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Oct 13, 2011

Georgia in the West Report Launch

By James Joyner

On October 13, the Atlantic Council and Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lindsey Graham launched a new Council report, Georgia in the West: A Policy Road Map to Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Future.

The Caucasus

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Oct 13, 2011

Georgia in the West: 10/13/11 – Transcript

By Jason Harmala

Back to event page   The Atlantic Council of the United States Georgia and the West: A Policy Road Map to Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Future Welcome and Moderator: Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, The Atlantic Council Frances G. Burwell, Vice President, The Atlantic Council Speakers: Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Co-Chair, Atlantic Council Georgia Task Force Senator Jeanne […]

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Oct 12, 2011

Off-the-Record Dinner with Vitaliy Klychko

By Jason Harmala

On October 12, the Atlantic Council hosted an off-the-record working dinner with Vitaliy Klychko, leader of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform, and current world heavyweight champion in boxing.

Ukraine

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Oct 12, 2011

From Podgorica to Brussels: Montenegro on the Road to Europe

By Adrienne Chuck

On October 11, 2011, the Transatlantic Relations Program hosted a discussion with Montenegro’s Prime Minister, Igor Lukšić. Prime Minister Lukšić is steering Montenegro’s steady course toward Euro-Atlantic integration, making NATO and European Union (EU) membership a top priority for his administration. Montenegro became an EU candidate in 2010, and it is currently the only country […]

Eastern Europe The Balkans

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Oct 12, 2011

From Podgorica to Brussels: 10/12/11 – Transcript

By Jason Harmala

Back to event page The Atlantic Council of the United States From Podgorica to Brussels: Montenegro on the Road to Europe Introduction: Robert Gelbard, Chairman, Gelbard International Consulting Moderator: Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council Speaker: Igor Lukšić, Prime Minister of Montenegro Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Washington, D.C.  Transcript by Federal News Service Washington, […]

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Oct 6, 2011

Roundtable with Ambassador Gordon Gray on Building Civil Society and Democracy in Tunisia

By Adrienne Chuck

The Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a small group of leading development and human rights experts and practitioners working on Tunisia for a roundtable discussion with US Ambassador to Tunisia Gordon Gray to discuss how best to help build civil society and democracy in the North […]

North Africa United States and Canada

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Oct 6, 2011

What is Germany Thinking? The Future of Europe and the Transatlantic Alliance

By Adrienne Chuck

On October 6th, the Atlantic Council partnered with the Bertelsmann Foundation to host a luncheon discussion on what the citizens of Germany, Europe’s financial powerhouse, want from Europe, what they think about European integration, and how they see their future within the eurozone and the EU. The panel featured Annette Heuser, Executive Director of The […]

European Union Germany

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Oct 5, 2011

Whither South Sudan?

By Adrienne Chuck

The Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a high-level off-the-record briefing and discussion on the challenges facing the Republic of South Sudan, which achieved its independence as Africa’s fifty-fourth sovereign state on July 9, 2011.

East Africa

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Oct 5, 2011

Learning From Libya: Implications for Defense in the Age of Austerity

By Jason Harmala

On October 5, the Atlantic Council featured a special Commanders Series event featuring Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, the Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Air Force (RAF). He discussed RAF programs in an age of austerity and stressed the importance of the NATO framework for addressing security challenges in the 21st […]

NATO Security & Defense

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Oct 4, 2011

Financing Pakistan’s Development: A Failure of the International Aid Agencies or National Authorities?

By Adrienne Chuck

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted a public discussion on the role of the international financial institutions in Pakistan’s development with Mr. Abid Hasan, a former operations adviser at the World Bank and Pakistani newspaper columnist.

Pakistan