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Jul 29, 2014

Brzezinski Testifies Before House Committee on Downed MH17

By Ian Brzezinski

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski testifies before the House Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats and the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade on the subject of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and the escalating crisis in Ukraine:

Russia
Ukraine

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Jul 28, 2014

Boko Haram Still Resurgent

By J. Peter Pham

TSG IntelBrief: Boko Haram Still Resurgent Yesterday marked one hundred days since the kidnapping of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls and international awareness of the long-in-progress Boko Haram terror campaign.

Africa
Nigeria

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Jul 25, 2014

Libya: Update from the Field

Libya’s democratic promise is more precarious than ever. On the one hand, the government recently reached a deal with armed groups to end a year-long blockade of critical oil fields, and the election commission released final results from the recent parliamentary elections. On the other, a political struggle is taking on an increasingly violent dimension, […]

Libya

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Jul 24, 2014

Bridging the Pacific: The Americas’ New Economic Frontier?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has the potential to create sustainable economic growth, spur job creation, and deepen geopolitical ties between market-based democracies across the Americas and the Asia-Pacific. In tandem with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that the United States is negotiating with the European Union, TPP has the potential to write the […]

Economy & Business
Trade and tariffs

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Jul 24, 2014

Transcript: NATO in an Era of Global Competition

NATO IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL COMPETITION:REPORT LAUNCH CONFERENCE WELCOME: FREDERICK KEMPE,PRESIDENT AND CEO, ATLANTIC COUNCIL OPENING REMARKS: NATO IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL COMPETITION – STRATEGIC CONTEXT LT. GEN. BRENT SCOWCROFT, USAF (RET.), CHAIRMAN, INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD, ATLANTIC COUNCIL; FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR MODERATOR: BARRY PAVEL, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR, BRENT SCOWCROFT CENTER ON […]

Commanders Series

Jul 23, 2014

Transcript: The US Future in Space

By The Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council The US Future in Space Welcome and Moderator: Barry Pavel Vice President and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Speakers: General William L. Shelton, Commander, US Air Force Space Command Michael Andersson, Executive Vice President, Saab North America Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Transcript by Federal News […]

Space
Technology & Innovation

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Jul 23, 2014

Roadmap for Ukraine

On Tuesday, July 22nd, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted a public forum on the Atlantic Council’s latest report, A Roadmap for Ukraine. The panelists included the Hon. John Herbst, Director of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council; Mr. David Koranyi, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Deputy Director; and Ms. Irena Chalupa, an […]

Ukraine

Article

Jul 23, 2014

Column: A Summer of Innocent Deaths

By Barbara Slavin

Based on past experience, here is the likely outcome of the current Israeli-Palestinian fighting: A cease-fire will come in a few days – perhaps by Monday when the fasting month of Ramadan ends – and will last for a year or two. Another confrontation will follow, once Hamas has replenished its store of rockets and […]

Israel
Middle East

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Jul 23, 2014

All Elements of National Power

On July 22, the Atlantic Council held a report rollout for a report by the Combatant Command Task Force, chaired by retired General James J. Jones, Jr., called “All Elements of National Power: Moving Towards a New Interagency Balance for US Global Engagement.”

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Jul 23, 2014

The Struggle for Public Space in Egypt

While many hoped that the public space in Egypt for non-state sectors, such as political parties, the media, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), would widen following Egypt’s 2011 revolution, such an expansion has yet to materialize. Rather, over three years and two presidents later, Egypt’s political climate remains stifled. On July 22, 2014, The Atlantic Council’s […]

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