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Nov 6, 2014

Part 2: Transatlantic Interests in the Asia Pacific in 2025

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Trans-Atlantic Interests in the Asia Pacific In 2025 The Future of U.S.-Asia Security Relations Moderator: Damon Wilson, Executive Vice President, Atlantic Council Speaker: Kurt Campbell, Chairman and CEO, The Asia Group Global Trade Agenda Moderator: Paula Stern, Founder and Chair, The Stern Group Speakers: Kanji Yamanouchi, Minister for Economic Affairs, Embassy of Japan; Jeffrey Schott, […]

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Nov 6, 2014

Part 1: Transatlantic Interests in the Asia Pacific in 2025

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Transatlantic Interests in the Asia Pacific in 2025 Welcome: Barry Pavel, Vice President and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Scene Setter: The United States’ and Europe’s Relationship with Asia Speaker: Helena Sangeland, Deputy Director General and Head, Department for Asia and the Pacific Region, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Moderator: […]

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Oct 28, 2014

Strategy Session on Baltic Security with Minister of the Interior for Estonia, H.E. Hanno Pavkur

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A month after an Estonian security officer was kidnapped and forced over the Russian border with scant international response, the Atlantic Council welcomed the Minister of the Interior for Estonia, H.E. Hanno Pavkur, for an off-the-record strategy session on European and Baltic security issues on October 16. With large Russian-speaking populations, many NATO policymakers see […]

NATO Northern Europe

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Oct 28, 2014

The Future of US Commitments to Europe

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On October 17, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy James J. Townsend, Jr. and Brigadier General Jackie Van Ovost met with members of the transatlantic defense community to discuss US security commitments to Europe and the capability of NATO Allies to handle increasingly-complex international security issues with a limited resources and […]

NATO Security & Defense

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Oct 20, 2014

Online Voting Remarks: Jim Langevin

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On October 8, 2014, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative hosted a panel of experts to discuss how online voting and e-voting could become a larger part of the political process in the United States and in other participatory democracies with the right security to back it up. Representative James Langevin joined the discussion via Skype, a […]

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Oct 20, 2014

Private Roundtable on US-China relations

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On October 16, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted Madam Fu Ying, the chairperson of the National People’s Congress’s Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss current and future US-China relations. The roundtable discussion was introduced by Sherri Goodman, senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of CNA Corporation and was moderated by Paul […]

China

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Oct 16, 2014

Security Developments in the High North

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As Arctic ice recedes, it opens the region up to a host of economic, trade, environmental, and military activities that will have substantial impacts on the transatlantic community. On October 10, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the Atlantic Council hosted the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson […]

Europe & Eurasia

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Oct 15, 2014

American, Russian, and European Experts Meet to Discuss European Security

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At a closed roundtable discussion on October 6, 2014, a small group of American, Russian, and European experts gathered at the Atlantic Council to brainstorm ways to redefine common security interests in the new European security environment. The discussion was led by Ellen Tauscher, vice chair of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security; Igor […]

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Oct 14, 2014

Dutch Perspectives on Transatlantic Security

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On October 7, the day that the Dutch air force initiated against ISIS forces in Iraq, Dutch Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert joined a strategy session hosted by the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, to discuss transatlantic military cooperation and key security threats to the United States on Europe. This event provided a forum to […]

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Oct 14, 2014

Don’t Wait for the Next War: A Conversation with General Wesley Clark

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The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Gen. Wesley K. Clark (Ret.) to provide remarks promoting his new book Don’t Wait for the Next War: A Strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership. Damon Wilson, the Council’s executive vice president, welcomed the guests to the event. The general was introduced by Karen Tramontano, CEO […]

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