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Jun 21, 2012

India-Pakistan Trade: Profitable Relations?

By Jason Harmala

 Vice President of the India-Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Syed Yawar Ali provided an overview of the current trade flow between India and Pakistan, highlight mutually beneficial opportunities of bilateral and regional agreements, and emphasize the need for new infrastructure to increase cooperation.

India Pakistan

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Jun 21, 2012

Is Egypt’s Transition On or Off the Rails?

The court-mandated dissolution of parliament and a supplementary constitutional declaration by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has thrown Egypt’s transition into uncertainty and possible unrest. On June 21, the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) hosted a discussion on these alarming developments as […]

North Africa Political Reform

MENASource

Jun 20, 2012

House Hearing Testimony on Egypt

By Michele Dunne

Testifying today as part of a US House of Representatives Middle East Subcommittee panel on Egypt will be quite challenging in view of the breakneck pace of events.  Today a coalition of judges who set out to do a parallel count announced that they agreed with the Muslim Brotherhood that Morsy won by about 900,000 […]

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Jun 20, 2012

The Costs and Benefits of Carbon Capture Technologies

By Jason Harmala

On June 20, the Atlantic Council’s Energy and Environment Program hosted the briefing, Can CO2 Capture Technologies Deliver for EOR and Climate Mitigation and at What Cost? The briefing, which featured Dr. Edward Rubin, Carnegie Mellon University’s Alumni Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science, and Professor of Engineering and Public Policy, was the first in […]

Admiral Boorsboom

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Jun 19, 2012

Future Challenges of the Netherlands Navy in NATO

On June 19, the Atlantic Council hosted Vice Admiral Matthieu Borsboom, commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy, for a roundtable discussion on the future challenges of the Netherlands Navy in a NATO/European context.

NATO Security & Defense

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Jun 19, 2012

Water and Watts: the Potential to Save Energy and Water in the Municipal, Industrial, and Commercial Sectors

By Adrienne Chuck

The third meeting in the Atlantic Council’s series on the Energy Water Nexus, the June 19th workshop entitled “Water and Watts” addressed the potential to save energy and water in the municipal, industrial, and commercial sectors.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
Managing Societal Fault Lines in Twenty-First Century Africa

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Jun 14, 2012

Managing Societal Fault Lines in Twenty-First Century Africa

By Adrienne Chuck

The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a discussion on ‘Managing Societal Fault Lines in Twenty-First Century Africa.”

Africa

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Jun 13, 2012

Reflections on US-Georgia Relations: Transcript – 6/13/12

By Jason Harmala

Back to event page  The Atlantic Council of the United States Reflections on U.S.-Georgia Relations – Past, Present, Future Welcome and Moderator: Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council Speaker: John Bass, U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Transcript by Federal News Service Washington, D.C. DAMON WILSON: Good afternoon, […]

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Jun 13, 2012

Reflections on US-Georgia Relations – Past, Present, Future

On June 13, the Atlantic Council’s Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted US Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia John Bass, at the close of his three-year assignment and in the wake of Secretary of State Clinton’s visit to the South Caucasus.

The Caucasus United States and Canada

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Jun 12, 2012

Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds Red Team Exercise

The Strategic Foresight Initiative and the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) held a joint Red Team Exercise on June 12 to inform and improve the NIC’s Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds report. The exercise explored whether the report identified the correct trends, how these trends were applied to different countries and regions, and whether the […]

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