Category: Event Recap

Briefing with US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson

On Thursday, March 13, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted a discussion with US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson. Ambassador Olson discussed the US-Pakistan bilateral relationship, and elaborated on various security, economic, developmental and political dynamics between the two countries. This conversation is particularly important, looking at the year ahead, as Pakistan pieces together […]

Briefing with Gary Lewis

On Thursday, March 13, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted Gary Lewis for a private briefing. Drawing on his experiences of over 26 years at the United Nations, most notably as the current United Nations resident coordinator in Iran, Lewis spoke on a range of issues including but not limited to the ongoing nuclear […]

Ambassador Mark Brzezinski on Sweden, NATO, and the Future

On March 13, 2014 the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a strategy session with the US ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski on Sweden’s role as a NATO partner and on the broader framework of US-Sweden security cooperation.  Visiting Stockholm in September, President Barack Obama underscored Sweden’s importance as one of the […]

Latin America’s Economic Integration and Inclusion

With the region’s increasing prominence on the world stage, Latin America and the Caribbean are at a critical juncture towards a more prosperous future. Yet there is still work to be done – not only in promoting sustained economic progress but also in building stronger trade and investment ties with the United States, its top […]

Ukraine Leader Offers “Partnership” With Russia if it Exits Crimea

By Atlantic Council

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk offered to negotiate an “equal partnership” with Russia if it ends its invasion of Crimea, and praised the Western response to the crisis following his talks today at the White House. “I would like to reiterate that we still want to have a free, equal partnership… with Russia. And we […]

US Ambassadors to South and Central Asia Briefing

On Wednesday, March 12, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center and the Dinu Patricu Eurasia Center and the US Department of State’s South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau hosted a special Capitol Hill briefing with US Ambassadors to four South Asian and four Central Asian nations.

NATO’s Cybersecurity Challenges

On March 12, 2014, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, Ambassador Sorin Ducaru met with experts from the Atlantic Council's Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security to discuss NATO's cybersecurity challenges.

Three Years On, Arab Transitions Remain Incomplete

Three years after a wave of popular uprisings swept aside long-standing regimes in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen, the future of the region remains uncertain. The Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East held a panel discussion on March 11th to discuss the current state of the Arab transitions to look ahead at economic and […]

Crisis in Ukraine: Military Options and Planning

While much of the discussion in the West on responding to the crisis in Ukraine has been about targeted sanctions against Russian oligarchs and the oil industry, the latest developments in Crimea have turned the situation in a more militaristic direction. Recently, Russian troops seized a military hospital in Simferopol along with a missile base […]