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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?”
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Biography
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Rob de Wijk
Dr. de Wijk is a member of the Atlantic Council's Strategic Advisors Group.
In 2007 Dr. Rob de Wijk assumed the position of Director of the The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. He is also Professor in the field of International Relations at the Royal Netherlands Military Academy (RNMA), Breda (1999) and Professor of Strategic Studies at the University of Leiden (2000). From 2000 to 2003 he was Director of the Research Centre of the RNMA.
He is also Chairman of the National Security Think Tank, advising the Government on defense and national security issues, including contingency plans for crisis management.
Rob de Wijk started his career in 1977 as a freelance journalist. In 1980 he became editor-in chief of a publishing company specializing in journals and scientific publications.
From 1985 to 1989 he worked at the University of Leiden’s Political Science Department. He was a lecturer in international relations, focusing particularly on international security. At the same time he worked as a journalist.
In October 1989 Rob de Wijk was appointed Head of the Defense Concepts Division of the Defense Staff at the Netherlands Ministry of Defense. He advised the Chief of the Defense Staff and the minister of defense in matters relating to strategic plans and policy. At the national level he laid the foundation of the Defense White Paper 1991 and the Defense Priorities Review, published in 1993, as well as other policy guidelines. These white papers contain the plans for the reorganization and the reduction of the Netherlands armed forces and for restructuring them from regular and conscript forces into all-volunteer forces. He was also responsible for the development of strategic management methods at the Ministry of Defense.
In September 1997 he acquired a secondment with the Clingendael Institute for International Relations in The Hague to study security and defense. In 2003 he established the Clingendael Centre for Strategic Studies. Additionally, in 2005 he became the director of the Clingendael Security and Conflict Program. His main fields of expertise are (national and international) security, defense, and terrorism.
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.
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