Press Release

Jun 6, 2023

Atlantic Council welcomes inaugural Climate Leadership Program participants

Program to convene top international climate-focused venture capital fund managers in Accra, Ghana in July.

Press Release

May 30, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored with Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE – May 30, 2023 – In recognition of his historic leadership during the Ukrainian people’s brave defense of their freedom, Atlantic Council Chairman John F.W. Rogers and President and CEO Frederick Kempe today presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the Atlantic Council’s highest honor, its Global Citizen Award, a recognition conferred on unique individuals who contribute toward improving the state of the world.  

Press Release

May 30, 2023

Atlantic Council announces eighth annual Central and Eastern European Energy Security Conference

WASHINGTON, DC – May 30, 2023 – The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center (GEC) will hold the eighth annual Central and Eastern European Energy Security Conference on Thursday, June 15, 2023, in Washington, DC, in partnership with the Slovak V4 Presidency of the Visegrad Group. This year’s conference will be held in person at the Atlantic Council headquarters, while also streaming to a global virtual audience.

Future of DHS

May 10, 2023

Atlantic Council announces new experts’ coalition to promote nonpartisan solutions to the United States’ border and immigration challenges

The Atlantic Council today announced the formation of a new coalition of experts in border and immigration security and cross-border trade who will work together to advance nonpartisan, pragmatic solutions to the United States’ border and immigration challenges.

Distinguished Leadership Awards

May 1, 2023

Atlantic Council announces 2023 Distinguished Leadership Award honorees

World Trade Organization Director-General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to be honored with International Distinguished Leadership Awards Adena T. Friedman, Chair and CEO of Nasdaq, will receive the Distinguished Business Leadership Award General Laura J. Richardson, commander of US Southern Command, will be recognized with the Distinguished Military Leadership Award […]

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Apr 18, 2023

Senators Hagerty and Cardin named honorary co-chairs of Atlantic Council’s US-Colombia Advisory Group 

Distinguished group to advance a renewed strategy to deepen US-Colombia ties.

Press Release

Mar 13, 2023

N7 Initiative convenes Arab and Israeli experts to deliberate actionable policy and programming in regional agriculture, food, and water security

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—MARCH 14-16, 2023—The N7 Initiative, a partnership between the Atlantic Council and the Jeffrey M. Talpins Foundation working to strengthen and deepen Arab-Israeli normalization in the wake of the Abraham Accords, will host the N7 Conference on Agriculture, Water & Food Security March 14-16 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This […]

Middle East

Press Release

Mar 6, 2023

Atlantic Council’s Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Adds Nine New Fellows

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 6, 2023 – The Atlantic Council’s Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) announced today the addition of a diverse group of nine new fellows, as the new initiative rapidly expands its breadth of regional expertise. The initiative, housed in the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, focuses on Indo-Pacific strategy, alliances, and […]

Indo-Pacific

Press Release

Mar 2, 2023

Top foreign policy lawmakers bolster support for Global Tech Security Commission

New honorary co-chairs expand bipartisan sponsorship for tech security strategy WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 2, 2023 – The Global Tech Security Commission announced today the naming of four federal lawmakers representing both parties and both houses of Congress as new honorary co-chairs. Senator Todd Young (R-IN), Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Representative Michael Waltz (R-FL) and […]

China

Press Release

Feb 27, 2023

Atlantic Council’s Africa Center releases twin reports on Russia’s growing influence in Africa 

At the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Africa Center shines spotlight on Russian campaign to curry favor on the African continent.

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Cyber 9/12 Project

Mar 28, 2017

Naval War College Wins Atlantic Council’s Fifth Annual Cyber 9/12 Student Competition

By Atlantic Council

Team C3S from Naval War College won first place at the fifth annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge, a cybersecurity student competition by the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative. The competition was held on March 17-18 at American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, DC, and featured forty-five competing teams from eighteen states across the United States.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Press Release

Mar 16, 2017

Report by Global Think Tanks Calls for Robust and Principled Strategy to Constrain Russia

By Atlantic Council

WASHINGTON, DC – A group of former officials and experts from leading democracies called today for a robust and principled new strategy toward Russia. In a report issued by the Atlantic Council and other leading global think tanks from Canada, France, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Italy, the group calls upon […]

Russia

Press Release

Mar 6, 2017

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

By Atlantic Council

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 […]

Press Release

Feb 28, 2017

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

By Atlantic Council

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 […]

Press Release

Feb 13, 2017

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

By Atlantic Council

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 […]

Press Release

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 […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Press Release

Jan 12, 2017

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

By Atlantic Council

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 […]

Press Release

Jan 9, 2017

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

By Atlantic Council

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.

Press Release

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 […]