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Congressional Relations

Mar 17, 2017

Congressman Adam Kinzinger on the US Role in the Middle East and the World

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On March 17, 2017, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center hosted a discussion with Congressman Adam Kinzinger to discuss America’s role in the Middle East and the world. Ambassador Frederic C. Hof, director of the Hariri Center, moderated the event. Kinzinger began by emphasizing that self-governance should be one of America’s mission statements for the […]

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Mar 16, 2017

A New Strategy to Counter Putin’s Russia

By Hannah Colbath

US-Russian relations have reached their lowest point since the end of the Cold War. Under Vladimir Putin’s leadership, Moscow has gone to great lengths to challenge the United States and the West, and undermine the values and principles of the rules-based democratic order. As the Trump administration begins to shape its national security strategy, determining […]

Congressional Relations

Mar 16, 2017

America’s Role in the World: Congress and US Foreign Policy

By Strategy Initiative

As the Trump administration continues to form its foreign policy and national security strategy, Congress has a distinct role of its own to play in shaping how the United States addresses emerging global threats and approaches its leadership role on the international stage.  

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Mar 13, 2017

Regional perspectives on US policy in the Middle East

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On Monday, March 13, 2017, the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted a panel discussion featuring Dr. Kristin Smith Diwan, senior fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington; Dr. H.A. Hellyer, nonresident senior fellow at the Hariri Center; Dr. Haykel Ben Mahfoud, nonresident fellow at the Hariri Center; and Dr. Karim […]

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Mar 10, 2017

Launch of the EuroGrowth Report. Charting the future Now: European Economic Growth and Its Importance to American Prosperity

On March 10, The Atlantic Council’s EuroGrowth Initiative launched its flagship Report, Charting the Future Now: European Economic Growth and Its Importance to American Prosperity. Authored by the EuroGrowth Initiative Task Force, the report provides feasible yet ambitious solutions to generate greater economic growth in Europe and improve transatlantic relations. The report is fore worded by former European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and former U.S. Ambassador to the EU Stuart Eizenstat.

Economy & Business European Union

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Mar 10, 2017

Africa’s place on the world stage: a public address by Assistant Secretary of State Linda Thomas-Greenfield

By Africa Center

On Thursday, March 9, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a public address by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs the Honorable Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the future of US and global relations with Africa. Atlantic Council Vice President and Africa Center Director Dr. J. Peter Pham welcomed participants and introduced Thomas-Greenfield, who will leave […]

Africa English

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Mar 9, 2017

Prospects for Ending the Civil War in Libya

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

The Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted a panel discussion on March 9, 2017 with Ms. Nebras Attia, human rights activist; Dr. Federica Saini Fasanotti, nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; Ms. Azza Maghur, senior lawyer at Maghur & Partners; Dr. Jason Pack, executive director of the US-Libya Business Association; […]

Libya

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Mar 7, 2017

Trade, security, and prosperity: Perspectives from Mexico’s Margarita Zavala and US Secretary Michael Chertoff

By Carmin Chappel

The new administration has brought with it a plethora of tensions for the United States’ relationship with Mexico. From a proposed border wall, to talks of withdrawing from NAFTA, to a scrapped meeting between the two presidents, what was historically a diplomatic partnership has been turned on its head. On Tuesday, March 7, the Adrienne […]

Economy & Business Mexico

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Mar 7, 2017

Cross-Strait Series: The Rise of Intra-Asian Defense Cooperation

By Chloe Hanley

On March 7, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a discussion on the rise of intra-Asian defense cooperation, its significance to regional dynamics, and potential implications to the US and global power dynamics. Recent partnerships range from Japan’s defense cooperation with the Philippines and Vietnam, as well as India-Vietnam, Australia-India-Japan-US, Malaysia-Indonesia-Philippines maritime […]

Indo-Pacific

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Feb 22, 2017

US-Mexico and Canada Trade Ties: What is the Way Forward? The Economic and Strategic Imperative of Getting It Right

By Mario Zampaglione

With US-Mexico relations at a historic low, Mexico is asking itself whether the bet it made twenty-three years ago on a future of cooperative economic prosperity integrated markets and security building between the three North American countries was a good one. In order to assess the economic and strategic importance of the relationship between the […]

Mexico United States and Canada
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