Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

Will the East Dominate the West in the 21st Century?: 7/19/11 – Transcript

By Jason Harmala

Back to the event page The Atlantic Council of the United States Will the East Dominate the West in the 21st Century? Welcome and Moderator: Banning Garrett, Director, Asia Program and Strategic Foresight Project, The Atlantic Council Featured Speaker: Ian Morris, Professor of History, Stanford University Speakers: Mathew Burrows, Counselor, U.S. National Intelligence Council Patrick […]

U.S. Army Europe and the Future of U.S. Forward Presence: 7/11/11 – Transcript

By Jason Harmala

Return to event page The Atlantic Council of the United States U.S. Army Europe and the Future of U.S. Forward Presence Welcome and Moderator: Ian Brzezinski, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, The Atlantic Council Speaker: Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Monday, July 11, 2011  Transcript by Federal […]

Ukraine’s Future: Challenges and Impact of Governance in Ukraine

By Adrienne Chuck

The Atlantic Council, the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics co-hosted a conference to discuss the state of governance in Ukraine. The conference opened with a discussion with Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.  Panels with leading American and European experts examined “The Challenges of […]

Transcript: 2011 Freedom Awards Dinner

This year at the 2011 Atlantic Council Freedom Awards, apresented awards to Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski, Moldovan Prime Minister Vladimir Filat, journalists Adam Michnik and Helena Łucywo of Gazeta Wyborcza; Egyptian activist Esraa Abdel Fattah; Belarusian dissidents Ales Byalyatski, Natalia Kaliada, and Zhanna Litvina; and US Senator John McCain. We also presented […]

Africa in the 21st Century and the Next Chapter in U.S.-Africa Relations

On June 6, 2011, the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted H.E. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic, at the Atlantic Council. President Bongo gave a keynote speech in which he discussed the changing face of Africa in the 21st century, highlighting especially the reforms which have helped make Gabon an emerging country, […]

Transcript: Africa in the 21st Century and the Next Chapter in U.S.-Africa Relations

Full transcript from the June 6, 2011 Africa Center event “Africa in the 21st Century and the Next Chapter in U.S.-Africa Relations” featuring H.E. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic.

Iran Symposium and Launch of Task Force Publication: 6/2/11 – Transcript

By Jason Harmala

Return to event page THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES IRAN SYMPOSIUM AND LAUNCH OF IRAN SANCTIONS: PREFERABLE TO WAR BUT NO SILVER BULLET WELCOME AND MODERATOR: SHUJA NAWAZ, DIRECTOR, SOUTH ASIA CENTER SPEAKERS: MEHDI KHALAJI, SENIOR FELLOW, WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY ALIREZA NADER, INTERNATIONAL POLICY ANALYST, RAND CORPORATION DJAVAD SALEHI-ISFAHANI, NON-RESIDENT […]

Panel 1 “Reform, Revolution, or Repression? Finding Positive Paths Forward for a Region in Transition” Transcript

By Jason Harmala

Return to event page THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES UNCERTAIN FORECAST IN NORTH AFRICA: PREVENTING THE “ARAB SPRING” FROM BECOMING THE “SEASON OF DISCONTENT?” PANEL 1: REFORM, REVOLUTION, OR REPRESSION? FINDING POSITIVE PATHS FORWARD FOR A REGION IN TRANSITION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM WASHINGTON, D.C. WELCOME AND MODERATOR: […]