Category: Webcasts

Empowering America: How Energy Abundance Can Strengthen US Global Leadership

By Global Energy Center

On Thursday, July 30 from 8:30 – 9:45 am please join Senator Lisa Murkowski, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Senator Mark Warner as they launch the task force report: Empowering America: How Energy Abundance Can Strengthen US Global Leadership.

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Rethinking Commercial Espionage

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Join the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative on July 29 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for a discussion on new ideas on commercial cyber espionage and intellectual property theft.

The Future of Energy Markets: The Other Middle East Revolution

Please join the Global Energy Center on Wednesday, July 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for a discussion with Majid Jafar, Chief Executive Officer of Crescent Petroleum, as part of the Global Energy Center’s CEO Series. Mr. Jafar will discuss how conflict and security issues in the Middle East, coupled with the low oil […]

Nigeria: A Conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari

By Africa Center

WATCH LIVE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks at the US Institute of Peace Wednesday, July 21 at 10:15 a.m.

Saudi Arabia’s Scholarship Program: Generating a “Tipping Point”?

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Please join the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East on July 21, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. for a roundtable on “Saudi Arabia’s Scholarship Program: Generating a ‘Tipping Point’?” Westerners most commonly associate the Kingdom with oil, religious conservatism, and a deeply unstable region. Our panelists will challenge such conventional perceptions by […]

Solving the MH17 Puzzle: What Do We Know One Year Later?

Please join The Atlantic Council on Friday, July 17, 2015 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. as we bring together investigative journalists from Europe and the United States who have worked to uncover the truth behind MH17.

Can the IAEA Effectively Verify an Agreement Between Iran and the P5+1?

By South Asia Center

Please join the Atlantic Council Iran Task Force and Search for Common Ground July 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. for a discussion on the capabilities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to monitor a nuclear agreement with Iran.

A Strategic Conversation: Interagency Reform, the Greek Crisis, and Beyond

Please join the Atlantic Council on Tuesday, July 14, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for a conversation on naivgating the interagency process and forming effective strategies that address today’s geopolitical challenges with Adm. James Stavridis, USN (Ret.), Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University; the Hon. Stephen J. Hadley, […]

Cuba’s Economic Reintegration: Is the Time Now?

Please join us on July 14, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. for the launch of a report written by Cuban economist Pavel Vidal and former IMF Mission Chief for Albania Scott Brown on Cuba’s reintegration into international financial institutions.

“What’s Religion Got to Do with It?”

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Please join the Atlantic Council for “What’s Religion Got to Do with It?” — the second public hearing of the Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST). The event will examine to what extent religion is a driver behind the rise of violent extremism and sectarianism in regional politics. To answer this question in a way […]