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Jul 11, 2014

Political Economy of Subsidy Reforms in MENA: Progress and Challenges

There is a growing consensus that there is urgent need for a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to undertake subsidy reforms, mainly because of the costly and distortive nature of energy subsidies. On Thursday, July 10, 2014, in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Atlantic Council’s Rafik […]

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Jul 11, 2014

Carl Bildt at the Atlantic Council: Facing a Revisionist Russia

During his July 8 visit to the Atlantic Council, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt declared that “these are not easy times” for the transatlantic partners, as they face “a more assertive China,” new areas of terrorism threatening Africa, and a Middle East “engulfed by new sectarian divisions.” Speaking to a packed audience of foreign policy […]

Article

Jul 10, 2014

Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

By Stephen J. Hadley

The following is the prepared remarks of Atlantic Council Board Director Stephen J. Hadley before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 9 about Russia and the ongoing developments in Ukraine.

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Ukraine

Captains of Industry Series

Jul 10, 2014

The Globalization of the Defense Industry

How should the defense industry adjust to greater economic globalization, with novel regional and functional challenges? How is the private sector going to manage decreasing national defense budgets while maintaining high levels of innovation, research, and development?

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Jul 10, 2014

Ukraine’s Army Now Holds Two-Thirds of Donbas, Senior Security Official Says

Kyiv Official Thanks US for Food Rations and Vests, Says Ukraine Needs Sanctions on Russia Ukrainian troops now control two-thirds of the country’s Donbas region, a top Ukrainian security official says, nine days after they resumed their counter-offensive against Russian-backed insurgents. Ukraine’s military “will continue to tighten the containment” of the separatist militias, and will […]

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Ukraine

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Jul 9, 2014

Kerry’s Visit to Kabul Will Be Critical to Defusing Afghanistan’s Election Crisis

Zalmay Khalilzad, David Sedney Analyze Hopes for Resolving a Dangerous Dispute This weekend’s visit to Afghanistan by Secretary of State John Kerry will be a critical opportunity to defuse the dispute over Afghanistan’s presidential election that threatens the country’s stability, two former US top officials said. Kerry is to travel to Kabul as presidential candidates […]

Afghanistan
Elections

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Jul 9, 2014

Transcript: Facing a Revisionist Russia: Discussion with Carl Bildt

Facing a Revisionist Russia: Discussion with Carl Bildt Introduction:Paula Dobriansky,Former Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs,Atlantic Council Moderator:Frederick KempePresident and CEOAtlantic Council Speaker:H.E. Carl Bildt,Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden Location:1030 15th Street, N.W., 12th Floor (West Tower),Washington, D.C. Time: 9:00 a.m. EDTDate: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Transcript byFederal News ServiceWashington, D.C.

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Jul 7, 2014

NATO Secretary General Rasmussen: The West’s Insurance Premium for Security ‘Just Went Up’

With Western economies improving slowly, and with security threats evolving from Africa to East Asia, the NATO alliance will press this year for Europe to increase its defense spending “in real terms for the first time since the end of the Cold War,” Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said today. The alliance will push its […]

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Security & Defense

Article

Jul 7, 2014

Don’t Panic: Russia’s Energy Pivot to Asia and European Energy Security

By David Koranyi

Russia’s Energy Pivot to Asia and European Energy Security After almost a decade of haggling, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed an agreement on Russian gas supplies to China in late May. The contracts stipulates Russia’s obligation to supply 38 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas annually for 30 years through […]

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Jul 7, 2014

Armenia and the West: A New Vision for the Caucasus?

On Wednesday, July 2nd, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted an off-the-record workshop on Armenia’s relationship with the West and the future vision for the Caucasus. The workshop, organized jointly with Washington-based think tank Policy Forum Armenia (PFA), built upon the discussion that took place a year ago at the Atlantic Council (on Armenia-NATO relations), […]

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