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Oct 29, 2014

Conference Call: Ukraine Votes

By Atlantic Council

On October 28, the Atlantic Council hosted an on-the-record conference call on Ukraine’s recent parliamentary elections. The call featured John Herbst, director of the Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, and Adrian Karatnycky, senior fellow in the Council’s Transatlantic Relations Program and former CEO of Freedom House. It was moderated by Damon Wilson, executive vice president […]

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

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Oct 28, 2014

Strategy Session on Baltic Security with Minister of the Interior for Estonia, H.E. Hanno Pavkur

By Atlantic Council

A month after an Estonian security officer was kidnapped and forced over the Russian border with scant international response, the Atlantic Council welcomed the Minister of the Interior for Estonia, H.E. Hanno Pavkur, for an off-the-record strategy session on European and Baltic security issues on October 16. With large Russian-speaking populations, many NATO policymakers see […]

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Oct 28, 2014

The Future of US Commitments to Europe

By Atlantic Council

On October 17, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy James J. Townsend, Jr. and Brigadier General Jackie Van Ovost met with members of the transatlantic defense community to discuss US security commitments to Europe and the capability of NATO Allies to handle increasingly-complex international security issues with a limited resources and […]

NATO Security & Defense

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Oct 28, 2014

The ECB and the Future of Eurozone Bank Supervision

By Atlantic Council

Montanino argues ECB’s comprehensive assessment is a sign of a healthy banking system The Atlantic Council held a members’ call on Monday, October 27 with incoming Global Business and Economics Director Andrea Montanino. The call was in response to the ECB’s results of its highly-anticipated comprehensive assessment, combining an in-depth asset quality review of the […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Oct 24, 2014

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Landscape of the cyber threat

By Atlantic Council

On October 22, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative relaunched Cyber Risk Wednesdays, a series of events dedicated to a deeper discussion and understanding of solutions to systemic cyber risks. {soundcloud} https://soundcloud.com/atlanticcouncil/cyber-risk-wednesday-landscape-of-the-cyber-threat {/soundcloud}The first event in the series marked National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a moderated discussion on the current cyber threat environment with Dmitri Alperovitch, […]

Cybersecurity

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Oct 23, 2014

Parliamentary Elections 2014: Tunisia’s Political Landscape

By Atlantic Council

On October 26, Tunisians head to the polls to elect a parliament amid frustration and uncertainty in the transitioning country’s stability. Fear and distrust of political elites, a sluggish economy, high unemployment, and deteriorating security have tempered electoral enthusiasm, raising prospects for low voter turnout. Parliamentary elections, the first since the adoption of the new […]

Elections North Africa

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Oct 22, 2014

Luncheon Discussion with Tunisian Presidential Candidate Mondher Zenaidi

By Africa Center

On November 28, nearly four years after the Arab Spring swept across much of North Africa and the Middle East, Tunisians will go to the polls to elect their first president since the adoption of a new constitution.

Africa North Africa

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Oct 20, 2014

Private Roundtable on US-China relations

By Atlantic Council

On October 16, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted Madam Fu Ying, the chairperson of the National People’s Congress’s Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss current and future US-China relations. The roundtable discussion was introduced by Sherri Goodman, senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of CNA Corporation and was moderated by Paul […]

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Oct 20, 2014

Online Voting: Rewards and Risks

By Atlantic Council

On October 8, 2014, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative hosted a panel of experts to discuss how online voting and e-voting could become a larger part of the political process in the United States and in other participatory democracies with the right security to back it up.

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Oct 16, 2014

Security Developments in the High North

By Atlantic Council

As Arctic ice recedes, it opens the region up to a host of economic, trade, environmental, and military activities that will have substantial impacts on the transatlantic community. On October 10, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council hosted the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson […]

Europe & Eurasia