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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, […]

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 […]

Elections
Latin America

In the News

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:

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Nov 17, 2015

Atlantic Council Poll Finds Bipartisan Support for Wider Cuba Opening

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

With presidential races heating up in key primary states, the Atlantic Council’s new US-Cuba poll of voters in America’s heartland finds majority support in both parties for further opening trade, travel, and investment with Cuba. Voters in Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa—though they largely consider the United States on the ‘wrong track’—strongly favor lifting trade […]

Cuba

Event Recap

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 […]

Africa
Israel

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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 […]

Africa

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Nov 13, 2015

Decoding the Tanzanian Elections

By Africa Center

On Friday, November 13, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center and the International Republican Institute (IRI) organized a discussion of the recent national and regional elections in Tanzania. Africa Center Director Dr. J. Peter Pham welcomed participants, introduced the speakers, and moderated the conversation. The Honorable Mark Green, President of IRI and former US Ambassador to […]

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