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Apr 8, 2014

International Financial Regulation in the Post-Crisis Era

The Georgetown Journal of International Law, in collaboration with the Atlantic Council, held a high-level symposium entitled International Financial Regulation in the Post-Crisis Era on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at Georgetown Law in Washington, DC. The event featured commentary from leading scholars and practitioners in the field of international financial regulation, as well as officials […]

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Apr 8, 2014

Twenty Years Later: Has Anything Changed since the Rwandan Genocide?

Despite the “never again” rhetoric that followed the 1994 Rwandan genocide, terrible violence in some African states—such as the Central African Republic, Somalia, and South Sudan—persists, and the international response to these crises has generally been slow and inadequate. The twentieth anniversary of the genocide is cause for reflection, and the Africa Center hosted an […]

East Africa South & Central Africa

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Apr 8, 2014

Yemen: How to Implement National Dialogue Gains as Transition Proceeds?

Two months after Yemen’s National Dialogue Conferences concluded, many questions remain about how the next steps in the transition and the guarantees produced by the Dialogue will be implemented. In a country where half of the population lives below the poverty line, economic issues are of particular concern. On April 8, the Rafik Hariri Center […]

Yemen

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Apr 8, 2014

Election Watch 2014: Afghanistan and India

South Asia is currently witnessing the “largest democratic event in the world” with 7 million, or 60% of registered voters, visiting the polls in Afghanistan last weekend, and the first wave of 815 million registered voters begin to vote this week in India’s five week parliamentary elections. South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz and Senior […]

Afghanistan India

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Apr 4, 2014

Author Anne Applebaum: Putin Draws from Soviet 1940s Playbook

By James Rupert

The critical step for the US and Europe in responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarianism and aggression is to reinforce institutions such as the European Union and NATO, historian and journalist Anne Applebaum told policy specialists and journalists at the Atlantic Council. Applebaum discussed the crisis surrounding Putin’s seizure for Russia of the Crimean […]

Russia Ukraine

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Apr 3, 2014

Amb. Pascual: To Secure Gas for Ukraine & Europe, Build Markets

Carlos Pascual, the US special envoy for international energy affairs, on April 3 urged Europe to keep building pipelines and policies to create a truly competitive European market in natural gas. Pascual spoke at the Atlantic Council days after returning from meetings in Ukraine, Belgium and Moldova with government and private-sector officials, and representatives of […]

Energy & Environment Ukraine

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Apr 3, 2014

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Caucus Launch

The Atlantic Council, Bertelsmann Foundation, and the British Embassy in Washington, and the German Marshall Fund hosted a reception on Capitol Hill on Thursday, April 3rd, 2014 to honor the new Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Caucus. The bipartisan caucus, chaired by Congressman Bill Keating (D-MA), Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA), Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN), and […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

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Apr 3, 2014

The Crisis in Ukraine: A Strategy Discussion with Anne Applebaum

The Atlantic Council was pleased to host Anne Applebaum for a private, working breakfast conversation. The gathering provided an opportunity to strategize with Anne on possible responses to the crisis in Ukraine. Anne also spoke to how Western institutions have contributed to the rise of a corrupt Russian government, how that government is destabilizing Europe, […]

Russia Ukraine

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Apr 2, 2014

Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan

Why Women Must Have a Role “The greatest predictor of security and stability in a country is actually not wealth and it’s not the level of democracy. It is how well the women are treated,” said The Hon. Swanee Hunt at a panel hosted the by the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center and the Institute […]

Pakistan

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Apr 1, 2014

Strategy Session on European Energy Security

The Atlantic Council, in partnership with Poland’s Grupa LOTOS and Central Europe Energy Partners (CEEP), was delighted to host a private strategy luncheon on European Energy Security.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance