Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

Strategy Session with the Norwegian Atlantic Committee

By Jason Harmala

On January 31, the International Security Program hosted a delegation from the Norwegian Atlantic Committee to discuss a range of issues including the NATO Chicago Summit in May and prospects for greater multilateral defenses and international cooperation in light of major fiscal stress on Western economies.

Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence and US-Kazakhstan Relations: 1/31/2012 – Final Session

By Jason Harmala

Back to event page The Atlantic Council of the United States Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence Session III: U.S.-Kazakhstan Relations Chair: Sean Roberts Speakers: Kenneth Derr, Former Chairman and CEO, Chevron Bolat Nurgaliev, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson for Protracted Conflicts and Former Kazakh Ambassador to the United States Jackson McDonald, Vice President of […]

Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence and US-Kazakhstan Relations: 1/31/2012 – Looking Back

By Jason Harmala

Back to event page The Atlantic Council of the United States Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence Looking Back: Kazakhstan’s First Twenty Years Chair: Ariel Cohen, Senior Research Fellow, Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Policy, Heritage Foundation Speakers: John Herbst, Director, Center for Complex Operations, National Defense University Larry Napper, Senior Lecturer and Director, […]

Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence and US-Kazakhstan Relations: 1/31/2012 – Introductory Remarks

By Jason Harmala

Back to event page The Atlantic Council of the United States Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence Introductory Remarks: Ross Wilson, Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council Welcoming Remarks: Former Senator Chuck Hagel, Chairman, Atlantic Council Yerzhan Kazykhanov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Kazakhstan Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary of State for South […]

Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence and US-Kazakhstan Relations: 1/31/2012 – Lunch Keynote

By Jason Harmala

Back to event page  The Atlantic Council of the United States Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence Luncheon Keynote Introductory Remarks by Ross Wilson, Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council Speaker: Dan Poneman, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012  Transcript by Federal News Service […]

Global Trends 2030: Urbanization Nexus

The Strategic Foresight Initiative and the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) held a joint workshop, “Urbanization Nexus” on January 25 to inform the NIC’s Global Trends 2030 report. What do urbanization trends mean for the world of 2030? Which will be the impact of resource constraints and demographic realities on urban and rural populations? What […]