Category: Event Recap

Combating the Ebola Outbreak

By Atlantic Council

The Ebola epidemic, currently affecting multiple countries in West Africa, seized the US news cycle on September 30 when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the first case of Ebola in the United States. The epidemic has already claimed more than 3,300 lives, and the CDC last week reported the possibility of […]

Short-Term Crisis or Long-Term Transformation? South Sudan’s Civil War in Focus

By Atlantic Council

Exactly one year ago at an Atlantic Council forum, Africa Center Senior Fellow Gérard Prunier outlined the political dynamics in Sudan and South Sudan and predicted that tensions in the latter would soon lead to open conflict. Two months later, he was unfortunately proven correct: in December 2013, South Sudan began its rapid descent into […]

The future of unknown conflict

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council introduced Dave Antony as a nonresident fellow for the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on October 1st, where he will be working on the “Art of Future War” project. The event, moderated by August Cole, the project’s director, featured everything from 3D printers to flying drones which served as the backdrop […]

Pakistan Importing Americas Federalism

By Atlantic Council

Asif Memon, an associate fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, looks at federalism in Pakistan because of constitutional and legislative changes undertaken by the South Asian country in recent years. Specifically, in 2010 Pakistan adopted the 18th amendment, bringing substantive change in organization of the government and transformed the policy landscape. The National Finance […]

Roundtable with UK Minister of State for Europe David Lidington

By Atlantic Council

On Wednesday, September 17, the Transatlantic Relations program hosted an off-the-record discussion with UK Minister of State for Europe David Lidington. The conversation was moderated by Fran Burwell, vice president and director of transatlantic relations at the Council.

The Rising Power of Central Banks and Sovereign Funds as Investors

‘Global Public Investors’ Hold $29 Trillion in Global Assets—and Raise Regulatory Questions The Atlantic Council hosted a panel discussion September 22 on the increasing role in capital markets of the world’s hundreds of central banks, sovereign wealth funds and government pension funds. The top 400 of these “global public investors” hold about $29 trillion in […]

Latin America is Ripe for Social Impact Investment

By Atlantic Council

Latin America is ripe for impact investment, according to two social impact investment experts who spoke at the Atlantic Council on September 10. The poverty rate has dropped from 42 percent in 2000 to 25 percent in 2012. Four hundred million people have risen from the base of the economic pyramid in recent years. This […]

Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards Celebrate Dynamic, Diverse Individuals

By The Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council presented its annual Global Citizen Awards on September 21 to six people whose leadership or partnership has strengthened the transatlantic community and contributed to its role in addressing world problems. The 2014 honorees are: former President of Israel Shimon Peres; actor, film director, and producer Robert De Niro; former Prime Minister of […]

Scotland’s ‘No’ to Independence Avoids Cataclysm for UK, Former NATO Chief Says

Lord George Robertson: Scottish Vote May Calm Other Secession Moves Yesterday’s decisive rejection of independence by Scottish voters has sidestepped a “cataclysmic” degradation of Britain, a pillar of the transatlantic community, said Lord George Robertson, a former secretary-general of NATO. It is likely to slow down other secession movements, which challenge governments in Spain, Belgium, […]