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Sep 29, 2009

First Annual Members’ Conference – World Financial Futures

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “World Financial Futures” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Hon. Timothy Adams,* Managing Director, The Lindsey Group; Former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; Member, Atlantic Council Business and Economics Advisory Group Ms. Teresa Ressel,* CEO, UBS Securities, LLC; Former Assistant Secretary and CFO, Department of the […]

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Sep 29, 2009

First Annual Members’ Conference – Climate Change and the Environment

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “Climate Change and the Environment” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Chaired by Gen. Richard Lawson, USAF (Ret.),* Chairman, Energy and Environment Program, Atlantic Council Hon. Sherri Goodman,* Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CNA; Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security Hon. C. Boyden Gray,* Former U.S. […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

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Sep 29, 2009

First Annual Members’ Conference – Cyber-Defense, National Security, and International Cooperation

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “Cyber-Defense, National Security and International Cooperation” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Chaired by Hon. Franklin D. Kramer,* Former Assistant Secretary of Defense; Vice Chair, Atlantic Council; Member, Atlantic Council Strategic Advisors Group Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minihan, USAF (Ret.), Former Director of the NSA and DIA Mr. Brian James […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Sep 29, 2009

First Annual Members’ Conference – Geopolitics of Energy

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “Geopolitics of Energy” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Daniel Yergin, President, Cambridge Energy Research Associates; Atlantic Council Individual Member; Member, Atlantic Council Business and Economics Advisory Group In Conversation with Mr. Frederick Kempe, President & CEO, Atlantic Council

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

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Sep 29, 2009

First Annual Members’ Conference – NATO’s Future and the New Strategic Concept

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “NATO’s Future and the New Strategic Concept” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Hon. Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security GEN John Craddock, USA (Ret.),* Immediate Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Dr. Hans Binnendijk, Vice President for Research, National Defense University; Member, Atlantic Council Strategic Advisors […]

NATO Security & Defense

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Sep 29, 2009

First Annual Members’ Conference – The Next Phase of the Strategic Partnership with China

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “China – The Next Phase of the Strategic Partnership” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Hon. J. Stapleton Roy, Former U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China Mr. Ruan Zongze, Minister Counselor, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to the United States Mr. David Shear, Deputy Assistant […]

China

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Sep 29, 2009

First Annual Members’ Conference – U.S.-EU Strategic Dialogue

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “U.S.-EU Strategic Dialogue” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Mr. James Elles, Member of European Parliament; Atlantic Council Individual Member Hon. Marc Grossman,* Vice Chairman, The Cohen Group; Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Hon. Robert Hutchings,* Diplomat in Residence, Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International […]

European Union International Organizations

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Sep 29, 2009

Carl Bildt Atlantic Council Board Dinner Speech 9/24/2009

By James Joyner

Back to Atlantic Council Annual Board Meeting and Dinner Remarks of Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt at the 2009 Atlantic Council Board Dinner. September 24, 2009 As prepared for delivery. It’s a true honour to be invited to come here and deliver some remarks on the European perspective of the Atlantic relationship and the challenges […]

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Sep 28, 2009

NATO Secretary General Rasmussen: First Major U.S. Speech

Amid administration debate over the way forward in Afghanistan, His Excellency Anders Fogh Rasmussen delivered his first major speech in the U.S. as NATO Secretary General at the Atlantic Council.

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force

Congressional Relations

Sep 28, 2009

Senator Richard Lugar: Congressional Perspective on the Future of NATO

Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), the ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke for the Atlantic Council to provide a Congressional perspective on how a new Strategic Concept for NATO can best ensure the continued relevance of the Alliance.

NATO Security & Defense