Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

How to Keep Transatlantic Security AAA: Outsmarting the Crisis by Thinking Beyond Institutional Lines

On January 12, the Atlantic Council hosted H.E. Hans Hillen, the Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, for remarks on NATO defense spending in the context of the Eurozone crisis and the transatlantic economic downturn.

Transcript: How to Keep Transatlantic Security AAA

Full transcript of a NATO Forum public event with H.E. Hans Hillen, the Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Actualizing the Upside of Water: Development, Diplomacy, and Defense

By Adrienne Chuck

The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, in partnership with the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and the WASH Advocacy Initiative, sponsored a workshop on “Actualizing the Upside of Water: Development, Diplomacy, and Defense,” for a select group of government and civil society leaders.

Repercussions of developments in Nigeria for US interests and regional stability

By Africa Center

On January 11, 2012, the Atlantic Council organized a conference call briefing with J. Peter Pham, director of the Africa Center, to discuss the extremist militant sect Boko Haram and rising security challenge it poses to Nigeria. Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson moderated discussion. As the most populous country in Africa, the fourth […]

US-Greece Relations in 2012: Roundtable with Ambassador Daniel B. Smith

By Jason Harmala

On Friday January 6, the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Relations Program hosted Ambassador Daniel B. Smith, US Ambassador to Greece, for an off-the-record discussion of the state of US-Greek relations in light of the ongoing financial crisis and upcoming Greek elections.

Transcript: NATO – The Case for Collective Defense in the 21st Century

Full transcript of a NATO Forum public event with the United Kingdom’s Secretary of Defense Philip Hammond.

NATO: The Case for Collective Defense in the 21st Century

On January 5, the Atlantic Council hosted the United Kingdom’s Secretary of Defense Philip Hammond for his first public remarks in the United States.