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Event Recap

Jun 4, 2013

Strategy Session on the French Defense White Paper

On June 4, the Atlantic Council hosted Brigadier General Bruno Caïtucoli, defense attaché at the Embassy of France in Washington, DC, for a strategy session on the French White Paper on Defense and National Security.

France

Event Recap

Jun 4, 2013

Private Roundtable with OSCE Secretary General Zannier

By Jason Harmala

On June 4, the Atlantic Council hosted an off-the-record roundtable discussion between Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, State Department representatives and Council leaders and scholars.

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Jun 3, 2013

Strategy Session with Incoming Special Operations Commander Europe

On June 4, the Atlantic Council hosted Brigadier General Bruno Caïtucoli, defense attaché at the Embassy of France in Washington, DC, for a strategy session on the French White Paper on Defense and National Security.

Security & Defense

Commanders Series

May 30, 2013

Army Chief Odierno Outlines Vision and Priorities of US Army

On May 29, 2013, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted General Raymond T. Odierno, Chief of Staff of the US Army.

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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 […]

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