Press Release
May 17, 2017
Statement from Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe
The Atlantic Council strongly condemns the violence that occurred involving protestors and Turkish security personnel Tuesday evening outside an event that the Council was co-hosting for Turkish President Erdoğan. The Atlantic Council has a 55-year history of promoting free speech, peaceful protest and civil dialogue to address global challenges. The Council frequently convenes small, […]
Press Release
May 16, 2017
Ambassador Daniel Fried Joins Atlantic Council As Distinguished Fellow
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Atlantic Council
WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council today announced that Ambassador Daniel Fried has been named a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative and Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center.
Press Release
Apr 24, 2017
Report Launch: Rise in Global Protectionism Could Stunt Economic Growth
Report from the Atlantic Council and Zurich Insurance models how a rise in protectionism, oil crisis as a result of Middle East conflict and water scarcity may influence the global society and economy between now and 2035. Washington, DC – A new report from the Atlantic Council and Zurich Insurance Group examines best-, worst-, and […]
Cyber 9/12 Project
Mar 28, 2017
Naval War College Wins Atlantic Council’s Fifth Annual Cyber 9/12 Student Competition
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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.
Press Release
Mar 16, 2017
Report by Global Think Tanks Calls for Robust and Principled Strategy to Constrain Russia
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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 […]
Press Release
Mar 6, 2017
Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir Joins Atlantic Council Global Energy Center As Senior Fellow
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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
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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
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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
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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 […]
Press Release
Jan 12, 2017
Atlantic Council Releases Report “Downstream Oil Theft: Global Modalities, Trends, and Remedies”
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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 […]
