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Jan 12, 2012

How to Keep Transatlantic Security AAA: Outsmarting the Crisis by Thinking Beyond Institutional Lines

On January 12, the Atlantic Council hosted H.E. Hans Hillen, the Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, for remarks on NATO defense spending in the context of the Eurozone crisis and the transatlantic economic downturn.

NATO Security & Defense
Strategy Session with Norwegian Minister of Defence, Espen Barth Eide

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Jan 12, 2012

Strategy Session with Norwegian Minister of Defence, Espen Barth Eide

By Jason Harmala

On January 12, 2012, the Atlantic Council welcomed Norwegian Minister of Defence, H.E. Espen Barth Eide for a strategy session to discuss the implications of the financial crisis in Europe on transatlantic security.

Northern Europe
A New World of Global Migration 2030

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Jan 11, 2012

A New World of Global Migration 2030

By Jason Harmala

What will be the drivers of global migration in 2030? What will be the reactions – political, economic, and social – of countries that receive migrants? The Strategic Foresight Initiative and the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) January 11th hosted the workshop “A New World of Global Migration” to inform the NICs global trends 2030 […]

Building Regional Security – Making Smart Defense Work in Practice

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Jan 6, 2012

Building Regional Security – Making Smart Defense Work in Practice

By Jason Harmala

On Friday, January 6th, the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program hosted H.E. Rasa Juknevičiene, Minister of National Defense of Lithuania, and Baltic Ambassadors to the United States for an off-the-record strategy session.

Transcript

Jan 5, 2012

Transcript: NATO – The Case for Collective Defense in the 21st Century

Full transcript of a NATO Forum public event with the United Kingdom’s Secretary of Defense Philip Hammond.

NATO Security & Defense

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Jan 5, 2012

NATO: The Case for Collective Defense in the 21st Century

On January 5, the Atlantic Council hosted the United Kingdom’s Secretary of Defense Philip Hammond for his first public remarks in the United States.

NATO Security & Defense

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Dec 14, 2011

Strategy Session with Danish Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal

By Jason Harmala

On Wednesday, December 14, the Council hosted Minister Villy Søvndal in a working lunch and strategy session to discuss NATO involvement in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Minister visited Washington following his trips to Helmand Province and Kabul for meetings with ISAF and Afghan leaders, and his leadership of Denmark’s representation to the Bonn conference last […]

Afghanistan NATO

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Dec 13, 2011

The Atlantic Council Hosts an Evening Honoring Brent Scowcroft: Soldier, Scholar, and Statesman

By Jason Harmala

The Atlantic Council celebrated the legacy of the former two-time national security advisor Brent Scowcroft Tuesday night at a dinner attended by nearly 500 friends and current and former colleagues of General Scowcroft, including former national security advisors, members of Congress, and ambassadors.

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Dec 12, 2011

Rebalanced and Refocused?: US Regional Security Strategy in Asia Facing a Rising China

By Adrienne Chuck

On December 12, the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program held its second installment of the Cross-Strait Series, a continuing discussion on the state of US-China-Taiwan relations.

China East Asia

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Dec 9, 2011

Strategy Session with National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bulgaria

By Jason Harmala

On December 9, the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program hosted an off-the-record strategy session with Svetlin Yovchev, national security advisor to Boyko Borisov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria. He was previously head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security and earlier he worked in the former National Security Service.

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