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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 […]

Article

Sep 9, 2013

Obama’s Weak Syria Case

By Rajan Menon

President Obama’s case for striking Syria is perplexing and misguided. Here’s hoping that these attributes will become clear during the debate that will occur now that he has delayed acting and sought Congressional consent. Despite the massive death toll in Syria, which now exceeds one hundred thousand, Obama has been chary (wisely, in my view) […]

Syria
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Sep 5, 2013

What’s Next for Syria?

A September 4 Atlantic Council discussion moderated by Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof with Research Analyst Elizabeth O’Bagy, Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel, and Hariri Center Fellow Faysal Itani debated the reasoning and potential effectiveness a limited US strike against Syria might have in changing the military calculus of those involved […]

Syria

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Sep 5, 2013

Cyber Rivalry in South Asia

The Atlantic Council's South Asia Center and Cyber Statecraft Initiative hosted Dr. Tughral Yamin for a discussion on cyber security in South Asia, and the potential for building regional confidence building measures for the information space.

Cybersecurity South Asia

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Sep 5, 2013

Transformational Solutions for Water in the West

Incremental improvements in water sustainability are not enough to close the future gap between increasing freshwater demand and decreasing freshwater availability in the western United States. This water scarcity gap is increasingly evident in the steady and long term decline of important aquifers and their projected inability to provide water for future agricultural irrigation, projected […]

Article

Sep 5, 2013

After Nabucco – Croatia to the Rescue of Central Europe’s Energy Security?

By David Koranyi, Ian Brzezinski, and Matthew Bryza

The decision of the Shah Deniz consortium last June to move forward with the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) that will bring Azeri natural gas to Europe brought to life the vision of the Southern Gas Corridor that will help diversify Europe’s sources of natural gas. At first glance, it would appear that by selecting TAP over […]

Energy & Environment

Article

Sep 4, 2013

The Nordic-Baltic Region as a Global Partner of the United States

By Damon Wilson and Magnus Nordenman

In “The Nordic-Baltic Region as a Global Partner of the United States,” Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson and Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Magnus Nordenman analyze the significance of the growing trend of Nordic and Baltic cooperation. First written in September 2011, the authors called then for President Obama to agree to meet his Nordic […]

Northern Europe

Article

Sep 4, 2013

Timeline of Nordic/Baltic Security

By Jorge Benitez

This interactive timeline shows recent events in Nordic-Baltic history.

Northern Europe

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Aug 29, 2013

NATO Partnerships in Asia: Allied and Regional Perspectives

On August 28, the Atlantic Council and NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) hosted an off-the-record roundtable discussion.

NATO Security & Defense
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