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Jun 13, 2014

Transition Seminar for The Hon. Helen La Lime

By The Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a transition seminar for the Hon. Helen La Lime, the recently confirmed US ambassador to the Republic of Angola. The not-for-attribution session was moderated by Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham and Atlantic Council Treasurer and Executive Committee Board Director Brian C. McK. Henderson. Guests included representatives from private […]

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Jun 13, 2014

Transcript: 2014 Freedom Awards

The annual Atlantic Council Freedom Awards recognize extraordinary individuals and organizations that defend and advance the cause of freedom around the world. These awards embody the Council’s mission to strengthen transatlantic leadership on global values. The recipients of the 2014 Freedom Awards were: Baroness Catherine Ashton, European Union Vice President and High Representative for Foreign […]

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Jun 13, 2014

China and America: At a Dangerous Tipping Point

By Robert A. Manning, James Clad

The notion of a cooperative U.S.-Chinese economic relationship, balanced by security hedging, has run aground. Just a year ago, presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping met in California and, in shirtsleeves, proclaimed a “new type of major-power relationship.” A noble aspiration, perhaps. But in the interim, such stage-managed optimism has been dangerously overtaken by a […]

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Jun 12, 2014

Abdullah Vows to ‘Reset’ Afghanistan’s Relations with US and International Community

Following Years of US Tensions with Hamid Karzai, Afghan Presidential Front-Runner Calls for Broadened Cooperation The front-runner in Afghanistan’s presidential election on Saturday, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, called for the next Afghan government to act on a “fresh opportunity for Afghanistan to reset its relations with the international community and … especially with the […]

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Jun 11, 2014

The Economics of the Arab Transitions: Democracy and Growth

Countries that undergo regime change often see economic improvements, but this is not always the case when change leads to democratization, according to a study on the relationship between democracy and growth by Senior Fellow Caroline Freund of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Mélise Jaud, a senior economist at the World Bank. The […]

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Jun 11, 2014

Tackling Security Sector Reform in Tunisia: An Uphill Battle

Security sector reform (SSR) was a major demand of the Arab uprisings of 2011. And yet, three years later, little progress has been made toward SSR in these countries. On Tuesday, June 10, 2014, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Bassem Bouguerra and George Washington University […]

North Africa

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Jun 11, 2014

Pham Testifies on the Ongoing Struggle Against Boko Haram

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham testified before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the ongoing struggle against Boko Haram:

Nigeria

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Jun 10, 2014

Ukraine Can Take Inspiration from Poland’s Post-Soviet Transformation

By Lee Feinstein

It is fitting that President Obama’s first meeting with newly elected Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko occurred today in Warsaw. The formal reason for Obama’s trip is to mark the 25th anniversary of Poland’s first post-communist election. Obama’s trip to Warsaw, the first stop in a three-country Europe swing, is intended to reassure Poland and other […]

Ukraine

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Jun 10, 2014

Conversation with former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov

On Tuesday, June 10th, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center welcomed former Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov for an off-the-record roundtable discussion.

Southern & Southeastern Europe

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Jun 9, 2014

National Security and Digital prosperity after Snowden: A discussion with David Ignatius.

Edward Snowden’s revelations of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) extensive data collection programs last year sparked an intense debate on the future of electronic surveillance in the United States and globally. As the extent of electronic surveillance has moved to the forefront of the American political discourse, the effects of Snowden’s revelations on the future […]

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