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Oct 4, 2013

ELEEP Network Hosts Energy Security and Climate Change Conference

The Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy (ELEEP) network, an initiative of the Atlantic Council’s Young Atlanticist Program and Energy and Environment Program and the Ecologic Institute, hosted the Transatlantic Cooperation on Energy Security and Climate Change Conference on Thursday, October 4th at the Atlantic Council’s headquarters in Washington, DC with support from the […]

Energy & Environment

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Oct 3, 2013

Official Opening of Atlantic Council Istanbul Office

On October 3, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey, Atlantic Council President & CEO Frederick Kempe joined US Consul General to Turkey Charles F. Hunter and Atlantic Council Istanbul Office Director Orhan Taner at a lunch celebrating the official opening of the Atlantic Council’s Istanbul Office. The lunch was attended by several high-level leaders in the government, […]

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Oct 3, 2013

Discussing Mutual Assured Stability

On October 3, 2013 the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted an off-the-record workshop on the idea of “Mutual Assured Stability” with the leading experts in the field of US-Russia relations, hosted by Center Vice Chair Ellen Tauscher and former Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov.

Europe & Eurasia Russia

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Oct 3, 2013

Future Challenges to the Transatlantic Alliance

On October 3, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted an off-the-record strategy session with Supreme Allied Commander Transformation General Jean-Paul Paloméros on future challenges to the transatlantic alliance. The discussion revolved around NATO-EU relations, the NATO 2014 summit agenda, and the Alliance’s future after the Afghanistan mission winds down. Participants also […]

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Oct 3, 2013

Transcript: Prospects for Political Settlement in Syria

On October 3, the Atlantic Council convened a distinguished panel to discuss prospects for a political settlement to Syria’s civil war. Moderated by the Atlantic Council’s Executive Vice President Damon Wilson, the discussion explored the viewpoints of the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom—represented by Frederic C. Hof, senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s […]

Syria

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Oct 3, 2013

Robertson, Ivanov, and Hof Discuss Prospects of Agreement on Syria

One month after a US military strike against Syria seemed inevitable, the September 26 United Nations Security Council agreement to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal has opened a new window for international diplomacy. On October 3, the Atlantic Council convened a distinguished panel to discuss prospects for a political settlement to Syria’s seemingly intractable civil […]

Syria

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Oct 2, 2013

A Conversation with Alexi Petriashvili, Georgian State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration

On October 2, the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted HE Alexi Petriashvili, Georgian State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration, for an off-the-record roundtable event. The discussion focused on the upcoming presidential elections, Russian-Georgian relations, Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations, as well as the challenges and opportunities of signing the European Union Association Agreement. Minister Petriashvili reiterated […]

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Oct 2, 2013

Briefing by Gérard Prunier on Sudan and South Sudan

The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a briefing by Senior Fellow Gérard Prunier on the internal political dynamics in Sudan and South Sudan, especially those driving recent conflicts within and between the two countries, and how those will likely play themselves out in the near- and intermediate-term.

East Africa Sudan

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Oct 2, 2013

Strategy Session: Implications of Zapad 2013

On October 2, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and the Embassy of Estonia organized an off-the-record strategy session on the implications of the Zapad 2013 Russian military exercises that occurred near the Baltic region in September 2013.

Captains of Industry Series

Oct 2, 2013

Melcher Discusses the Business of Defense in an Age of Austerity

On October 2nd, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security launched the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry series, a forum for leaders of major defense contractors to discuss their plans for navigating the new realities facing their businesses. The first speaker was David Melcher, CEO and president of Excelis, a $5.5 billion global aerospace, defense, […]

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