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Dec 10, 2012

Global Trends 2030: US Leadership in a Post-Western World

By Rachel Weatherly

The Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative hosted more than 200 people at the Global Trends 2030: US Leadership in a Post-Western World conference held over two days at the Newseum on December 10 and 11, 2012.

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Dec 7, 2012

The Prospects for Middle East Peace

By Jason Harmala

On December 7, 2012, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted former Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs Ophir Pines-Paz and Ghaith Al-Omari, executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine, for an off-the-record lunch discussion on “Prospects for Middle East Peace.”

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Dec 7, 2012

Discussion with Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai: Quo Vadis Hungary?

By Jason Harmala

On December 7, 2012, the Atlantic Council’s Program on Transatlantic Relations and Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted former Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai for an off-the-record lunch discussion on “Quo Vadis, Hungary?”

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Dec 5, 2012

Can the World Live Without Iranian Oil?

By Jason Harmala

On December 5, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center held a discussion entitled “Can the World Live Without Iranian Oil,” with Sara Vakhshouri, president of SVB Energy International; and Denise Natali, Minerva Chair, Institute of National Strategic Studies, National Defense University.

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Dec 4, 2012

Global Perspectives on Europe’s Strategic Future

By Jason Harmala

On December 4th, The Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) co-hosted a roundtable discussion with Michael Clark, director general, RUSI, moderated by Jeff Lightfoot, deputy director, Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security.

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Dec 4, 2012

Pre-Briefing of the Global Trends 2030 Report

By Jason Harmala

On Tuesday, December 4, the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative, of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, hosted Dr. Mathew J. Burrows, counselor, US National Intelligence Council (NIC) for a talk about the soon-to-be released Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds report.

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Dec 4, 2012

Cracking the Pakistan Code

By Jason Harmala

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center held a discussion on December 4 with Mohsin Khan, senior fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council; and Paula Newberg, Marshall B. Coyne director, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy.

Pakistan

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Dec 3, 2012

Discussion with Moroccan Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

By Adrienne Chuck

The Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a discussion today with H.E. Youssef Amrani, minister-delegate for foreign affairs and cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco.

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Dec 3, 2012

Agenda | Global Trends 2030

By Rachel Weatherly

US Leadership in a Post-Western World Click on each panel for a summary, full video, and trancript

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Dec 3, 2012

Roundtable on US Policy in Yemen with Gregory Johnsen

By Jason Harmala

Following the release of his new book The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia, the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted a roundtable discussion with Gregory Johnsen on December 3, 2012 to discuss US policy in Yemen and recommendations for the Obama administration’s second term. The discussion engaged Yemen experts […]

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