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Oct 9, 2014

Don’t forget Canada and Mexico

By Nicholas Burns

LIKE THE majority of his modern predecessors, President Obama has looked to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia as the regions where America’s vital interests are most often engaged. This year is no different as the United States copes with a lethal combination of challenges from the metastasizing Iraq-Syria civil war to Russian aggression in […]

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Oct 9, 2014

Developments in Sudan and South Sudan: Major Policy Address by Special Envoy Donald Booth

By Atlantic Council

On Thursday, October 9, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted the Honorable Donald Booth, the US special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan. In his remarks, Ambassador Booth addressed the recent political developments in both countries and articulated significant changes in the US policy towards both nations. In his welcoming remarks, Director J. Peter Pham […]

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Oct 9, 2014

Column: ‘Islamic State’ Benefits From Opponents’ Conflicting Agendas

By Barbara Slavin

Vice President Joe Biden got into hot water over the weekend when he accused Turkey and other U.S. allies of complicity in the rise of the group calling itself the Islamic State (IS). Biden, who was forced to apologize to President Recep Tayib Erdogan, was factually accurate – if diplomatically gauche – when he noted […]

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Oct 8, 2014

A Conversation with H.E. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and most populous country, with an economic growth rate that will land it among the world’s top 20 economies by 2030—if projections hold. That is an open question, as the country remains dogged by well-known security problems, growth and reform challenges, poverty, and other barriers to achieving its full growth potential.

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Oct 8, 2014

Transatlantic Interests in the Asia Pacific in 2025

By Atlantic Council

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 8:30 – 9:00 am     Registration and Breakfast 9:00 – 9:05 pm     Welcome Barry Pavel, Vice President and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Secutiry, Atlantic Council (@BarryPavel) 9:05 – 10:05 am     Scene Setter: The United States’ and Europe’s Relationship with Asia What are the common US and European interests in Asia Pacific? Where might […]

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Oct 8, 2014

Transcript: The Future of US Extended Deterrence in East Asia

By The Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council The Future of US Extended Deterrence in East Asia Welcome: Jon Huntsman, Chairman, Atlantic Council Moderator: Barry Pavel, Vice President and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security Speakers: Richard Armitage, President, Armitage International Kurt Campbell, Chairman and CEO, The Asia Group, LLC Location: 1030 15th Street, NW, 12th Floor (West Tower), Washington, […]

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Oct 8, 2014

A New Model of Great Power Relations?

By Atlantic Council

High Level Panel Discusses What China’s Rise Means for the World Order During a workshop on transatlantic interests in the Asia Pacific, a high level panel convened to discuss whether the rise of China precipitated the need for a “new model of power relations.” The panel, moderated by Barry Pavel of the Atlantic Council’s Brent […]

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Oct 8, 2014

Boko Haram Takes, Holds Territory

By J. Peter Pham

Bottom Line Up Front:• Like its putative Islamic State counterparts in Iraq and Syria, the Nigerian terror group Boko Haram has in recent weeks accomplished an alarming expansion of its territorial control • The downing of a Nigerian fighter jet—and the videotaped beheading of its pilot—also suggest a quantum leap in the group’s offensive and propaganda […]

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Oct 8, 2014

Global Trade Agenda

By Atlantic Council

Experts Sound Off on Importance of TPP/TTIP During the Transatlantic Interests in the Asia Pacific in 2025 conference members of the “Global Trade Agenda” panel, moderated by Paula Stern of the Stern Group and board director of the Atlantic Council, discussed the implications of future trade agreements and trade liberalization on Asia and the transatlantic […]

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Oct 8, 2014

Luncheon Conversation

By Atlantic Council

“Kurt Campbell Discusses the US Shift in Foreign Policy Towards the Asia Pacific” Over a luncheon conversation, moderated by Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson, The Hon. Kurt Campbell, founder and CEO of The Asia Group, discussed the United States’ strategic foreign policy shift towards Asia. In his speech, Dr. Campbell discussed the challenges […]

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