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Nov 8, 2013

Transcript: Stabilizing Transatlantic Relations after the NSA Revelations

A discussion of the implications of the recent NSA revelations on the transatlantic relationship with Michael V. Hayden, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency and Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman, Munich Security Conference and former German Ambassador to the United States moderated by Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Nov 6, 2013

Munich Security Conference Core Group Meets to Discuss NSA Spying Scandal

On November 6, the Atlantic Council partnered with the Brookings Institution and the Munich Security Conference to host the Munich Security Conference Core Group Meeting. The Core Group Meeting, an offshoot of the larger Munich Security Conference, brings together an exclusive group of top-level policymakers and officials to frankly and openly exchange ideas on the […]

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Oct 31, 2013

Capitalizing on the Urban Future

On October 31, 2013, the Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI) of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted the launch event for USAID’s Policy for an Urbanizing World.

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Oct 29, 2013

Conversation on the Transatlantic Relationship with NATO Permanent Representatives

On October 29, the Atlantic Council hosted an off-the-record dinner conversation with Ambassador Douglas E. Lute, US Permanent Representative to NATO, and permanent representatives to NATO of seven European allies. The conversation also featured several Atlantic Council board directors, members of Congress, and other distinguished members of the transatlantic community.

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Oct 29, 2013

Discussing Baltic Challenges with Latvian Minister of Defense

On October 29, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted an off-the-record strategy session with the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Latvia, H.E. Artis Pabriks, to discuss current and future security challenges to the Baltic region.

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Oct 29, 2013

Strategy Session Focuses on Nordic Regional Security Model

On October 29, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a not-for-attribution strategy session on regional security cooperation in the Nordic region with Lieutenant General Arto Tuomas Räty, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Finland.

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Oct 28, 2013

Discussing Spanish Security Challenges

On October 28, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a not-for-attribution strategy session with H.E. D. Pedro Morenés Eulate, Spanish minister of defense, to discuss the most pertinent security challenges facing Spain today as it examines its response in an age of defense budget austerity.

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Oct 24, 2013

Workshop Focuses on Extended Deterrence in Northeast Asia

On October 24, the Atlantic Council hosted the second not-for-attribution workshop on extended deterrence in Northeast Asia with leading experts in the field, moderated by Barry Pavel, vice president and director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security of the Atlantic Council, and Kurt Campbell, chairman and chief executive officer of the Asia Group […]

China Indo-Pacific

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Oct 21, 2013

Future US Military Attachés Gather

On October 21, the Atlantic Council hosted a not-for-attribution roundtable discussion with future US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard attachés, moderated by Magnus Nordenman, deputy director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security of the Atlantic Council.

Emerging Defense Challenges

Oct 18, 2013

Dynamic Corporate Strategy Forum Discussion

On October 18, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security held a private, roundtable discussion for its Corporate Strategy Forum on the topic of “The Outlook for Government Services.” Speaking to the issues of the place of services businesses in the scheme of the defense industry were Stan Soloway, president and CEO of […]