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Event Recap

Nov 19, 2014

Implications of a Nuclear Agreement with Iran

By South Asia Center

The South Asia Center’s Iran Task Force co-hosted a discussion with the Open Society Foundations on  the implications of a nuclear agreement with Iran. Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, moderated the discussion with former Director of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission, Brigadier General Uzi Eilam; and former Undersecretary of State, Ambassador Thomas […]

Iran

Captains of Industry Series

Nov 19, 2014

Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch

By Atlantic Council

On Thursday November 13, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Salvatore “Tory” T. Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA). The event, titled “Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch,” was the latest in the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry series, a platform for senior executives in aerospace and defense […]

Space
Technology & Innovation

Article

Nov 17, 2014

Column: Crunch Time for Iran Nuclear Talks

By Barbara Slavin

With only one week to go before a self-imposed deadline, the nail-biting is accelerating over whether Iran will reach an agreement with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) that curbs its nuclear program for years to come in return for sanctions relief.

Iran

Article

Nov 17, 2014

Hezbollah in a Time of Transition

By Bilal Y. Saab and Daniel Byman

With the Middle East in flux and sectarianism on the rise, the Lebanese group finds itself overtaxed and on the defensive. Read Now (PDF) The Syrian conflict is transforming the Lebanese Hezbollah. A movement that long claimed to transcend sectarianism is now the longest pole in the Syrian regime’s tent, and has become a bogeyman […]

Middle East
Syria

Congressional Relations

Nov 17, 2014

TTIP: Big Opportunities for Small Business

By Andrew Chrismer

“At a time when, both in the EU and the US, we have sluggish growth, we should be doing a lot better, trade is the antidote, the opportunity to enhance the values, the economic ties we already have,” said Congressman Erik Paulsen about the need for an ambitious TTIP agreement at the Atlantic Council last […]

Economy & Business
Trade and tariffs

Event Recap

Nov 14, 2014

Mexico’s Energy Reform: Tracking Progress

By Atlantic Council

Following the passage of secondary legislation in August 2014, Mexico’s energy industry is set for profound transformation. As leaders across the public and private sectors face a new era in the country’s energy matrix, policymakers across the region are looking to the Mexican experience as an example for both energy reform and an opportunity for […]

Energy & Environment
Mexico

Article

Nov 14, 2014

Column: ‘Rosewater’ Shows ‘How Ridiculous’ Iran Can Be

By Barbara Slavin

Jon Stewart’s new movie, “Rosewater,” was conceived out of guilt and is being born at a potentially pivotal time for U.S.-Iran relations.

Iran

Event Recap

Nov 13, 2014

Consolidating Peace in the Central African Republic: A Conversation with Faith Leaders

By Africa Center

Of the many tragedies of the conflict that has engulfed the Central African Republic (CAR) for nearly a year, one of the greatest is that it has pitted Muslim and Christian communities that historically coexisted against one another. The violence has taken over five thousand lives, and in October, less than a month after the […]

Africa

Congressional Relations

Nov 13, 2014

Bielecki: Russia’s challenge “even graver than it may appear”

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council hosted the 2014 Bronislaw Geremek Lecture on the evening of November 6 at its headquarters in Washington, DC. The lecture series is an initiative launched by the Atlantic Council and the Government of Poland in 2009 to honor one of the great heroes of the Solidarity movement in Poland—and as a reminder […]

Eastern Europe
NATO

Event Recap

Nov 13, 2014

Re-envisioning the Future: A Discussion with Central American Foreign Ministers

By Atlantic Council

“It is much cheaper to supply aid to the region than to put all those soldiers on the border,” began Foreign Minister Carlos Morales of Guatemala. This was the beginning of a conversation hosted by the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center on Thursday, November 13th with Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez of El Salvador and Foreign […]