Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

Munich Security Conference Core Group Meets to Discuss NSA Spying Scandal

On November 6, the Atlantic Council partnered with the Brookings Institution and the Munich Security Conference to host the Munich Security Conference Core Group Meeting. The Core Group Meeting, an offshoot of the larger Munich Security Conference, brings together an exclusive group of top-level policymakers and officials to frankly and openly exchange ideas on the […]

EU’s Eastern Partnership: The Vilnius Summit and Beyond

On November 5, Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, was the featured speaker at a public event hosted by the Atlantic Council. Minister Lajčák’s visit to Washington comes only three short weeks before the European Union (EU) and the six former Soviet countries designated as […]

Addressing India’s cyber threats

India is quickly becoming the second-largest victim of cyberattacks after the United States and earlier this year released its first national Cyber Security Policy, which aims to ensure a secure and resilient cyberspace for citizens, businesses, and the government.

Africa Center Hosts Leslie Lefkow of Human Rights Watch

The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a roundtable discussion with Leslie Lefkow, deputy director of the Africa division at the Human Rights Watch. Lefkow presented the findings of the recently released HRW report, They Want a Confession: Torture and Ill-Treatment in Ethiopia’s Maekelawi Police Station.

Emerging Leaders of Pakistan Share Their Stories

As part of the 2013 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan visit to the United States, the South Asia Center hosted an event in which four of the fellows, chosen by their peers,  provided overviews of their civil society initiatives. The entire class of fellows participated in the interactive discussion and shared stories and ideas on how […]

Capitalizing on the Urban Future

On October 31, 2013, the Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI) of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted the launch event for USAID’s Policy for an Urbanizing World.

Ambassador Fred Hof’s Testimony on Syria before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 31, 2013

By MENASource

Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, Members of the Committee: I am deeply honored by your invitation to testify today on the situation in Syria.  It is a situation for which the word “appalling” barely suffices.  The crisis in Syria has, for more than 30 months, been destroying a country of 23 million people. 

Eurasia Center Hosts Rumsfeld Fellows

On October 31, 2013, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center had the pleasure of hosting the fall 2013 Rumsfeld Fellows class in our beautiful new offices. These accomplished and transatlantically minded men and women spoke with Ambassadors Ross Wilson and John E. Herbst about evolving US Foreign Policy toward the region.

Open House Caps Off Members’ Conference

The fifth annual Atlantic Council Members’ Conference showed off the spectrum of expertise the Council has accumulated in the past year. The day’s panels treated members to global perspectives on the theme “A World In Transition.” The final session of the day was open to the public, and featured a discussion with former National Security […]

Syria: Ambassador Fred Hof to Testify Thursday Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee

By MENASource

On Thursday, October 31 Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Ambassador Frederic C. Hof will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Senate Committee will convene two panels to discuss the crisis in Syria.