Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

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: […]

Panel 2: “The Way Forward? The Moroccan Model and Imperatives for U.S. Engagement” Transcript

By Adrienne Chuck

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 DISCUSSION II: “THE WAY FORWARD? THE MOROCCAN MODEL AND IMPERATIVES FOR U.S. ENGAGEMENT” WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM WASHINGTON, D.C. WELCOME AND MODERATOR: J. […]

After Fukushima: The Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States and Europe

By Jason Harmala

On May 31, 2011, the Atlantic Council Energy and Environment Program and The Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, co-hosted a conference titled “After Fukushima – The Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States and Europe.” The goal of the conference was to promote a sober and […]

Roadmaps on International Energy Cooperation in Southeast Europe

By Jason Harmala

On May 24, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted a discussion “Roadmaps on International Energy Cooperation in Southeast Europe” with Ambassador André Mernier, Secretary General of the Energy Charter Secretariat and Dr. Anita Orbán, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Roadmaps on International Energy Cooperation in Southeast Europe: 5/24/11 – Transcript

By Jason Harmala

Return to event page THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES ROADMAPS ON INTERNATIONAL ENERGY COOPERATION IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE WELCOME: ROSS WILSON, DIRECTOR, DINU PATRICIU EURASIA CENTER, THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL MODERATOR: BOYKO NITZOV, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS, DINU PATRICIU EURASIA CENTER, THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL SPEAKERS: ANDRÉ MERNIER, SECRETARY-GENERAL, ENERGY CHARTER SECRETARIAT ANITA ORBÁN, AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR ENERGY […]