Featured Publications
U.S.-Iran Relations: Policy Compendium
Article 5 and Strategic Reassurance
NATO Reform and Decision-Making
The U.S., NATO and the EU: Partnership in the Balance
Council Highlights
Damon Wilson Discusses NATO, Turkey and Azerbaijan
Damon Wilson, vice president and director of the Atlantic Council Program on International Security, was interviewed by Leyla Tagiyeva of Azerbaijani news site News.Az about U.S.-Turkey relations in the context of NATO and its role in the Caucasus region.
Sven Biscop and Jo Coelmont: Permanent Structured Cooperation and European Armed Forces
Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Director of the Security & Global Governance Programme at the Egmont Institute and member of the Atlantic Council Strategic Advisors Group, and Brig-Gen. (Ret.) Jo Coelmont, former Belgian Representative to the European Union Military Committee, co-authored an Egmont Institute Security Issue Brief entitled Permanent Structured Cooperation for Effective European Armed Forces.
Banning Garrett Discusses U.S.-China Relations
Banning Garret, director of the Council's Asia Program, was interviewed by Daniel Ryntjes of Feature Story News about U.S.-China relations after the February 18 meeting between President Obama and the Dalai Lama.
Shuja Nawaz on Al Jazeera English: India-Pakistan Relations
Shuja Nawaz, director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, spoke with Al Jazeera English's Riz Khan about the renewed India-Pakistan peace talks.
FEATURED ISSUE
Eurozone Crisis: Threat of Sovereign Debt Default
The Atlantic Council's Global Business and Economics Program hosted a conference call with Professor Leszek Balcerowicz on the Euro debt crisis.
Biography
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Mr. Victor Chu
Victor Chu was born in Canton, China and came to Hong Kong at the age of four. He received his early education in Hong Kong and England, and took his law degree at University College, London.
Mr. Chu is the Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading direct investment firm focusing on China. He is also Chairman of FE Securities Limited, First Eastern Investment Bank Limited and CMEC GE Capital China Industrial Holdings Limited.
Victor Chu has served as Director and Council Member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel, Advisory Committee Member of the Securities and Futures Commission, and part-time member of Hong Kong Government’s Central Policy Unit. Mr. Chu is currently a Foundation Board Member of the World Economic Forum and serves as Co-Chair of the Forum’s International Business Council. He is also an Executive Board Member of the International Chamber of Commerce and serves as Chairman of the ICC Commission on Financial Services and Insurance. He was elected a “Global Leader for Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum in 1998.
Mr. Chu is admitted to practise law in England and Hong Kong. Since 1982 he has practised in the field of corporate, commercial and securities laws, with special emphasis on China and regional investment transactions. He served as Deputy Secretary-General of the International Bar Association (IBA) from 1995 to 2000.
Victor Chu is a Trustee of the International Crisis Group (ICG) in Brussels and WWF Hong Kong. He also serves on the Governing Council of University College London, Dean’s Council of the Kennedy School at Harvard and the Board of the Foreign Affairs University of China. Mr. Chu’s other civic associations include service on the advisory bodies of Asia House, Asia Foundation, Beijing Music Festival Foundation and the East Asia Institute of Cambridge University.
FEATURED EVENT
U.S.-Iran Relations: Best-Case Scenario
A panel of Iran experts addressed the "best-case scenario" for U.S.-Iran relations at the Atlantic Council. Dr. Kenneth Katzman, a Middle East scholar at the Congressional Research Service, presented his Atlantic Council-commissioned Compendium of Policies, Laws and Regulations that govern U.S. relations with Iran, and the discussion followed.
General Stephane Abrial: NATO Transformation
General Stéphane Abrial of France, Commander of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT), spoke before the Atlantic Council about ACT’s efforts to improve Alliance capabilites to meet current and future challenges as well as ACT's role in NATO’s next Strategic Concept.
2010 Awards Dinner: Clinton, Bono, Ackermann, Abrial, Mattis
FEATURED INTERVIEW
Euro Debt Crisis: A Discussion with Currency Strategist Marc Chandler
In his latest New Atlanticist Podcast, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri addresses the Euro debt crisis and the recent hedge fund betting of over $8 billion in short positions against the common EU currency. He talks with Marc Chandler, the Chief Currency Strategist for the investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman and author of Making Sense of the Dollar.
