Press Release
Jun 11, 2011
‘It is time for Poland to give back’ Minister Sikorski Declares at Atlantic Council Freedom Awards Dinner
By
James Joyner
Wroclaw, Poland- "What side of history will the world’s great democracies be on?" That question, posed by U.S. Senator John McCain, captured the essence of the 2011 Freedom Awards, presented by the Atlantic Council at its annual Wroclaw Global Forum. In addition to McCain, other recipients included Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski on behalf of […]
Press Release
May 26, 2011
Top Africanist Gérard Prunier Joins the Michael S. Ansari Center, Atlantic Council
By
Adrienne Chuck
The Ansari Africa Center of the Atlantic Council is pleased to announce that French scholar Dr. Gérard Prunier has joined the Center as a nonresident senior fellow. Prunier is the author of more than two hundred scholarly articles and a dozen books including The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (Columbia University Press, 1995), Darfur: […]
Press Release
May 24, 2011
Atlantic Council Names Barry Pavel as Director of International Security Program and Director-Designate of new Scowcroft Center
By
Jason Harmala
WASHINGTON, DC—Today the Atlantic Council named Barry Pavel as Director of its International Security Program and Director-Designate of its new Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. Mr. Pavel also will be the first Arnold Kanter Chair of the Brent Scowcroft Center. Barry Pavel has played leadership roles in the development of a broad range of […]
Press Release
May 11, 2011
Top Senate Banking Aide Joins Atlantic Council
By
Jason Harmala
The Atlantic Council has named Julie Chon as a non-resident senior fellow for the Global Business and Economics program, where she will build upon her extensive background in finance to enrich the program’s work on international financial issues. “Julie brings to the Atlantic Council her deep expertise from top financial firms and hard won policymaking […]
Press Release
May 10, 2011
Kennedy’s First Year in Office is Put Under the Microscope in New Amplified eBook, Berlin 1961, by Frederick Kempe
By
Jason Harmala
New York, New York, May 10, 2011 … NBC News and G.P. Putnam’s Sons announced today the release of a new Amplified eBook, BERLIN 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth, by veteran journalist and author, Frederick Kempe. The eBook features rare video footage from one of the most crucial and dangerous crises […]
Press Release
May 3, 2011
Atlantic Council Launches Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
By
Jason Harmala
WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council today will announce two ambitious new initiatives: the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East.
Press Release
May 3, 2011
Atlantic Council Launches Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
By
Jason Harmala
WASHINGTON, DC – At a time of dramatic historic change across the region, the Atlantic Council today will announce the launch of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. Both centers are aimed at more effectively harnessing the transatlantic community to address emerging global challenges.
Press Release
May 2, 2011
Available May 10: Frederick Kempe’s new book, BERLIN 1961
By
Jason Harmala
Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe’s new book, BERLIN 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth, will be released May 10 by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. A starred review in Publishers Weekly calls it “a gripping, almost day-by-day chronicle of colorful, often clueless leaders and their byzantine maneuvers.” Among Kempe’s conclusions […]
Press Release
Apr 19, 2011
Atlantic Council Launches Cyber Statecraft Initiative and Names Jason Healey as Director
By
Jason Harmala
WASHINGTON, DC— The Atlantic Council, in partnership with VeriSign, is launching a new Cyber Statecraft Initiative and has named Jason Healey as the first director leading the Council’s expanding work on international cyber policy issues. “Jason has a deep understanding of the strategic issues that the United States and its friends, allies, and partners around […]
Press Release
Mar 17, 2011
Atlantic Council Names J. Peter Pham to Direct Michael S. Ansari Africa Center
By
Jason Harmala
The Atlantic Council today announced that J. Peter Pham had been named as director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, where he will oversee the Council’s expanding work on African political, security and economic issues. “Peter has a profound understanding both of African realities and their policy implications in Washington and Europe,” said Frederick […]