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May 28, 2013

Strategy Session with Vice Admiral Fox on Future Role at US Central Command

On May 28, 2013 the Atlantic Council hosted Vice Admiral Mark I. Fox, future deputy director of US Central Command, for a strategy session about the challenges he will face going into his new role.

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May 23, 2013

US and Europe Must Recommit Diplomatically and Militarily to Middle East Region

By Jason Harmala

On May 23rd, the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Peace and Security Initiative at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a panel discussion on new developments in security cooperation among the United States, its European allies, and the Gulf States, and how they are likely to evolve in the coming years. Mr. Barry Pavel, […]

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May 16, 2013

Technology and Governance in the World’s Cities

On Thursday, May 16, the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight initiative (SFI) of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a roundtable discussion with Dr. Mathew Burrows, counselor for the US National Intelligence Council and Dr. Parag Khanna, senior fellow at the New America Foundation and adjunct professor of the Lee Kuan Yew School of […]

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May 16, 2013

Strategy Session on Hungarian and NATO Security Challenges with Csaba Hende

On May 16, 2013 the Atlantic Council hosted H.E. Csaba Hende, Hungary’s minister of defense, for a strategy session about the most pressing challenges in Hungarian and transatlantic security leading up to the NATO June 2013 Defense Ministerial.

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May 15, 2013

East Asia’s Future: Nationalism or Integration?

By Jason Harmala

In the second event of the Cross-Strait Series, Ambassador Julia Chang-Bloch moderated a panel discussion on the growing nationalism in northeast Asia and the implications of this trend for the integration of the region and the notion of an Asia-Pacific community.

East Asia

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May 15, 2013

Assistant Secretary of State Countryman: The US “Will Sign” the UN Arms Trade Treaty

From March 8th through the 28th, the United Nations held a conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)—the last days of a seven-year effort to control the flow of small arms so that they do not end up in the hands of terrorists, organizations aimed at committing human rights abuses, and other malicious entities. The […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy
German Air Force Chief Karl Muellner

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May 14, 2013

Strategy Session on Transatlantic Defense with German Air Force Chief of Staff

On May 15, the Atlantic Council hosted Lieutenant General Karl Müllner, Germany’s Air Force chief of staff, for a strategy session about pertinent issues in transatlantic and German defense in an era of budget austerity and emerging security challenges.

Germany NATO
Disruptive tech workshop

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May 10, 2013

Disruptive Technologies Prompt Concerns About Privacy, Unemployment

On Friday, May 10, 2013 the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight initiative (SFI), of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, in partnership with Singularity University, hosted a discussion with Mr. Salim Ismail, founding executive director and global ambassador, and Mr. David Roberts, vice president of community development and graduate studies program director, both of Singularity […]

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May 7, 2013

Armenia-NATO Relations: Challenges and Prospects

On May 7, 2013, the Atlantic Council hosted an off-the-record roundtable discussion with senior experts on NATO and the South Caucasus. The event was organized jointly with Policy Forum Armenia, a virtual think tank with interest in Armenia’s development and national security.

NATO Security & Defense

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May 3, 2013

Major General Rossi Strategy Session on Army Quadrennial Defense Review

On May 3, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted Major General John G. Rossi for a strategy session. As the director of the US Army Quadrennial Defense Review office, Major General Rossi came to the Council to garner feedback to inform the Army’s contribution to this important defense review at a critical time.

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