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Nov 20, 2014

ISIS and Iran Nuclear Talks Draw Focus of Pre-Summit Dialogue

By Eric Gehman

In a warm up for the opening of tomorrow’s Atlantic Council Energy and Economics Summit, participants held a pre-Summit dialogue focused on how nation states can deal with rising nonstate powers across the Middle East. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) was a hot topic of discussion at Nation State vs. Nonstate Dynamics […]

Iran

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Nov 20, 2014

Summit Opens at “Critical Moment” for Energy, Political Landscape

By Eric Gehman

This morning marked the opening of the Atlantic Council’s sixth annual Energy and Economic Summit. A roster of distinguished leaders—including Atlantic Council Chairman Jon Huntsman, Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe, US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yıldız, EU Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action Miguel […]

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Nov 19, 2014

A Conversation with Former US Ambassador to South Sudan, the Honorable Susan Page

By Africa Center

The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a high-level, off-the-record conversation with the Honorable Susan Page, former US ambassador to South Sudan and current senior negotiator for the US special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan. After a welcome and introduction by Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham, Page commented on the status of current negotiations […]

Africa East Africa

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Nov 19, 2014

Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran

By South Asia Center

The South Asia Center’s Iran Task Force co-hosted a discussion with the Open Society Foundations on  the implications of a nuclear agreement with Iran. Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, moderated the discussion with former Director of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission, Brigadier General Uzi Eilam; and former Undersecretary of State, Ambassador Thomas […]

Iran

Captains of Industry Series

Nov 19, 2014

Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch

By Atlantic Council

On Thursday November 13, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Salvatore “Tory” T. Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA). The event, titled “Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch,” was the latest in the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry series, a platform for senior executives in aerospace and defense […]

Space Technology & Innovation

Congressional Relations

Nov 17, 2014

TTIP: Big Opportunities for Small Business

By Andrew Chrismer

“At a time when, both in the EU and the US, we have sluggish growth, we should be doing a lot better, trade is the antidote, the opportunity to enhance the values, the economic ties we already have,” said Congressman Erik Paulsen about the need for an ambitious TTIP agreement at the Atlantic Council last […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

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Nov 14, 2014

Mexico’s Energy Reform: Tracking Progress

By Atlantic Council

Following the passage of secondary legislation in August 2014, Mexico’s energy industry is set for profound transformation. As leaders across the public and private sectors face a new era in the country’s energy matrix, policymakers across the region are looking to the Mexican experience as an example for both energy reform and an opportunity for […]

Energy & Environment Mexico

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Nov 13, 2014

Consolidating Peace in the Central African Republic: A Conversation with Faith Leaders

By Africa Center

Of the many tragedies of the conflict that has engulfed the Central African Republic (CAR) for nearly a year, one of the greatest is that it has pitted Muslim and Christian communities that historically coexisted against one another. The violence has taken over five thousand lives, and in October, less than a month after the […]

Africa

Congressional Relations

Nov 13, 2014

Bielecki: Russia’s challenge “even graver than it may appear”

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council hosted the 2014 Bronislaw Geremek Lecture on the evening of November 6 at its headquarters in Washington, DC. The lecture series is an initiative launched by the Atlantic Council and the Government of Poland in 2009 to honor one of the great heroes of the Solidarity movement in Poland—and as a reminder […]

Eastern Europe NATO

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Nov 13, 2014

Re-envisioning the Future: A Discussion with Central American Foreign Ministers

By Atlantic Council

“It is much cheaper to supply aid to the region than to put all those soldiers on the border,” began Foreign Minister Carlos Morales of Guatemala. This was the beginning of a conversation hosted by the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center on Thursday, November 13th with Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez of El Salvador and Foreign […]

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