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Kazakhstan and the United States: Twenty Years of Ambiguous Partnership
The Five Futures of Cyber Conflict and Cooperation
US Lessons for the Eurozone Restoring Confidence through Transparency
Prospects and Challenges for Increasing India-Pakistan Trade
A US-EU Action Plan for Supporting Democratization: Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia
Council News
Michele Dunne Testifies on Egypt’s Deteriorating Economy
On February 15, Michele Dunne testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on Egypt’s deepening economic crisis and its implications for the democratic transition.
Michele Dunne on CNN to Discuss Syria and Egypt
On February 15, Michele Dunne, director of the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, appeared on CNN Newsroom to discuss the crisis in
FEATURED ISSUE
Greece produces a mere 2.6 percent of the Eurozone’s GDP but remains front and center in the Eurozone crisis and the larger debate over the proper role of austerity and government spending in resolving the West’s economic woes.
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Biography
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Brent Scowcroft
As President and founder of The Scowcroft Group and one of the country's leading experts on international policy, Brent Scowcroft provides Group clients with unparalleled strategic advice and assistance in dealing in the international arena. Brent Scowcroft has served as the National Security Advisor to both Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. From 1982 to 1989, he was Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm. In this capacity, he advised and assisted a wide range of U.S. and foreign corporate leaders on global joint venture opportunities, strategic planning, and risk assessment.
His prior extraordinary twenty-nine-year military career began with graduation from West Point and concluded at the rank of Lieutenant General following service as the Deputy National Security Advisor. His Air Force service included Professor of Russian History at West Point; Assistant Air Attaché in Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Head of the Political Science Department at the Air Force Academy; Air Force Long Range Plans; Office of the Secretary of Defense International Security Assistance; Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Military Assistant to President Nixon.
Out of uniform, he continued in a public policy capacity by serving on the President's Advisory Committee on Arms Control, the Commission on Strategic Forces, and the President's Special Review Board, also known as the Tower Commission. He currently serves on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards. He earned his masters and doctorate in international relations from Columbia University.
FEATURED EVENTS
Libya Revisited: Coalition Building and the Future of NATO Operations
On February 14, the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program hosted a Commanders Series public address and discussion with General Charles Bouchard, commander of the NATO military mission in Libya.
The Way Forward in Europe
Luxembourg’s Finance Minister Luc Frieden visited the Atlantic Council for an important speech and discussion on the future of the Eurozone on February 13. The event was part of the ongoing Mapping the Economic and Financial Future Speakers’ Forum co-hosted by the Council’s Global Business and Economics Program and Deutsche Bank.
Pivotal Partnerships: The Prospects for International Defense Cooperation in an Age of Austerity
On Wednesday, February 15, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter joined the Atlantic Council for a public address and conversation on international defense cooperation.
Counter-Piracy Task Force: Strategic Approaches to the Piracy Challenge
On February 8, 2012, the International Security Program and the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a meeting of the Atlantic Council Maritime Piracy Task Force, chaired by Atlantic Council Board Director Franklin D. Miller. This is the third in a series of meetings looking into the challenge of piracy and possible strategic approaches.
FEATURED INTERVIEW
Is Nigeria at a Crossroad?
In this edition of the New Atlanticist Podcast, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri speaks to Mr. Tutu Agyare, founder and managing partner of Nubuke Investments, one of Africas’s largest asset managers.
