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Aug 28, 2014

Coordinating on Ukraine: Strategy Session with USG Interagency

By The Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council on August 26 gathered experts, policymakers, and US government officials as part of its ongoing “Coordinating on Ukraine: Strategy Session with USG Interagency.” The off-the-record event, chaired by Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson, covered topics such as how to deal with Russian aggression in the Ukraine context and more broadly; what […]

Europe & Eurasia Russia

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Aug 11, 2014

Ambassador Oren on Gaza Crisis

By The Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren today expressed deep concern about Hamas’ strong media strategy in its “war of attrition” against Israel in Gaza. There is “no end in sight” to the conflict, he told an Atlantic Council conference call moderated by the Wall Street Journal’s Jay Solomon. “In Israel, we’ve come up with some very […]

Israel

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Aug 5, 2014

A Conversation with Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama

By The Atlantic Council

Continuing the Atlantic Council’s series of high-level events around the US-Africa Leaders Summit, the Africa Center hosted H.E. John Dramani Mahama, president of the Republic of Ghana, for a roundtable discussion. Africa Center Director Dr. J. Peter Pham welcomed the Ghanaian delegation that included Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration H.E. Hanna Tetteh, […]

Africa

Article

Jul 31, 2014

Beware the Great Clash in Asia: China vs. America Is Getting Dangerous

By Robert A. Manning

Washington has pursued a policy cooperating with Beijing where interests overlapped—but the dynamics in the Asia-Pacific are changing. A little bit of honesty in U.S. policy toward Asia could go a long way in piercing the Chinese “victim narrative”, which entails China’s view that everything it dislikes in Asia is an outgrowth of a U.S. […]

China

Event Recap

Jul 29, 2014

The Enemy of My Enemy: An Uneasy Coalition and the Threat of ISIS

By The Atlantic Council

The alarming expansion of the jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has prompted regional and international powerbrokers with vested security and economic interests in the broader Middle East to reassess their regional strategies. The United States and key Gulf states on one side, and Iran and Syria on the other, share […]

Iran Iraq

In the News

Jul 29, 2014

Brzezinski Testifies Before House Committee on Downed MH17

By Ian Brzezinski

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski testifies before the House Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats and the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade on the subject of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and the escalating crisis in Ukraine:

Russia Ukraine

Transcript

Jul 24, 2014

Transcript: NATO in an Era of Global Competition

NATO IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL COMPETITION:REPORT LAUNCH CONFERENCE WELCOME: FREDERICK KEMPE,PRESIDENT AND CEO, ATLANTIC COUNCIL OPENING REMARKS: NATO IN AN ERA OF GLOBAL COMPETITION – STRATEGIC CONTEXT LT. GEN. BRENT SCOWCROFT, USAF (RET.), CHAIRMAN, INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD, ATLANTIC COUNCIL; FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR MODERATOR: BARRY PAVEL, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR, BRENT SCOWCROFT CENTER ON […]

Commanders Series

Jul 23, 2014

Transcript: The US Future in Space

By The Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council The US Future in Space Welcome and Moderator: Barry Pavel Vice President and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Speakers: General William L. Shelton, Commander, US Air Force Space Command Michael Andersson, Executive Vice President, Saab North America Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Transcript by Federal News […]

Space Technology & Innovation

Event Recap

Jul 23, 2014

All Elements of National Power

On July 22, the Atlantic Council held a report rollout for a report by the Combatant Command Task Force, chaired by retired General James J. Jones, Jr., called “All Elements of National Power: Moving Towards a New Interagency Balance for US Global Engagement.”

Commanders Series

Jul 23, 2014

The US Future in Space

How should US space programs adjust to sequestration? How does the US regain the lead in liquid propulsion rockets? What can the US do to inspire young people to get involved in space? Those were just some of the topics which General William L. Shelton, commander of US Air Force Space Command, discussed at the […]

Space Technology & Innovation
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