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Oct 29, 2012

Atlantic Council Launches Emerging Leaders of Pakistan Fellowship

WASHINGTON: The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center is pleased to announce the launch of its Emerging Leaders of Pakistan (ELP) program. The fellowship seeks to support and empower the next generation of Pakistan’s civil society leaders through the creation of a sustainable forum of collaboration. Fifteen leaders from across Pakistan, representing various issue areas, view […]

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Oct 2, 2012

India-Pakistan Experts Agree on Confidence-building Measures at Lahore Meeting

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Jason Harmala

OTTAWA, October 2, 2012 – At a recent meeting in Lahore, Pakistan, a group of retired senior officials, military officers and diplomats have reached a consensus on a number of Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs). More specifically, they have agreed on a proposal regarding the demilitarisation of the Siachen area, which has been a potential flashpoint between […]

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Sep 21, 2012

Atlantic Council Honors Suu Kyi, Kissinger, Ogata, Jones

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Jason Harmala

NEW YORK, NY – The Atlantic Council this evening will present its third annual Global Citizen Awards to Burma’s opposition politician and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, America’s legendary global strategist and Nobel laureate Henry Kissinger, Japan’s former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata, and American musician-humanitarian Quincy Jones. “Tonight the Atlantic Council […]

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Sep 21, 2012

Atlantic Council Launches New Leadership Initiative for Women Security Leaders

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Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council has announced an initiative that will engage and support the future generation of women global leaders in international security. Officially launched at the Council’s third annual Global Citizen Awards dinner in New York City on Friday, the women’s initiative will be housed in the Council’s newly-inaugurated Brent Scowcroft Center on […]

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Sep 21, 2012

Atlantic Council Inaugurates Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

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Jason Harmala

NEW YORK – The Atlantic Council has officially launched its Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, a center that will vastly expand the Council’s capacity to address the security demands of a fast-changing world.

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Sep 12, 2012

Rafik Hariri Center Experts Available for Comment on News Out of Middle East

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Jason Harmala

Experts from the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East are available to comment on recent events in the Middle East and what they mean for US foreign policy:

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Aug 30, 2012

Yemen’s Transition Hangs in the Balance

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Jason Harmala

More than half of Yemen’s 25 million people are on the verge of starvation, according to aid agencies that have been sounding the alarm over the past several months regarding Yemen’s growing food crisis. Next week, at a donors’ conference on September 4 and 5 in Riyadh, attention will turn to the dire economic and […]

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Aug 30, 2012

US-Turkish Exchange Fostering Bilateral Relations and Dialogue

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Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council, in partnership with the Istanbul Policy Center, has launched its third annual Young Turkey/Young America two-week exchange program today. Funded by the US State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, this dynamic exchange program brings together thirty emerging leaders from Turkey and America to foster closer ties among youth […]

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Jul 24, 2012

Atlantic Council Expands Management Team with Two Development Executives

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council announces today the expansion of its management team with the appointments of Paige Ennis as vice president for external relations and Dan Puls as vice president for advancement. Their appointments come on the heels of five years of extraordinary growth at the Council and represent a key part of the […]

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Jul 17, 2012

Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson Recommends New Framework for US-China Relations

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Jason Harmala

In an Atlantic Council Issue Brief released today, Former US Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. argues that a new economic framework—reflecting the reality that China is no longer a “developing” economy but an increasingly established one—is needed to continue positive US-China economic relations and put the two economies on a path toward a more […]

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Mar 6, 2017

Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir Joins Atlantic Council Global Energy Center As Senior Fellow

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WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council today announced that former Icelandic Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, has been appointed as a nonresident senior fellow with the Global Energy Center, making her the first former Icelandic government official to join the Atlantic Council as a fellow. While serving as the minister of industry […]

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Feb 28, 2017

Atlantic Council Launches New Resilience Center in Face of Mounting Global Disruptions

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High Level Task Force Urges Long-Term Investment in Resilience Policies, Endorses Readiness Over Reconstruction from Large-Scale Crises Former TSA Administrator, former Deputy Homeland Security Advisor, former FEMA Assistant Administrator join as Senior Fellows  WASHINGTON, DC – At the inaugural meeting of the Adrienne Arsht Center for Resilience, a high-level group of policymakers, experts, and local […]

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Feb 13, 2017

John E. Morton Joins Atlantic Council Global Energy Center as Senior Fellow

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WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council today named John E. Morton a senior fellow with the Global Energy Center. Morton previously served as the White House senior director for energy and climate change at the National Security Council, where he had overall responsibility for coordinating the Obama Administration’s policies and strategies on international energy and […]

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Feb 10, 2017

Tallinn Manual 2.0 Clarifies How International Law Applies to Cyber Operations

By Atlantic Council

WASHINGTON, DC — The Atlantic Council and the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCD COE), in partnership with the Embassy of the Netherlands, launched Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations, the most comprehensive analysis of how existing international law applies to cyber operations. The Manual is authored by […]

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Jan 12, 2017

Atlantic Council Releases Report “Downstream Oil Theft: Global Modalities, Trends, and Remedies”

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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Today the Atlantic Council released a report titled Downstream Oil Theft: Global Modalities, Trends, and Remedies. The study, which is the most extensive examination of illicit downstream hydrocarbons activity ever published, was led by Dr. Ian Ralby, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and Chief […]

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Jan 9, 2017

Former Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari Joins Atlantic Council as Distinguished Senior Fellow

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today the Atlantic Council announced that Manish Tewari, former union minister of state for information and broadcasting, will join the Atlantic Council as a distinguished senior fellow at the South Asia Center. Tewari was the minister of information and broadcasting from October 2012 to May 2014.

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Jan 9, 2017

Atlantic Council Global Energy Center Deepens Expertise with Addition of Charles K. Ebinger

By Atlantic Council

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center today welcomed the addition of Charles K. Ebinger as a senior fellow. Ebinger served as the director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at the Brookings Institution from 2008 to October 2014 and then as a senior fellow until 2016.

Middle East Strategy Task Force

Nov 30, 2016

Atlantic Council Launches the Final Report of Co-Chairs Madeleine K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council releases today the Middle East Strategy Task Force: Final Report of the Co-Chairs by former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley. The report presents: A Strategic Approach for the Middle East: a middle course between occupation and disengagement to break the debilitating cycle of […]

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Nov 23, 2016

Atlantic Council Global Energy Center Expands Scope, Announces New Staffing Changes

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The Atlantic Council today announced several staffing changes within the Global Energy Center, designed to leverage the center’s expanding work and integrate it with the Council’s flagship events in the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Poland.   

Middle East Strategy Task Force

Nov 22, 2016

Atlantic Council Releases Video on Middle East Youth as an Opportunity Ahead of Nov. 30 Report Launch

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council releases today “Youth in the Middle East: Liability or Opportunity?” discussing the potential for youth in the region to be an opportunity to bring the region out of chaos given particular conditions. The video is part of the Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force, a bipartisan initiative under Co-Chairs […]

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