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Frederick Kempe at Davos
Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe spoke with the BBC's Nik Gowing about his experience at Davos this year, touching on the future of American power and divergent views of capitalism after the crisis.
Hagel, Scowcroft Appointed to Department of Energy Nuclear Commission
Atlantic Council Chairman Senator Chuck Hagel and International Advisory Board Chairman Brent Scowcroft were appointed by Energy Secretary Steven Chu to a new Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future.
The Future of Iran
Jonathan Paris, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center and adjunct fellow at the London-based Legatum Institute, co-authored an editorial in the Wall Street Journal with Nazenin Ansari entitled "The Future of Iran."
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NATO Steps up to the Plate
Afghanistan has eroded support for NATO in Washington. An alliance that has long enjoyed strong bipartisan support is now facing bipartisan skepticism.
A Senate hearing this fall made clear that many on Capitol Hill are asking what the value of the alliance is in the future if it cannot succeed in Afghanistan today.
Bronislaw Geremek Lecture: Madeleine Albright on Democracy in Eastern Europe
June 18, 2009
Former Secretary of State Dr. Madeleine K. Albright commemorated the legacy of Polish Solidarity adviser Bronislaw Geremek with the Atlantic Council. The visionary democracy activist and former Foreign Affairs Minister of Poland passed suddenly in July 2008, and the Council quickly established an annual lecture series in his name to honor and preserve his democratic ideals. For the inaugural Bronislaw Geremek Lecture, Secretary Albright discussed Professor Geremek’s commitment to Euro-Atlantic values in light of the pressing concerns facing Europe today.
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Introductory remarks were provided by Robert Kupiecki, the Ambassador of Poland, and Paula Dobrianksy, former Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs and a member of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors. Following Secretary Albright’s lecture, a Q&A session was moderated by Atlantic Council President and CEO Fred Kempe.
Secretary Albright's Prepared Remarks and Q&A Session
Press Release
Related Issues:
- The Myth of a No-NATO-Enlargement Pledge to Russia – Mark Kramer, Washington Quarterly, April 2009
New Atlanticist Analysis:
- Albright on the Complexity of International Relations – James Joyner
Bronislaw Geremek:
Born in 1932 and smuggled out of the Warsaw Ghetto as a young boy, Professor Geremek was a leading figure in the Polish democracy movement and a prominent dissident by the 1970s. He actively supported the Gdansk trade union protests in 1980 and was interned for a year after martial law was declared in December 1981. Upon release, he worked alongside Lech Walesa in Solidarity and played a critical role in the movement’s 1989 Polish Round Table Talks with the Communist Party, resulting in Poland’s first free parliamentary elections. As the Polish Foreign Minister from 1997 to 2000, Geremek oversaw Poland’s accession into NATO in March 1999, developing a close friendship with Dr. Albright throughout the process. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2004 until his passing.
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Online Security Jam: Security and Defense Agenda
From February 4 through 9, Security and Defense Agenda will host its 2010 Security Jam in partnership with the Atlantic Council.
U.S. Force Posture in Europe: Assuring Allies in an Uncertain World
On Wednesday, February 10, the Atlantic Council's International Security Program will host a conference with senior Administration officials and U.S. and European experts to assess the alternative futures for U.S. force posture in Europe.
Pakistan: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism
Ikram Sehgal, Chairman of Pathfinder G4S (Pakistan’s largest private security firm), will join the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council on Thursday, February 11, for a discussion on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism in Pakistan.
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General Stéphane Abrial on Allied Command Transformation
Sarwar Kashmeri, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's International Security Program, interviewed General Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, for the New Atlanticist Podcast Series.
