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Apr 19, 2017

Roundtable with UN Special Representative for Somalia Michael Keating

By Africa Center

On Wednesday, April 19, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted an expert’s roundtable with Michael Keating, special representative of the UN secretary-general for Somalia and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia. Somalia recently concluded its presidential selection process, and now faces the challenge of completing a constitutional review and finalizing details for […]

Africa East Africa

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Apr 18, 2017

The Atlantic Council Task Force on Reform of the Global Energy Architecture

By Valerio Zanovello

On April 18, 2017, the Global Energy Center launched the Atlantic Council Task Force Report on Reform of the Global Energy Architecture. The expert panel included Phillip Cornell, task force co-chair and nonresident senior fellow at the Global Energy Center, Neil Brown, task force member and director of policy and research at the KKR Global […]

Cyber 9/12 Project

Apr 17, 2017

2017 US Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge

By Asvatha Babu

Held at American University’s Washington College of Law, this was the fifth and biggest iteration of the annual student competition. Forty-five teams from 32 universities from across the United States took on the roles of cyber policy experts advising the National Security Council on how to react to a fictional cyber catastrophe.

Cybersecurity

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Apr 10, 2017

Report Launch – Downstream Oil Theft: Implications and Next Steps

By Valerio Zanovello

On Monday, April 10, 2017, the Global Energy Center launched Dr. Ian M. Ralby’s latest report, Downstream Oil Theft: Implications and Next Steps. Moderated by Ambassador Morningstar, the expert panel included Ian Ralby, John Gannon, and Terzah Tippin Poe, and discussed how hydrocarbons crime impacts global security, the market, and the environment, and how stakeholders […]

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Apr 5, 2017

Xi & Trump at Mar-a-Lago: US-China Relations and the Impact on Latin America

By Mario Zampaglione

In early April, President Xi Jinping sat down with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in what was a highly anticipated event between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies. Coming off a campaign in which then-candidate Trump criticized China, the first meeting between the two was intended to focus primarily on the uneven trade relations […]

China

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Apr 5, 2017

ترامب والشرق الأوسط: تخبط وعدم وضوح في الرؤى

By Hariri Center

ترامب والشرق الأوسط: تخبط وعدم وضوح في الرؤى استضاف المركز نقاش حول التغير في سياسة الولايات المتحدة تجاه الشرق الأوسط تحت إدارة ترامب، وقد شارك في هذا النقاش كلا من: أ. عبد الرحمن العجيلي: باحث غير مقيم في مركز رفيق الحريري للشرق الأوسط. أ. سارة السرجاني: باحثة غير مقيمة في مركز رفيق الحريري للشرق الأوسط. […]

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Mar 30, 2017

Transforming the Power Sector in Developing Countries: The Critical Role of China in Post-Paris Implementation

By Ify Okpali

The Global Energy Center launched Robert F. Ichord’s latest report, Transforming the Power sector in Developing Countries: The Critical Role of China in Post-Paris Implementation. Moderated by Charles Ebinger, the expert panel included Robert F. Ichord, Jon Elkind, and Clara Gillispie, and discussed the policy directions for advancing China’s power transformation, regional and global aspects […]

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Mar 29, 2017

A Private Roundtable Discussion with Magnus Henrekson on a New Innovation Model for Europe

By Global Business & Economics Program

On March 29, the Atlantic Council’s EuroGrowth Initiative hosted a private roundtable discussion with Dr. Magnus Henrekson, President of the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm, Sweden.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

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Mar 29, 2017

What’s next for the Greek Economy?

On March 29, the Atlantic Council’s EuroGrowth Initiative hosted a private roundtable discussion with H.E. Nikos Pappas, Greek Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media and Chief Strategist to Prime Minsiter Alexis Tsipras.

Economy & Business European Union

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Mar 29, 2017

Pham testifies before Homeland Security Committee on North African terror threats

By Africa Center

On Wednesday, March 29, Atlantic Council Vice President and Africa Center Director Dr. J. Peter Pham testified before the US House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee on “Terrorism in North Africa: An Examination of the Threat.” Africa’s northwest Maghreb region is home to some of the longest-running terrorist campaigns on the African continent, a situation […]

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