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Jun 22, 2016

How Tech Entrepreneurship Is Transforming the Middle East

By Stefanie H. Ali

On June 22 on the margins of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University hosted a panel event with the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East on tech entrepreneurship in the Middle East. This event was part of the Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) […]

Middle East

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Jun 22, 2016

International commitment to Afghanistan: A conversation with SRAP Ambassador Richard Olson

By Nidhi Upadhyaya

On June 21st, the South Asia Center hosted a discussion with Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Richard Olson, to discuss the current state of affairs in the region. Moderated by Ambassador James B. Cunningham, Senior Fellow in the South Asia Center, this discussion comes at a time when Afghanistan faces mounting challenges. The […]

Afghanistan Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

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Jun 21, 2016

NAC-D Debrief with James J. Townsend, Jr.

By Lauren Speranza & Marija Vaicekauskaite

On June 21, 2016 the Atlantic Council hosted a private session with James J. Townsend, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy at the US Department of Defense. DASD Townsend debriefed the latest NATO Defense Ministerial meeting held on June 14-15, just weeks ahead of the NATO Summit in Warsaw. The […]

European Union International Organizations

Congressional Relations

Jun 21, 2016

Ukraine’s Humanitarian Crisis

By Melinda Haring

“People have forgotten that there’s a real humanitarian situation and a real need in a European country,” said Jock Mendoza-Wilson, director of international and investor relations at System Capital Management, during a recent Atlantic Council panel examining the crisis in Ukraine.

Europe & Eurasia Ukraine

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Jun 21, 2016

Pride at State

By Maria Fernanda Perez

The Atlantic Council and the US Department of State, along with GLIFAA, hosted US Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning, Special US Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons, and US Secretary of State John Kerry, for the annual Pride at State event on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. The event took place from 11:00 […]

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Jun 20, 2016

An Insider’s View of the American Election: A Roundtable for African Ambassadors

By Africa Center

On Monday, June 20, the Africa Center hosted Lanny Davis, co-founder and partner at Trident DMG, Democratic strategist, and former White House special counsel to President Bill Clinton, for a roundtable discussion with African ambassadors on the 2016 US presidential election.

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Jun 17, 2016

Toward a New National Security Space Strategy: Time for a Strategic Rebalancing

By Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

On Friday, June 17, 2016 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m., the Strategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security released its fifth Atlantic Council Strategy Paper, “Toward a New National Security Space Strategy: Time for a Strategic Rebalancing.”

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Jun 16, 2016

Ben Rhodes: Tearing Up Iran Nuke Deal Will Precipitate a Crisis in the Middle East

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The next US president would precipitate a crisis in the Middle East and alienate America’s allies if he or she decides to tear up the nuclear deal with Iran, a senior White House official said at the Atlantic Council on June 16. “The way in which the Iran deal was structured creates enormous disincentives for […]

Iran Middle East

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Jun 15, 2016

The Economic Decline of Egypt after the 2011 Uprising

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On June 15, 2016 the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East launched a new issue brief, “The Economic Decline of Egypt after the 2011 Uprising,” coauthored by nonresident senior fellow Mohsin Khan and program assistant Elissa Miller. Hariri Center Deputy Director Mirette F. Mabrouk moderated a discussion between Khan, Dr. Hazem Beblawi, […]

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Jun 15, 2016

Black Sea Energy and Security Conference

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

“The Black Sea is increasingly becoming a fault line between Russia and the US,” said Romanian ambassador to the US, George Christian Maior. Wednesday June 15, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted a two-panel conference to discuss security and energy in the region. The first panel, The Changing Military Balance in the […]

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