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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 […]

Africa English

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Mar 28, 2017

Israel in Africa: a roundtable with African ambassadors

By Africa Center

On Tuesday, March 28, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a luncheon for African ambassadors with an Israeli delegation, including Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff, vice director general and head of multilateral affairs directorate for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador Gil Haskel, deputy director general of the foreign ministry and head of Israel’s international […]

Africa English

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Mar 28, 2017

Roundtable with H.E. Paul Kagame

By Africa Center

On Monday, March 27, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a roundtable discussion with His Excellency Paul Kagame, president of the Republic of Rwanda. Atlantic Council Vice President and Africa Center Director Dr. J. Peter Pham  welcomed participants and former National Security Advisor General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC (ret.), chairman of the Atlantic Council’s […]

Africa East Africa

Congressional Relations

Mar 27, 2017

Reforming the H1B Visa System: A Conversation with Congressman Darrell Issa

By South Asia Center Staff

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted a discussion at the Capitol Hill with Congressman Darell Issa. Moderated by Dr. Bharath Gopalaswamy, director of the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, the conversation focused on Congressman Issa’s proposed legislation to review the H-1B program and ways to strengthen it.    Critics contend that systemic weaknesses in the H-1B […]

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Mar 21, 2017

A Private Roundtable Discussion with European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis

On April 21, the Atlantic Council's EuroGrowth Initiative hosted Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission Vice-President, and Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogue, Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union.

Economy & Business European Union

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Mar 21, 2017

Rebuilding Syria: Reconstruction and Legitimacy

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted a panel discussion with Dr. Osama Kadi, president of the Syrian Economic Task Force; Mr. Todd Diamond, Middle East director of Chemonics International; Ms. Mona Yacoubian, former deputy assistant administrator for the Middle East at the US Agency for International Development; […]

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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