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Mar 10, 2010

Transcript: General Stephane Abrial – NATO Transformation

Full transcript from a Commanders Series public event with General Stéphane Abrial, Commander, Allied Command Transformation, NATO.

NATO Security & Defense

Commanders Series

Mar 10, 2010

General Stephane Abrial: NATO Transformation

General Stéphane Abrial of France, Commander of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT), spoke before the Atlantic Council about ACT’s efforts to improve Alliance capabilities to meet current and future challenges as well as ACT’s role in NATO’s next Strategic Concept.

NATO Security & Defense

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Mar 9, 2010

U.S.-Iran Relations Event Transcript

U.S.-Iran Relations Event Speakers: Damon Wilson, Vice President and Director, International Security Program, Atlantic Council C. Richard Nelson, Project Director, Reversing Relations with Adversaries Program, Atlantic Council Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle East Affairs, Congressional Research Service Flynt Leverett, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies and Director, Nuclear Policy […]

Iran

Event Recap

Mar 4, 2010

Face of the New NATO: Lillelund Bech at Atlantic Council NATO Forum

The Atlantic Council hosted Danish Minister of Defense Gitte Lillelund Bech for a NATO Forum strategy session on her first visit to the United States as Minister and only days after she took office. Atlantic Council Board Director and former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe General Joseph Ralston, now Vice Chairman at The Cohen Group, hosted […]

International Security Assistance Force NATO

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Mar 3, 2010

Iran Debate Event Transcript

Iran Debate Event Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council David Ignatius, Columnist, Washington Post Michael Ledeen, Freedom Scholar, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Flynt Leverett, Senior Research Fellow, New American Foundation

Iran

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Mar 2, 2010

George Robertson Event Transcript

Lord Robertson Event Speakers: Ambassador Klaus Scharioth, Ambassador to the United States from Germany Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Senator Chuck Hagel, Chairman, Atlantic Council Lord George Robertson, Former Secretary General of NATO

NATO Security & Defense

Event Recap

Mar 1, 2010

Sofia Energy Roundtable

The Atlantic Council hosted the Sofia Energy Roundtable in Sofia, Bulgaria on March 1-2 in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economy, Energy, and Tourism of Bulgaria.

Energy & Environment

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Feb 22, 2010

Hillary Clinton: NATO’s Future

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke on the future of NATO before the Atlantic Council on February 22.  Council Chairman Senator Chuck Hagel offered welcoming remarks, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright introduced Secretary Clinton.

NATO Security & Defense

Event Recap

Feb 18, 2010

Brigadier-General Jonathan Vance: Canada in Afghanistan

Canadian Brigadier-General Jonathan Vance, the former Commander of Joint Task Force 5-09 who until recently commanded all Canadian and NATO Forces in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, spoke before the Atlantic Council on counterinsurgency in Afghanistan from a Canadian perspective.

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force

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Feb 3, 2010

Kanat Saudabayev Event Transcript

Kanat Saudabayev Event NOTE: Minister Saudabayev spoke in Russian.  The text of his remarks below is transcribed from a translator’s audio. Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Senator Chuck Hagel, Chairman, Atlantic Council Kanat Saudabayev, the Chairman-in-Office of OSCE and Secretary of State and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan