Press Release
Jun 8, 2015
Wrocław Global Forum Convenes International Leaders Amid Security, Economic Challenges
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Atlantic Council
At a time of historic uncertainty in Europe, the Wrocław Global Forum today released the roster of high-level leaders set to attend its sixth annual meeting on June 11-13.
Press Release
Jun 2, 2015
Albright and Hadley to Lead Atlantic Council Task Force on US Strategy for the Middle East
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Atlantic Council
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley announced today the launch of the Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST). The Task Force is a bipartisan Atlantic Council initiative to try to better understand the underlying dynamics behind the current crises in the Middle East and develop a […]
Press Release
May 20, 2015
Leading Economist Anders Åslund to Deepen the Atlantic Council’s European and Eurasian Expertise
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Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council named Anders Åslund, one of the world’s most renowned experts on Ukrainian and Russian political economy, as a Senior Fellow in its Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center with a dual appointment in its Global Business and Economics program. Dr. Åslund is a leading specialist on East European economies, and has served as an […]
Press Release
May 7, 2015
Hagel Returns to Atlantic Council as Distinguished Statesman
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Atlantic Council
WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council announced today that former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will join the Atlantic Council as a Distinguished Statesman, effective immediately, marking his first policy-oriented affiliation after stepping down from the Obama administration’s cabinet in February. He will also serve as a member of the Council’s International Advisory Board and […]
Press Release
Apr 29, 2015
Dartmouth Recognizes Atlantic Council’s Ricciardone for Distinguished Public Service
The Dartmouth Club of Washington presented today the 28th annual Daniel Webster Award to Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone (’73), former US Ambassador to Egypt, the Philippines and Palau, and Turkey. Ambassador Ricciardone is currently Vice President of the Atlantic Council, which promotes constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs, and Director of the Council’s Rafik […]
Press Release
Apr 29, 2015
New Atlantic Council Brief Calls for a Reimagining of Pakistan’s Militia Policy
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Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center today launched a new issue brief entitled “Reimagining Pakistan’s Militia Policy.” Written by the Center’s US Pakistan Program Exchange Fellow Yelena Biberman, the brief argues that Pakistan’s unwillingness to crack down on all terrorist groups is more a product of cold calculation than ideological shortsightedness, and calls for powerful […]
Cyber 9/12 Project
Apr 28, 2015
Cyber Statecraft Initiative and GCSP Hold First-Ever European Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge in Geneva
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Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative together with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) concluded the first European Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge, held on April 22 to 23 in Geneva, Switzerland. In the first competition of its kind in Europe, sixteen teams competed to offer their best national security policy prescriptions for combating escalating cyber conflict.
Press Release
Apr 23, 2015
Atlantic Council Welcomes Inaugural Class of Millennium Fellows
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Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council is convening twenty-one exceptional rising leaders from around the world this week in Washington, DC for the formal launch of the Millennium Fellowship. The fellowship seeks to connect innovative leaders under thirty-five years old who will shape the twenty-first century and empower them to pursue transformational change with a global vision.
Press Release
Apr 20, 2015
Atlantic Council Announces 2015 Leadership Awardees
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Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council announced today the four recipients of its annual Distinguished Leadership Awards, to be presented on the evening of April 30 in Washington, DC: President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Philip M. Breedlove; Chairman, President, and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation Marillyn A. Hewson; and American country music singer-songwriter and record producer Toby […]
