stanford Law School.
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15th Anniversary of PDD-63: History of Cyber Critical Infrastructure Protection
On May 22, the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative will hold a discussion on the history of cyber critical infrastructure protection in recognition of the 15th anniversary of Presidential Decision Directive 63 (PDD-63).
Evolving US-European Security Cooperation with the Gulf States
On May 23, the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Peace and Security Initiative at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security is hosting a panel discussion on new developments in security cooperation among the United States, its European allies, and the Gulf states, and how they are likely to evolve in the coming years.
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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