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Jul 1, 2019

Georgetown’s Nooruddin to direct Atlantic Council South Asia Center

WASHINGTON DC—The Atlantic Council this week named Irfan Nooruddin, Georgetown University professor and director of the school’s India Initiative, as the new head of its South Asia Center. “In Irfan, we are adding to our leadership team a proven institution-builder and an impressive, widely published intellect to the Council,” said Frederick Kempe, Atlantic Council President […]

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Jun 1, 2019

360/OS Summit to Explore Open Source, Digital Forensics, and Disinformation

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The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) will host its 360/OS Summit on June 20-21, 2019 in London, England.

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May 30, 2019

D-10 Strategy Officials Meet in Berlin to Advance a Rules-Based Order

BERLIN, GERMANY—Top strategy officials from ten of the world’s leading democracies gathered yesterday in Berlin to discuss key challenges facing the rules-based international order.  At the seventh meeting of the D-10 Strategy Forum, policy planning and strategy officials and experts from North America, Europe, and Asia focused on the rise of autocratic challenges  and how […]

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May 23, 2019

Atlantic Council Launches Nuclear Energy and National Security Coalition (NENSC)

WASHINGTON, DC –The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center has launched its Nuclear Energy and National Security Coalition (NENSC), led by co-chairs Ambassador Thomas Graham and Admiral Richard Mies (Ret.), leaders in nuclear energy policy. The Coalition, which includes former military leaders, senior diplomats, and national security experts, views nuclear energy as a pillar within the […]

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Apr 29, 2019

Atlantic Council Launches Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center

Adrienne Arsht’s $25-million Gift Creates Historic Opportunity For ‘Reaching One Billion People with Resilience Solutions by 2030’ WASHINGTON, DC (April 29, 2019)— The Atlantic Council today announced a $25-million gift from business leader and philanthropist Adrienne Arsht to endow the Adrienne Arsht Center for Resilience. The Center, which recently received a $30-million grant from The […]

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Apr 18, 2019

Hacking Darwin: Atlantic Council’s Jamie Metzl Has a New Guide to Thriving in the Genetics Revolution

Parliamentarians anywhere in the world can request a free copy of the e-book The genetics revolution will transform our healthcare, the way we make babies, and the nature of the babies we make, extend our lifespans, and ultimately alter our evolutionary trajectory as a species. Sonner than most people realize, the idea of humans as […]

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Apr 11, 2019

Atlantic Council Announces 2019 Distinguished Leadership Awards

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council on April 30 will present its annual Distinguished Leadership Awards, one of the most significant honors for accomplishment in international relations to: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Adrienne Arsht, executive vice chair of the Atlantic Council; Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund; and Frederick W. Smith, Chairman and CEO, FedEx […]

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Apr 3, 2019

Vice President Mike Pence, NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg, Foreign Ministers and US Policymakers Discussed NATO’s Past, Present, and Future on Alliance’s 70th Anniversary

Washington, DC (April 3, 2019)– Today, US Vice President Mike Pence, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, U.S. Members of Congress, and Foreign Ministers from Germany, Turkey, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Greece, and North Macedonia, convened at “NATO Engages,” a summit in Washington hosted by the Atlantic Council, German Marshall Fund, and Munich Security Conference.

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Mar 29, 2019

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to Speak at “NATO Engages” Summit on Wednesday, April 3 in Washington

Foreign Ministers of Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, North Macedonia, Turkey, Poland Among Speakers to Participate in Full Day Event Media Registration Open — RSVP Required Washington and Munich (April 2, 2019) — Vice President Mike Pence and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg are among those confirmed to speak at “NATO Engages: The Alliance at 70,” […]

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Mar 29, 2019

Atlantic Council Welcomes 2019 Class of Millennium Fellows

WASHINGTON, DC – On March 29th, the Atlantic Council announced it’s 2019 class of Millennium Fellows. An Italian entrepreneur bringing revolutionary vaccination technology to market to eradicate polio and measles rubella; a senior advisor to the Prime Minister of North Macedonia that led landmark legislation to change the country’s name in 2018; the chief-of-staff of […]

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Jul 9, 2015

The Atlantic Council and The Fletcher School Commit to Exclusive Partnership

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The Atlantic Council and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University announced a new partnership today that will link the organizations across a full range of substantive issue areas in a number of forms including faculty/scholar exchanges, joint programs between centers, cohosted conferences and workshops, and multi-media outreach. This will be the […]

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Jul 2, 2015

Presidential Candidate Lindsey Graham to Discuss Global Security Threats at the Atlantic Council

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council is pleased to welcome Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on July 8 at 10:00 a.m. for the first of a series of events on “America’s Role in the World.” Senator Graham will discuss rising global security threats, including Iranian nuclear ambitions and the spread of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIL).

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Jul 1, 2015

Atlantic Council Experts Urge President Obama to Use Today’s Announcement to Finish the Job on US-Cuba Opening

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In an open letter to President Obama, Peter Schechter, Director, and Jason Marczak, Deputy Director, of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center at the Atlantic Council, urge that the time is now to  seize the momentum of recent policy changes toward Cuba and fully reignite relations by pushing the current session of Congress to end […]

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Jun 23, 2015

David Barno and Nora Bensahel to Add National Security Expertise to Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council today named international security experts Dr. Nora Bensahel and retired Lieutenant General David Barno as Nonresident Senior Fellows for military affairs and national security policy in its Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security.

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Jun 19, 2015

Atlantic Council Releases New Report on US-Brazil Relationship Ahead of Brazilian President’s Historic June 30 Visit to United States

US President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff must move beyond the usual modestly targeted working groups to outline an ambitious path forward based on a common political and economic agenda, says a new Atlantic Council report that launched today.  The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center’s report, titled US-Brazil Relations: A New […]

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Jun 15, 2015

Wroclaw Global Forum Concludes with Calls for Increased Aid to Ukraine from Shaheen, Hadley

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WROCLAW – The final day of the Wroclaw Global Forum featured a keynote panel with US Senator Jeanne Shaheen and former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley. Moderated by Jan Cienski of POLITICO Europe, the 2015 Forum’s leading international media partner, the discussion focused on America’s role in Europe, and in particular, America’s role in […]

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Jun 15, 2015

Atlantic Council Freedom Awards Honor Bildt, Holland, Savchenko, Nemtsov, and Donetsk National University

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WROCLAW – The Atlantic Council Freedom Awards marked the conclusion of the first day of the 2015 Wroclaw Global Forum, honoring former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt, Donetsk National University, Ukrainian military pilot and prisoner of war Nadiya Savchenko, and Polish film director Agnieszka Holland. Russian activist Boris Nemtsov was also […]

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Jun 13, 2015

Sixth Annual Wroclaw Global Forum Opens in Wroclaw, Poland with Focus on NATO, Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

WROCLAW – Leaders from government, business, media, and civil society convened in Wroclaw this morning for two days of discussions focused on the core transatlantic values of democracy, prosperity, and security.

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Jun 8, 2015

Wrocław Global Forum Convenes International Leaders Amid Security, Economic Challenges

By 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.

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Jun 2, 2015

Albright and Hadley to Lead Atlantic Council Task Force on US Strategy for the Middle East

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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 […]