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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Robert Bell
Robert Bell, formerly NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defense Investment, joined the SAIC Strategies Business Unit (BU) in March 2004. As head of the SAIC office in Brussels, he promotes business opportunities for the Strategies BU and other units within the company with NATO, the European Union, and European governments.
From 1999-2003, Mr. Bell was responsible for the promotion of NATO armaments cooperation policies and programs. He chaired NATO’s Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) and its C3 Board (NC3B) and directed NATO International Staff activities in the areas of common funding, resource coordination, airspace management and airspace defense.
From 1993-1999, Mr. Bell worked at the White House National Security Council (NSC) as a Special Assistant to President Clinton for National Security Affairs and as the NSC Senior Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control. In 1997, he was assigned additional responsibilities as NSC Counselor.From 1984-1993, Mr. Bell served on the Committee on Armed Services of the U.S. Senate as a principal staff aide to Chairman Sam Nunn for arms control policy, strategic nuclear forces, and NATO weapons cooperation issues. From 1981-1984, he was on the Committee on Foreign Relations of the U.S. Senate as a principal staff aide for defense policy and arms control to Chairman Charles H. Percy. During 1975-1978 and 1980, Mr. Bell worked for the Congressional Research Service (CRS) as a defense analyst and assistant division chief for research. In 1979, Mr. Bell was seconded from CRS to Brussels, where he served as staff director of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Assembly. From 1969-1975, Mr. Bell served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, including duty as a Squadron Commander in the air traffic control and communications field. Mr. Bell’s professional associations include the Council on Foreign Relations and the Air Force Association.
Robert Bell is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. He holds a Master of Arts degree (1970) in international security studies from Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, Massachusetts. Mr. Bell’s Bachelor of Science degree (1969) in International Affairs is from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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.
