Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

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Feb 15, 2017

Strategies for Power Sector Transition: Comparing the US and Germany

By Global Energy Center

On February 15, 2017, the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center convened an expert panel for a conversation about the US and German strategies for power sector transition. Panelists discussed the drivers of the energy transformation, the challenges these innovative countries are facing, what approaches are being taken, and the emerging future of this critical part […]

In the News

Feb 14, 2017

Hof Testifies Before House Foreign Affairs Committee on Defeating Terrorism in Syria: A New Way Forward

By Frederic C. Hof

Watch the full hearing here.

Syria

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Feb 13, 2017

Challenges to the Yemeni Peace Process

By Hariri Center

The Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted a panel discussion on February 13, 2017 with H.E. Khaled Alyemany, permanent representative of Yemen to the United Nations; Ms. Nadwa Al-Dawsari, nonresident senior fellow at the Project on Middle East Democracy; and Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Mr. Mohammed Alyahya and Nonresident Senior Fellow Dr. […]

Saudi Arabia Yemen

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Feb 10, 2017

HRVP Federica Mogherini Addresses the Future of Transatlantic Relations

By Sarah Bedenbaugh

The United States and Europe will continue to find common ground and work together to overcome their foreign policy challenges, H.E. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, said at an event hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative on […]

European Union Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Feb 9, 2017

General Breedlove Testifies Before US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the United States, the Russian Federation, and the Challenges Ahead

By General Philip M. Breedlove

Watch the full hearing here.

Russia

Video

Feb 9, 2017

Herbst and Polyakova on #RussiaFactor

Video

Feb 9, 2017

Saab and Daniels on Iran

Video

Feb 9, 2017

#StrongerWithAllies

Event Recap

Feb 8, 2017

The Power of Transparency to increase Economic Resilience, with IMF Director Christine Lagarde

On February 8, The Atlantic Council Global hosted International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the sixth and final installment of the Power of Transparency Series hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Global Business and Economics program and Thomson Reuters. She later participated in a discussion moderated by Axel Threlfall, editor-at-large at Reuters.

Economy & Business European Union

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Feb 8, 2017

International Law and Cyber Operations – Launch of the Tallinn Manual 2.0

By Asvatha Babu

On Wednesday, February 8, Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCD COE), and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands launched the Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations.

Cybersecurity NATO
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