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May 8, 2015

Breaking Down Digital Barriers: Turning a Transatlantic Challenge Into Opportunity

By Global Business and Economics Program

Atlantic Council Breaking Down Digital Barriers: Turning a Transatlantic Challenge into Opportunity Welcome and Moderator: Fran Burwell, Vice President and Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations, Atlantic Council Opening Remarks: David O’Sullivan, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States Panelists: Marcus Jadotte, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce […]

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May 7, 2015

Breaking Down Digital Barriers: Turning a Transatlantic Challenge Into Opportunity

By Garrett Workman

Just as the European Commission launched its plans for a new Digital Single Market (DSM) in Brussels, the Atlantic Council hosted a panel discussion on the future of the transatlantic digital economy and US-EU cooperation on data privacy and Internet issues. H.E. David O’Sullivan, EU Ambassador to the United States, provided keynote remarks and was […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

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May 7, 2015

Climate Change and National Security

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On April 17, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s Strategic Foresight Initiative hosted a workshop on “Climate Change and National Security” as part of our ongoing partnership with the Government of Sweden. Given the clear national security dimensions of climate change and the politically contentious nature of the climate debate, this workshop served as […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

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May 7, 2015

A Conversation with H.E. Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council A Conversation with H.E. Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Speaker: H.E. Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Introduction: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Moderator: Ambassador William Taylor, Acting Executive Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace Interpreter: Falah Mustafa Bakir, Foreign Minister of the Kurdistan […]

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May 7, 2015

2015 Global Strategy Forum: Imaging Solutions

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council 2015 Global Strategy Forum: New Approaches to a Changing World Imagining Solutions Welcome: Daniel Y. Chiu, Deputy Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Scene Setter: Peter Schwartz, Senior Vice President for Government Relations and Strategic Planning, Salesforce.com Speakers: David Rothkopf, CEO and Editor, Foreign Policy Group Joshua J. Marcuse, Senior […]

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May 7, 2015

2015 Global Strategy Forum: New Approaches to a Changing World

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council 2015 Global Strategy Forum: New Approaches to a Changing World Final Insights Welcome: Daniel Y. Chiu, Deputy Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Moderator: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Speakers: Mathew J. Burrows, Director, Strategic Foresight Initiative, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Ashlee Godwin, Deputy […]

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May 7, 2015

2015 Global Strategy Forum: Debate; America’s Role in the World

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council 2015 Global Strategy Forum: New Approaches to a Changing World Debate: America’s Role in the World Welcome: Daniel Y. Chiu, Deputy Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Moderator: Hisham Melhem, Washington Bureau Chief, Al Arabiya News Channel Debaters: Xenia Wickett, Project Director, U.S. and Dean, The Queen Elizabeth II Academy […]

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May 7, 2015

2015 Global Strategy Forum: Preventing Failures

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council 2015 Global Strategy Forum: New Approaches to a Changing World Preventing Failures Scene Setter: Peter Schwartz, Senior Vice President for Government Relations and Strategic Planning, Salesforce.com Speakers: Heather Zichal, Senior Fellow, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council August Cole, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council; Co-Author, “Ghost Fleet: A […]

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May 7, 2015

2015 Global Strategy Forum: Welcome and Enhancing Foresight

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council 2015 Global Strategy Forum: New Approaches to a Changing World Welcome and Enhancing Foresight Welcome: Daniel Y. Chiu, Deputy Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Chairman, Atlantic Council Scene Setter: Peter Schwartz, Senior Vice President for Government Relations and Strategic Planning, Salesforce.com Speakers: Vijay Kumar, UPS […]

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May 5, 2015

Northern Mali’s critical moment

By Africa Center

Mali has largely fallen from international headlines after a 2013 French military intervention drove back the constellation of terror groups occupying the northern part of the country, but the security situation has again deteriorated to the point it poses an urgent threat to the whole of the country as well as the region. There are […]

Africa Conflict