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Congressional Relations

Sep 28, 2009

Senator Richard Lugar: Congressional Perspective on the Future of NATO

Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), the ranking minority member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke for the Atlantic Council to provide a Congressional perspective on how a new Strategic Concept for NATO can best ensure the continued relevance of the Alliance.

NATO Security & Defense

Event Recap

Sep 25, 2009

First Annual Members’ Conference

The Atlantic Council hosted a day of rich off-the-record conversations with leading policy thinkers on today’s global challenges for its embers. Below are the highlights of the agenda, with links to pages summarizing the topics covered in the session.

Transcript

Sep 22, 2009

Transcript: Missile Defense Debrief

Full transcript of the September 22, 2009 conference call featuring The Honorable Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, and Lieutenant General Patrick O’Reilly, Director of the Missile Defense Agency.

Missile Defense Security & Defense

Event Recap

Sep 22, 2009

Missile Defense Debrief

The Honorable Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, and Lieutenant General Patrick O’Reilly, Director of the Missile Defense Agency, joined the Atlantic Council for an exclusive teleconference briefing on the Obama administration’s decision to pursue alternative technologies and architectures for missile defense in Europe.

Missile Defense Security & Defense

Transcript

Sep 14, 2009

H.E. Meera Shankar Transcript

  FREDERICK KEMPE:  Thank you and welcome to the Atlantic Council.  I’m Fred Kempe, president and CEO.  It’s a pleasure for me to welcome you to this very important event, for a couple of reasons. First of all, the South Asia Center, in a very short period of time, has become one of the most […]

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Sep 14, 2009

Transatlantic Defense Spending Panel Transcript

  DAMON WILSON:  My name’s Damon Wilson.  I’m vice president and director of the International Security Program.  I want to thank Ken Huffman and Magnus Nordenman on our staff for helping to put together today’s event. Today our topic is “The Transatlantic Defense Industry in the Global Marketplace,” a new outlook after the financial crisis, […]

Saab

Commanders Series

Sep 10, 2009

General Jean-Louis Georgelin: France in NATO

French Chief of Defense General Jean-Louis Georgelin joined the Atlantic Council for a discussion on France’s normalization of relations with NATO.  It was the first major speech in the U.S. by a senior French official on NATO since France’s reintegration into the alliance’s integrated military command.

Transcript

Jul 15, 2009

Bowen, Stuart: 7/16/2009 — Transcript

Back to Iraq Reconstruction Event Page FRED KEMPE:  Welcome to the Atlantic Council.  I’m Fred Kempe, president and CEO.  I’m particularly happy that we’re hosting this meeting today.  It’s an area where the Atlantic Council has done some work in the past.  And it’s an area where we’re going to do a significant amount of […]

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Jul 1, 2009

General Jehangir Karamat Event Transcript

  SHUJA NAWAZ:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  My name is Shuja Nawaz; I’m the director of the South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council.  On behalf of Fred Kempe, the president of the council, I’d like to welcome all of you to our very special ambassadorial discussion today on the challenge of militancy for […]

Pakistan

Transcript

Jun 30, 2009

France-NATO Panel: 6/30/2009 — Transcript

Back to France-NATO Panel Event Page DAMON WILSON:  Good morning, everyone.  Welcome to the Atlantic Council.  We’re delighted to have you with us this morning and delighted to have this distinguished panel here to talk about NATO France.  Thanks to Jeff Lightfoot, our panel today is going from oui to fait accompli, “France’s Normalization with […]

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