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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 Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

Atlantic Council Japan’s Security Role and Capabilities In the 2020s Introduction: Barry Pavel, Vice President, Arnold Kanter Chair, and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Speakers: David B. Shear, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense Dr. Narushige Michishita, Japan Scholar, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson […]

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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 20, 2015

Responding to Terror: In Need of a New Strategy?

Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit   Luncheon: Responding to Terror: In Need of a New Strategy?  Speakers:  Jon M. Huntsman Jr., Chairman, Atlantic Council   Ana Palacio, Member, Spanish Council of State, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs   Daud S. Saba, Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan   Zalmay Khalilzad, President, […]

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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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Nov 19, 2015

European Climate and Energy Security Priorities

Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit Luncheon: European Climate and Energy Security Priorities Speaker: Miguel Arias Canete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, European Commission Moderator: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Location: Istanbul, Turkey Time: 12:15 p.m. Local Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015 Transcript By Superior Transcriptions LLC www.superiortranscriptions.com FREDERICK KEMPE: Good afternoon […]

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Nov 18, 2015

Captains of Industry Series: The Space Race in Business

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council Captains of Industry Series: The Space Race in Business Opening Speaker: Jacob Markish, Principal, Renaissance Strategic Advisors Panelists: Paul Domorski, CEO, Artel Clayton Mowry, President, Arianespace, Inc. Jay Gibson, CEO and President, XCOR Kay Sears, President, Intelsat General Eric Thoemmes, Vice-President, Space and Missile Defense Programs, Lockheed Martin Introduction and Moderator: Steven Grundman, […]

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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 17, 2015

Besharov Testifies Before House Committee on Ways and Means

By Douglas Besharov

Global Business and Economics Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Douglas Besharov testifies before the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources on welfare reform in other countries: