January 31, 2012
| The Atlantic Council is pleased to invite you to a conference entitled “Twenty Years of Kazakhstan Independence and US-Kazakhstan Relations” on January 31 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC. The conference takes place in the context of two twentieth anniversaries– of Kazakhstan’s... |
December 22, 2011
| On December 22, the Atlantic Council held a Eurasia Leadership Series discussion with Ambassador Araz Azimov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Patriciu Eurasia Center director Ross Wilson moderated the discussion. Araz Azimov has served as the Deputy Foreign... |
October 13, 2011
| On October 13, the Atlantic Council held an off-the-record discussion with Harry Sachinis, Chairman and CEO of DEPA S.A., Greece’s Public Gas Corporation, on the Southern Corridor being developed to bring Caspian gas to markets in Europe and potentially elsewhere. Senior experts from the energy... |
October 13, 2011
| On October 13, the Atlantic Council and Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lindsey Graham launched a new Council report, Georgia in the West: A Policy Road Map to Georgia's Euro-Atlantic Future. |
October 12, 2011
| On October 12, the Atlantic Council hosted an off-the-record working dinner with Vitaliy Klychko, leader of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform, and current world heavyweight champion in boxing. The dinner convened a high-level group of former and current government officials, policy... |
September 22, 2011
| On September 22, the Atlantic Council held an off-the-record discussion with John Ordway, who just completed nine months as U.S. Chargé d'Affaires in Kazakhstan that followed his earlier tenure as American ambassador there in 2004-2008 and a long U.S. Foreign Service career that included... |
September 14, 2011
| On September 14, the Atlantic Council held an off-the-record strategy session for Eric Rubin, the new US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs responsible for American relations with Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and the three Caucasus countries. A group of high-level... |
June 3, 2011
| On June 3, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov for a discussion on the country’s foreign policy challenges and objectives. Ambassador Ross Wilson, Patriciu Eurasia Center Director, moderated the discussion. In particular,... |
May 24, 2011
| On May 24, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted a discussion “Roadmaps on International Energy Cooperation in Southeast Europe” with Ambassador André Mernier, Secretary General of the Energy Charter Secretariat and Dr. Anita Orbán, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security of the Hungarian... |
April 4, 2011
| From April 4-5, 2011, the Atlantic Council's Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted the “Energy and Sustainable Development Conference” in Belgrade and Kragujevac, Serbia. This on-the-record conference is organized by the Atlantic Council in cooperation with the government of Serbia and the City... |
March 11, 2011
| On Friday, March 11, 2011, the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted a roundtable discussion with Ambassador Tacan Ildem, the Director General for International Security Affairs in the Turkish Foreign Ministry. |
January 26, 2011
| On January 26, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center held a discussion with BP Azerbaijan's Vice President for Shah Deniz Development Al Cook on realizing gas from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz project, on which critical decisions and developments are expected in coming months. The event provided an... |
November 22, 2010
| On Monday, November 22nd, the Atlantic Council hosted a public event to release the new report of the Eurasia Task Force, “Astana on the Atlantic: Transatlantic Strategy in Central Asia and the OSCE.” This report offers recommendations to the Obama Administration on the eve of the OSCE Summit in... |
November 1, 2010
| The 2010 Kazakhstan-U.S. Investment Forum, in partnership with the Atlantic Council's Patriciu Eurasia Center, Newsdesk Media, and the U.S.-Kazakhstan Business Association, will take place in New York City from 8-9 November. The Kazakhstan-U.S. Investment Forum has become a key event promoting... |
October 5, 2010
| On October 5, the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Task Force hosted an ‘off-the record’ luncheon discussion about Central Asia and U.S. policy toward the region with Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake and all five U.S. chiefs of mission to the Central Asian... |
July 30, 2010
| On July 22, the Atlantic Council hosted a joint Eurasia Task Force – Strategic Advisors Group strategy session with Ambassador Nancy McEldowney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Ambassador McEldowney debriefed participants on the recent... |
July 30, 2010
| Dr. Fuad Hussein, Chief of Staff to President of the Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani, and Minister Falah Bakir, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan Regional Government, joined the Atlantic Council on Friday, July 30 for a conversation about the political and security... |
July 28, 2010
| On Tuesday, July 28, Director of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, Ross Wilson, spoke at a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, entitled “Turkey’s New Foreign Policy Direction: Implications for U.S.-Turkish Relations.” Soner Cagaptay, Director, Turkish Research Program at the Washington... |
July 12, 2010
| On July 12, Atlantic Council Chairman Senator Chuck Hagel, Atlantic Council President and CEO Fred Kempe, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director Ambassador Ross Wilson, and Vice President and Director of Program on International Security Damon Wilson discussed the strategic importance of Central... |
April 5, 2010
| Traycho Traykov, Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, of Bulgaria joined the Atlantic Council on April 5 for a Roundtable on Growth, Energy, and Sustainability in Bulgaria and the Region. Minister Traykov addressed challenges and opportunities on the economy, with particular focus on markets... |
January 21, 2010
| The Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center of the Atlantic Council hosted a roundtable on nuclear energy in the wider Black Sea region. Participants addressed the prospects for nuclear power in the region, the current state of the nucelar energy market and the risks facing investors in the nuclear sector... |
December 15, 2009
| The Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted a roundtable with Serbian energy business leaders on energy risks, opportunities and priorities in Serbia. The participants also discussed the prospects for regional energy cooperation in Southeast Europe. Boyko Nitzov, director of programs of the... |
June 10, 2009
| Mihály Bayer, the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Ambassador-at-Large for the Nabucco Gas Pipeline Project, spoke at an event hosted by the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Energy Center. He discussed the options facing the project following last month's Southern Corridor summit in... |
