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Feb 9, 2015

The Ukraine Crisis: Withstand and Deter Russian Aggression

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

The Atlantic Council hosted a panel discussion on February 2 to introduce a report produced in collaboration with Brookings Institution and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The report, Preserving Ukraine’s Independence, Resisting Russian Aggression: What the United States and NATO Must Do, notes that the US must provide lethal defensive military assistance to raise […]

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Feb 9, 2015

Transcript: European Energy Security Challenges and Transatlantic Cooperation in 2015

By Global Energy Center

Atlantic Council European Energy Security Challenges and Transatlantic Cooperation in 2015 Keynote Speech: Miguel Arias Cañete, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, European Commission Welcome: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Discussant: Richard Morningstar, Founding Director, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council   Moderator: David Koranyi, Director, Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative, Atlantic Council Time:  1:30 […]

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Feb 9, 2015

Transcript: The Road to the Riga Summit

By Global Energy Center

Atlantic Council Toward a Transatlantic Strategy for Europe’s East Welcome and Opening Remarks:  The Road to the Riga Summit Welcome: Jon M. Huntsman Jr., Chairman, Atlantic Council Speaker: Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia Moderator: Craig Kennedy, Former President, German Marshall Fund of the United States Location:  Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C Time:  […]

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Feb 9, 2015

Transcript: Mapping Europe’s Strategic Landscape

By Global Energy Center

Atlantic Council Toward a Transatlantic Strategy for Europe’s East Mapping Europe’s Strategic Landscape Speakers: Radoslaw Sikorski, Marshal of the Sejm, Republic of Poland Stephen Hadley, Founding Partner, RiceHadleyGates LLC; Former National Security Adviser Moderator: Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council Location:  Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C. Time:  9:00 a.m. EDT Date:  Friday, January 30, 2015 […]

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Feb 9, 2015

Transcript: Toward a Europe Whole and Free

By Global Energy Center

Atlantic Council Toward a Transatlantic Strategy for Europe’s East Toward a Europe Whole and Free Speakers:Miroslav Lajčák,Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs,Slovak Republic Tamar Beruchashvili,Minister of Foreign Affairs,Georgia Vadyam Prystayko,Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,Ukraine Konrad Pawlik,Undersecretary of State for Development Cooperation, Polish Diaspora and Eastern Policy, and Minister of Foreign Affairs,Poland […]

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Feb 9, 2015

Transcript: The Way Forward for the Eastern Partnership and Conclusion

By Global Energy Center

Atlantic Council Toward a Transatlantic Strategy for Europe’s East The Way Forward for the Eastern Partnershipand Conclusion Speakers:Hryhoriy Nemyria,Chairman, Human Rights Committee,Parliament of Ukraine Štefan Füle,Former European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Ana Palacio,Member, Consejo de Estado of Spain;Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain Elmar Brok,Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs,European […]

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Feb 6, 2015

Amid Escalated War, U.S. Weighs Defensive Weapons for Ukraine

By New Atlanticist

France & Germany Seek to Halt the Fighting, May Use Specter of a Better-Armed Ukraine to Press Putin The Obama administration has announced no decision on whether to help Ukraine use US-made weapons to defend against Russian-sponsored attacks. But France and Germany are probing to see whether that threat might help push Russian President Vladimir […]

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Feb 5, 2015

Ukraine’s Economic Reform: Insights from the Newly Minted Minister of Finance

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

Atlantic Council Conference Call Ukraine’s Economic Reform: Insights from the Newly Minted Minister of Finance Speaker:Natalie Jaresko,Minister of Finance,Government of Ukraine Welcome and Moderator:Fredrick Kempe,President and CEO,Atlantic Council Time: 11:30 a.m. EDTDate: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 Transcript BySuperior Transcriptions LLCwww.superiortranscriptions.com

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Feb 5, 2015

The Ukraine Crisis: Withstand and Deter Russian Aggression

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

Atlantic Council The Ukraine Crisis: Withstand and Deter Russian Aggression Speakers: John Herbst, Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council Jan Lodal, Distinguished Fellow and Former President, Atlantic Council Steven Pifer, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Strobe Talbott, President, Brookings Institution Welcome and Moderator: Fredrick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Location: West Tower, The Executive […]

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Feb 4, 2015

Ukraine’s Economic Reform: Insights from the Newly Minted Minister of Finance

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

The Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted a conference call with Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko on February 3. Jaresko said Ukraine faces three major challenges: the war against Russian-backed separatists, the recession, and a civil society that is demanding greater legitimacy from its government and state institutions.

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