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Robert Diamond Named President and Deputy Chief Group Officer of Barclays PLC
Atlantic Council Board member Robert E. Diamond Jr. will succeed John Varley as President and Deputy Chief Group Officer of Barclays PLC, effective 1 October 2010.
Senator Hagel Interview: Hagel May Have Left Senate Behind, But Not His Candor About Politics
Atlantic Council chairman Chuck Hagel was featured in an article by Michael Coleman of The Washington Diplomat, providing insight Senator Hagel's post-Senate career, and opinions on Iraq, Afghanistan, and the upcoming elections.
Nawaz Offers Views on Changing Pakistani Perceptions of U.S.
Shuja Nawaz, Director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, was interviewed on The Takeaway morning radio news program on the Pakistan flood situation. The discussion focused on the U.S. being the single largest donor of aid, and the potential for Pakistanis to shift their perceptions of America. Nawaz insists that the U.S. should stay the course with aid to Pakistan, but warns of the long-term effects of America's goodwill, stating that "changing image takes a long time."
Atlantic Council Board Member Tom Blair Releases Book "Poorer Richard's America"
In his new book "Poorer Richard's America: What Would Ben Say?", Atlantic Council Board member Tom Blair writes as Ben Franklin on a wide range of issues affecting America today: the national deficit, Wall Street, health care, and many others.
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Wars fundamentally change militaries. For example, the bloody and muddy stalemate of World War I led defeated Germany to invest in the innovative use of armor and firepower to break that stalemate. The U.S. experience in Vietnam led to the rise of the professional and all-volunteer force that is now fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.
UK, France Snub Germany at Financial Meeting
Peter Cassata | December 09, 2008On Monday, Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy urged coordinated European fiscal stimulus measures to curb a possible recession. The call came after a summit in London to which Angela Merkel was not invited, another example of the increasing disagreement between the two countries and Germany over an appropriate response to the financial crisis. The FT:
Mr. Brown and Mr. Sarkozy pointed to a massive public works plan by Barack Obama, U.S. president-elect, as further evidence that they are right to argue for a large stimulus package in Europe. But their joint participation at a “Global Europe” summit in London was seen as a snub to Angela Merkel, German chancellor, who was not invited and who has been accused of failing to act decisively to inject demand into her own economy. Ms. Merkel’s ministers have variously suggested that the Anglo-French enthusiasm for deficit spending was akin to lemmings jumping off a cliff, or that fiscal stimulus measures elsewhere might serve to bolster Germany’s export economy.
Mr. Brown and Mr. Sarkozy both revealed that they had spoken to Ms Merkel over the weekend to reassure her that they were not ganging up on Germany just days before a European Union summit discusses the economic crisis. José Manuel Barroso, European Commission president, also attended the London event and revealed that he too had spoken to Ms. Merkel on Monday, explaining that any EU recovery package would be fatally flawed if Germany were not on board.
However, without Germany's help, the chances of an effective rescue package seem quite diminished.
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