Category: News

Stephan To Receive Inaugural Henry J. Leir Human Security Award

By Atlantic Council

Strategic Foresight Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Maria J. Stephan has been chosen to receive the inaugural Henry J. Leir Human Security Award, established in 2015 by the Institute for Human Security to honor outstanding Fletcher alumni who have made significant contributions to the scholarship and/or practice of human security.

Aslund: Why Can’t Ukraine Refuse Russian Gas?

By Anders Aslund

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund writes for Zhizn on Ukraine’s reliance on Russian gas:

Review of The Great Rebirth

By Anders Aslund

Levyi Bereg reviews The Great Rebirth, by Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund:

Atlantic Council Announces Veteran Take Point Foreign Policy Challenge

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council will offer three of its Veteran Take Point fellows the chance to present their innovative policy projects before a live audience of “Challenge Voters” on Friday, October 23, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. At the end of the competition, dubbed the Veterans Take Point Foreign Policy Challenge, audience members will vote to determine […]

Secretary Kerry and German President Gauck to Commemorate Arrival of Berlin Wall Segment and Celebrate Our Transatlantic Friendship

By Atlantic Council

Secretary of State John Kerry will host the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck at a ceremony to commemorate the arrival of a segment of the Berlin Wall at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 7, in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State. The wall will be displayed in the […]

Completion of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Fortifies Strategic Partnerships and Enables Economic Prosperity, Affirm Atlantic Council Leaders

Following today’s announcement of an agreement on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by the United States and its eleven negotiating partners, Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe, and Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak, who has led much of the Council’s work on TPP, […]

The Atlantic Council and The Defense Entrepreneurs Forum Announce Partnership

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council and The Defense Entrepreneurs Forum (DEF) are very pleased to announce a new partnership, which takes the form of an incubation agreement. DEF is an independent, not-for-profit group of emerging defense leaders that strive to solve national security problems from the bottom-up by exposing Defense professionals to the techniques and experiences of […]

Atlantic Council to Honor Santos, Draghi, Kissinger, Yu Long

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council will present its annual Global Citizen Awards on October 1 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, and Music Director of the China Philharmonic Maestro Yu Long.