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Council Highlights
Damon Wilson: Congressional Testimony on Post-Election Ukraine
Damon Wilson, Atlantic Council Vice President and Director, International Security Program, testified before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) on March 16.
Stephen Hadley Calls for New Phase of U.S.-China Relations
In a luncheon address at the 3rd U.S.-China Project on Crisis Avoidance & Cooperation Track 1.5 conference in Beijing, Atlantic Council Board member, former national security adviser and current senior adviser for international affairs at the United States Institute of Peace, Stephen J. Hadley, spoke about U.S.-China relations 30 years after the establishment of full diplomatic relations.
Shuja Nawaz: Congressional Testimony on Islamist Militancy in Pakistan
Shuja Nawaz, director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, testified before the House Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia on March 11.
Damon Wilson Discusses NATO, Turkey and Azerbaijan
Damon Wilson, vice president and director of the Atlantic Council Program on International Security, was interviewed by Leyla Tagiyeva of Azerbaijani news site News.Az about U.S.-Turkey relations in the context of NATO and its role in the Caucasus region.
FEATURED ISSUE
Eurozone Crisis: Threat of Sovereign Debt Default
The Atlantic Council's Global Business and Economics Program hosted a conference call with Professor Leszek Balcerowicz on the Euro debt crisis.
Ashraf Ghani: Rescuing Legitimacy in Afghanistan
October 15, 2009
Dr. Ashraf Ghani, a recent Afghan presidential candidate and founder of the Insititute for State Effectiveness, recommended policies to rescue government legitimacy and strengthen state functionality in Afghanistan in the wake of controversial August presidential elections. Frederick Kempe, President and CEO of the Atlantic Council, moderated the event.
A credible, secure and inclusive presidential election on August 20 was intended to provide Afghanistan with a reliable leadership able to tackle the country's myriad challenges, but the deeply flawed electoral process produced a serious crisis of legitimacy within Afghanistan and created a major challenge for its external partners. Rescuing legitimacy now requires acknowledgment of the gravity of this crisis and a systematic series of measures both in the Afghan government and the international community to regain the population's trust.
Dr. Ashraf Ghani, a former Afghan finance minister, contested the presidential elections in Afghanistan and is one of the few candidates to have drafted detailed policies for the future of the country; his Ten-Year Framework for Afghanistan report, published by the Atlantic Council in April 2009, outlines these measures. He is a member of the Council's Strategic Advisory Group and its International Advisory Board.
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Media Coverage:
- Afghan war debate endangers U.S. troops - veterans – Reuters, Phil Stewart
- Envoy says Afghan runoff election is likely – AP, Anne Gearan, Contributions by Barry Schweid and Todd Pitman
- Afghan Runoff Vote Is ‘a Likely Scenario,’ Karzai Envoy Says – Bloomberg, Viola Gienger and Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
- Flanked by foreign dignitaries, Karzai announces a runoff – GlobalPost, Jean MacKenzie
New Atlanticist Analysis:
- 10 Questions on Afghanistan – Jeff Lightfoot
- In Search of Strategy – Derek Reveron
- Afghanistan: The Options Debate – Donald Snow
- Stakes are Higher in Pakistan than Afghanistan – Harlan Ullman
- McChrystal: Biden Afghanistan Plan 'Short-Sighted' – James Joyner
- Afghanistan: Barriers to State Building – Donald Snow
- Optimism on Afghanistan – James Joyner
Related Publications:
- Afghanistan Report: A Ten-Year Framework for the Future
- Pakistan Report: Comprehensive U.S. Policy Needed
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Ashraf Ghani:
Ashraf Ghani is Chairman of the Institute for State Effectiveness, which exists to rethink the role of the state in the globalized world from the citizen perspective. Dr. Ghani is also currently involved in a number of activities supporting the reform of global institutions, including work as a Commissioner on the UN High-Level Panel on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, as a Governor of IDEA and at the World Justice Project of the American Bar Association. Recently, the Government of Afghanistan nominated him for the position of United Nations Secretary General.
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FEATURED EVENT
Estonian President Ilves: The Future of NATO
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves addressed the Atlantic Council on March 19 as part of the Global Leadership Series. Atlantic Council Board Director and CEO of LexisNexis, Andrew Prozes, provided introductory remarks while Frederick Kempe, President and CEO of the Atlantic, moderated the Q&A session.
James Steinberg: Foreign Policy Priorities of the Obama Administration
On March 15, Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg delivered remarks at the Atlantic Council, outlining the foreign policy approach the Obama administration has taken since taking office over a year ago.
U.S. Force Posture in Europe
On March 18, the Atlantic Council hosted a conference with senior administration officials, experts, and authoritative Europeans to assess the alternative futures for U.S. force posture in Europe. The event, generously sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton with support from L-3 Services Group, featured Dr. Janine Davidson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Plans, U.S. and European points of view in two separate panels, and Representative Jim Marshall (D-GA), Member of the House Armed Services Committee.
NATO Nuclear Policy
The Atlantic Council and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation co-hosted a panel discussion on the future of NATO Nuclear Policy, based on the recent publication of two reports from FES/SIPRI and the Atlantic Council's Strategic Advisors Group on the issue.
FEATURED INTERVIEW
Euro Debt Crisis: A Discussion with Currency Strategist Marc Chandler
In his latest New Atlanticist Podcast, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri addresses the Euro debt crisis and the recent hedge fund betting of over $8 billion in short positions against the common EU currency. He talks with Marc Chandler, the Chief Currency Strategist for the investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman and author of Making Sense of the Dollar.
