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Dec 1, 2015

The Future Landscape of European Security

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On Tuesday, December 1, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed General Micael Bydén, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces for a private strategy session on “The Future Landscape of European Security.” The session featured a wide range of political and military experts, former government officials, and scholars who spoke on a variety […]

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Nov 24, 2015

IMMEDIATE ANALYSIS: Implications of Turkish Downing of Russian Warplane

By Atlantic Council

IMMEDIATE ANALYSIS: Implications of Turkish Downing of Russian Warplane with Aaron Stein Nonresident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle EastAtlantic Council and Barry Pavel Vice President, Arnold Kanter Chair, and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Atlantic Council

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Nov 24, 2015

Second Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Second Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate November 1-2, 2015 Emirates Palace – Abu Dhabi Conclusions Over the course of two days, nearly three hundred policy-makers, experts and academics from more than forty countries convened at the Second Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate (ADSD) to tackle key issues concerning the Middle East and North Africa region.

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Nov 23, 2015

Chris Brummer Speaks on RMB Internationalization at Financial and Risk Summit in Toronto

By Global Business and Economics

On November 23, 2015, Chris Brummer, the C. Boyden Gray Fellow on Global Growth and Finance at the Atlantic Council, spoke alongside Mingxuan Zhu, President and CEO, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Susan Gammage, Thomson Reuters’ Head of FX Transactions Sales, Americas, Janet L. Ecker, President and CEO, Toronto Financial Services Alliance, and Jeffrey […]

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Nov 23, 2015

Japan’s Security Role and Capabilities in the 2020s

By Juyeong Koh

On November 17, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a public launch of the report Japan’s Security Role and Capabilities in the 2020s, authored by Dr. Roger Cliff, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Center.

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Nov 19, 2015

Justice Mechanisms in the Syrian Conflict: Impunity under Scrutiny

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On November 19, 2015 the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) and the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA) hosted a discussion on the conflict between accountability for war crimes and negotiating a peaceful resolution to the war in Syria. Former US Ambassador […]

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Captains of Industry Series

Nov 18, 2015

The Space Race in Business

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On November 18, 2015, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, as part of its Captains of Industries Series, hosted a discussion entitled “The Space Race in Business,” moderated by the Council’s M.A. and George Lund Fellow on Emerging Defence Challenges Steven Grundman. The event explored current issues and trends in the space […]

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Nov 17, 2015

New Leadership, New Policies? Implications of Argentina’s Presidential Election

By Oriana Piña

It is anyone’s game on Argentina’s Election Day. In the first round of voting, pollsters predicted a win for Daniel Scioli from the ruling Frente para la Victoria (FPV) party. To the surprise of many, the results came in at a tight three percentage point difference. Days before the run-off elections, Mauricio Macri from the […]

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Nov 16, 2015

African Roundtable Discussion with Head of Israel’s Agency for International Development

By Africa Center

On Monday, November 16, the Africa Center hosted a roundtable for African ambassadors and other stakeholders on the role of MASHAV, the State of Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, in Africa with Ambassador Gil Haskel, Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel and Head of MASHAV. Africa Center […]

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Nov 16, 2015

Angolan Foreign Minister Marks Forty Years of Independence and Looks Ahead

By Africa Center

On Monday, November 16, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a high-level breakfast roundtable with H.E. Dr. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Minster of External Affairs for the Republic of Angola. Africa Center Director Dr. J. Peter Pham welcomed participants, highlighting in his introduction the fortieth anniversary last week of Angola’s national independence, and moderated the […]

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