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Sep 16, 2013

Workshop on Extended Deterrence in Northeast Asia

On September 16, 2013 the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted an off-the-record workshop on extended deterrence in Northeast Asia with the leading experts in the field, hosted by Barry Pavel, vice president and director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security of the Atlantic Council, and Richard Armitage, president of […]

East Asia

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Sep 15, 2013

Transition Seminar for US Representative to the African Union Reuben E. Brigety II

The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a transition seminar for Reuben E. Brigety II, recently confirmed by the US Senate as representative of the United States of America to the African Union with the personal rank of ambassador.

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Sep 12, 2013

US-Iran Reconciliation under President Rouhani

The South Asia Center and the Woodrow Wilson Center hosted a discussion entitled “US-Iran Reconciliation Under President Rouhani?”

Iran

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Sep 12, 2013

Roundtable Discussion with Thomas Bagger

On September 12, the Atlantic Council hosted an off-the-record roundtable discussion with Dr. Thomas Bagger, head of policy planning at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.

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Sep 12, 2013

Yemen’s Political Economy: Avoiding a Governance Crisis

With Yemen’s national dialogue scheduled to conclude September 18 and an upcoming Friends of Yemen meeting set for September 25, the Atlantic Council convened a group of Yemen experts to explore what international donors and partners should consider in the next phase of Yemen’s transition. The roundtable discussion on September 12, 2013, featured a presentation […]

Yemen

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Sep 11, 2013

Strategy Session with Cypriot Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis

On September 11th, the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, Cypriot minister of energy, commerce, industry and tourism for an off-the-record strategy session as part of the Council’s Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative.

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Sep 11, 2013

Beyond Benghazi: Libya’s Transition and the Future of US-Libyan Relations

One year after the deadly attack in Benghazi that claimed the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, the Libya Working Group–a joint initiative of the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, the Project on Middle East Democracy, and Freedom House–convened a panel discussion to assess developments in Libya and […]

Libya

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Sep 10, 2013

Dobbins, Other Leaders Call for Continued Assistance to Pakistan

At an event co-hosted by the Atlantic Council and International Relief and Development (IRD), Ambassador James Dobbins, special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, US Department of State, said the international community’s provision of civilian assistance to Pakistan was a calculated bet on regional stability, economic progress, and long-term development.

Pakistan

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Sep 10, 2013

Strategy Session with Swedish Defense Committee

On September 10, the Atlantic Council hosted an off-the-record strategy session with the Swedish Parliament Committee on Defense.

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage

Sep 9, 2013

Advanced Fossil Energy Technologies

Key Issues in Ensuring Access to Energy, Protecting Energy Security, and Enhancing Environmental Performance In the face of today’s environmental, economic, and energy challenges, it turns out our engineers may be just as important as our natural resources.  Law and policy doubtless still matter.  But what we’re building today lays the foundation for tomorrow’s innovative […]

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