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Oct 1, 2019

Media Mention: Hung Tran in The Financial Times

By Atlantic Council

“The dilemma facing the Fed in deploying the repo facility – a necessary tool to calm the repo market when needed – reflects a fundamental conflict in accommodative monetary policy at this juncture. It is needed to support the economy and financial markets but can endanger the stability of the financial system.” Hung Tran, Non-Resident […]

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Oct 1, 2019

Media Mention: Cameron Hudson in Foreign Policy Magazine

By Atlantic Council

“In order to meet this historic moment of opportunity, the United States must learn to see beyond the past…That means that for those who care about religious freedom, slavery, human rights, and women’s empowerment, now is the time to call for the removal of sanctions.” Cameron Hudson, Senior Fellow, Africa Center

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Sep 27, 2019

Roundtable with the Cyberspace Solarium Commission

By Atlantic Council

On Friday, September 27, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative within the Scowcroft Center hosted the Cyberspace Solarium Commission for one of the largest roundtables the Atlantic Council has ever organized, with more than 40 industry and public sector participants, including former NSA Deputy Director Chris Inglis and our own General Cartwright and Frank Kramer. Participants in […]

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Sep 26, 2019

Launch of US-Colombia Task Force Report with President Iván Duque and Senators Roy Blunt and Ben Cardin

By Atlantic Council

On September 26, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center hosted the President of Colombia Iván Duque for the launch of the US-Colombia Task Force report, which lays out a modernized plan for the bilateral relationship. Frederick Kempe, Atlantic Council president and CEO kicked off the event with introductory remarks. Senators Roy Blunt and […]

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Sep 25, 2019

Private Roundtable with Ukrainian Members of Parliament on Anti-Corruption Policy

By Atlantic Council

On September 25, the Eurasia Center hosted a private roundtable with six Ukrainian Members of Parliament (MPs), all of whom sit on the Verkhovna Rada’s Anti-Corruption Policy Committee. The six MPs came from both the Servant of the People and Batkivshchyna parties of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, respectively. The MPs […]

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Sep 23, 2019

Biannual Ukraine Strategy Session in New York

By Atlantic Council

On Monday, September 23, alongside the Atlantic Council’s Global Citizens Awards, the Eurasia Center hosted its biannual Ukraine Strategy Session, a private gathering of Ukraine-focused experts and scholars convened to discuss the most pressing topics pertaining to Ukraine and the US-Ukraine bilateral relationship. Speakers at the strategy session included Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon […]

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Sep 23, 2019

Priority Venezuela: The Global Reverberations of a Humanitarian Crisis

By Atlantic Council

As world leaders gathered in New York for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, one crisis – Venezuela – threatens to increasingly spread beyond its borders without renewed international attention. The Western Hemisphere’s largest man-made emergency is the result of years of Nicolás Maduro’s failed economic policies, cronyism, corruption, and systemic human […]

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Sep 19, 2019

DFRL Addresses NATO staff in Brussels

By Atlantic Council

On September 19, Associate Director Lukas Andriukaitis gave a keynote speech on countering disinformation and led a table game at NATO Away Day 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. In attendance were 60 NATO PDD staff, including Ambassador Ildem Tacan.

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Sep 14, 2019

Media Mention: Jean-Francois Seznec in the Washington Post

By Atlantic Council

Jean-Francois Seznec quoted in the Washington Post on the early September attacks on Aramco facilities: “The strike on Abqaiq, where crude oil is processed, targeted a “vital piece” of the Saudi oil production network while exposing gaps in the kingdom’s defensive capabilities, said Jean-Francois Seznec, a senior fellow at the Global Energy Center at the […]

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Sep 13, 2019

Public Event with Assistant Treasury Secretary for Terrorist Financing

By Atlantic Council

On September 13, 2019, the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs and its Global Business Program’s Economic Sanctions Initiative hosted Marshall Billingslea, Assistant Treasury Secretary for Terrorist Financing, for a conversation on Hezbollah and Iran’s illicit financing moderated by Missy Ryan, national security correspondent at The Washington Post. C-SPAN and other outlets covered the event.

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