Category: Event Recap

25 Years of Transition:Post-Communist Europe’s Economic Transformation

Aasim M. Husain, deputy director of the International Monetary Fund’s European Department, the ambassadors of Poland and Latvia, and other leading analysts discussed the Ukraine conflict and the economic transitions in Eastern Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall during an Atlantic Council forum that served as the US debut of an IMF special […]

Innovation in Air Force Acquisition

By Atlantic Council

On Thursday, December 11, 2014, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed William LaPlante, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, and Ted Harshberger, vice president and director of Project AIR FORCE at the Rand Corporation. The topic of conversation was on “Innovation in Air Force Acquisition.” This was the latest event of […]

What Do the Presidential Elections Mean for Tunisia’s Future?

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On December 21, Tunisians will cast their ballots in the runoff presidential election between Interim President Moncef Marzouki and Nidaa Tounes leader Beji Caid Essebsi. The landmark vote will close the first chapter of a delicate political transition, but perhaps more importantly, will mark the beginning of real governance challenges.

Adapting Intelligence for New National Security Challenges

By Atlantic Council

In his first public event, the new chairman of the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) Dr. Gregory F. Treverton went over a wide range of policy hot topics – from challenges in the Middle East to building governance structures that can handle cyberspace – that benefit from high quality, current intelligence. As the moderator for […]

Breakthrough or Extension: Implications for US and European Relations with Iran

By Elijah Logsdon

On December 2, 2014, the Atlantic Council hosted an event focused on the failure of negotiators to conclude a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran last month and the decision to extend an interim accord for another seven months. Moderator Barbara Slavin, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, guided a panel discussion on […]

Sixth Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Wraps up Day 1 in Istanbul

By Eric Gehman

ISTANBUL– Opinion leaders from politics, media, academia, and the corporate world convened in Istanbul this morning for two days of talks on how governments and companies manage emerging risks and uncertainty in today’s turbulent times. The sixth annual Energy & Economic Summit began with a welcome by Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., President […]

Ex-US Officials Urge Broadened US Strategy in Syria, Iraq Wars

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Ground Forces Will Be Needed, General James Jones Says Ground troops, perhaps even Special Forces, will ultimately be required to defeat the Islamist militant army of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, General James L. Jones told the Atlantic Council’s Energy & Economic Summit in Istanbul today. Jones, a former national security advisor in the Obama […]