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Jan 29, 2019

Atlantic Council Announces Inaugural Korea Journalist Fellowship Class

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council announced today the selection of its inaugural class of Fellows for its Korea Journalist Fellowship Program. The Fellowship is a unique opportunity for early and mid-career, US-based journalists working in US media to develop a deeper knowledge of the most critical economic and security issues on the Korean peninsula […]

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Jan 25, 2019

Atlantic Council Names Christopher Skaluba as Director of the Transatlantic Security Initiative

WASHINGTON, DC – Today the Atlantic Council announced that Mr. Christopher Skaluba will join the Atlantic Council as Director of the Transatlantic Security Initiative (TSI) in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. Mr. Skaluba served for 15 years as a civilian defense official in the United States Department of Defense and, since leaving government service, […]

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Jan 17, 2019

Atlantic Council Names Benjamin Haddad, top French analyst, to lead Europe work

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council today named Benjamin Haddad, a leading French analyst and author, as the new director of its Future Europe Initiative (FEI). He will lead the Initiative at a pivotal time for the future of Europe, for its place in the world, and for the transatlantic relationship. Two of Haddad’s immediate […]

Global Energy Forum

Jan 13, 2019

Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum 2019 Highlights the Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation

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Abu Dhabi – The third-annual Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum concluded today in Abu Dhabi. As part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, the Forum convened regional and global policymakers and industry leaders to discuss the geopolitical and economic impact on the energy agenda. This year’s Forum focused on four major themes: the future of oil, […]

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Jan 12, 2019

Third Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum Addresses Geopolitical and Sustainability Challenges

Abu Dhabi – As part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, the Atlantic Council officially launched its third-annual Global Energy Forum in the UAE capital today. The three-day premier event gathers international and regional industry leaders in Abu Dhabi to address the geopolitical, energy and sustainability challenges and opportunities of the future. The Forum is hosted under […]

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Jan 11, 2019

Atlantic Council Responds to Statement from the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Oslo, Norway

On January 10, 2019, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Oslo released a statement on Facebook reiterating erroneous claims that the Government of Norway funded the Atlantic Council report, The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 3. The embassy claimed that the author of the report’s Norwegian chapter, Øystein Bogen, was “generously sponsored by Norwegian state agencies, […]

Global Energy Forum

Jan 7, 2019

Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Forum to be held in Abu Dhabi on January 11-13, 2019

International and regional industry and political leaders to focus on key geopolitical and technology challenges that will drive energy markets in 2019 and beyond  WASHINGTON, DC – The third annual Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum will be held in Abu Dhabi on January 11-13, 2019. The premier event gathers international and regional political, industry, and thought leaders to set the global energy agenda for the year and […]

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Jan 2, 2019

Atlantic Council Announces Cyber Conference in Warsaw

Conference part of Council’s “100 Years Together” initiative aimed at forging the next century of Polish-American partnership WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council and PKO Bank Polski announced today a major cyber conference “A New Initiative for Poland: A Future Global Leader in Securing the 4th Industrial Revolution” to take place in Warsaw on January […]


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Dec 14, 2018

Atlantic Council and PZU SA Announce Strategic Partnership

WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, December 14, 2018, the Atlantic Council and PZU SA signed a multi-year strategic partnership agreement at the Council’s Annual Forum in Washington DC. PZU, a publicly-traded Polish insurance company, is the largest insurance group in Poland and stands among the largest financial institutions in Central Europe. Through this partnership, PZU […]

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Dec 14, 2018

Atlantic Council Names John F.W. Rogers as Chairman of the Board of Directors

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council announced today that John F.W. Rogers, a Goldman Sachs executive and government service veteran, has been elected as Chairman of its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2019. Rogers succeeds General James L. Jones USMC (ret.), who served as Atlantic Council Chairman from 2007 to 2009 and again since 2017.  Rogers […]

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Apr 6, 2015

Atlantic Council Strengthens Top Executive Team; Hires John S. Haederle of Pew Trusts

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The Atlantic Council today named John S. Haederle, a senior director at the Pew Charitable Trusts, as its first Executive Vice President for Finance and Operations, a move that strengthens the Council’s top executive team at a time of historic growth in its size and influence.

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Apr 3, 2015

Atlantic Council Iran Task Force Applauds Herculean Efforts of P5+1 and Iran in Achieving a Framework for a Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action

By Atlantic Council

The Iran Task Force applauds the herculean efforts of the United States, the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) and Iran in achieving a framework for a Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action (CJPOA) limiting Iran’s nuclear program and shutting off its principal pathways to developing nuclear weapons, in return […]

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Mar 30, 2015

Atlantic Council Welcomes 2015 Next Generation Fellows

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The Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security is pleased to announce the 2015 US-German Next Generation Fellows. The fellows are at the center of a Scowcroft Center project launched in February 2015 to identify new voices from the United States and Germany who will formulate a strategy and foster a debate on how […]

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Mar 25, 2015

Atlantic Council Honors Afghan President Ashraf Ghani for “Transformative” Leadership

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani capped his successful, inaugural visit to the United States on Wednesday evening by receiving the Atlantic Council’s highest honor, its Distinguished Leadership Award for political leadership, in a special ceremony before NATO’s top leaders and ambassadors from dozens of alliance countries.

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Mar 19, 2015

Atlantic Council Cyber Statecraft Initiative Concludes Third Annual Student Cyber-Policy Competition

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The Atlantic Council’s third annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge was held on March 13-14 in Washington, DC.  Twenty teams competed to offer their best national-security policy prescriptions for combating increasing cyber conflict.  Student competitors came from Arizona State University, Brown University, Columbia University, Harvard Law School, the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, National Defense University and […]

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Mar 18, 2015

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation General Paloméros to Anchor the NATO Transformation Seminar on the Key Challenges Leading Up to the NATO Warsaw Summit

By Atlantic Council

The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) General Jean-Paul Paloméros will address this year’s NATO Transformation Seminar (NTS) on March 25, 2015 at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, DC. This will be the first public address of the NATO Secretary General in the United States.

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Mar 13, 2015

Atlantic Council Conference to Open in New Delhi on US-India Relations

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The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, in partnership with the US Embassy in New Delhi, Vivekananda International Foundation, and the Confederation of Indian Industry, will be hosting “India-US 2015: Partnering for Peace and Prosperity” from Monday, March 16 to Tuesday, March 17 at the Vivekananda International Foundation located in New Delhi, India.

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Mar 12, 2015

Atlantic Council Launches New Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative on America’s Role in the World

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The Atlantic Council today launched a new strategy initiative aimed at helping the United States work with its allies and partners to lead in an increasingly turbulent world. The initiative, housed in the Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, will address strategic issues related to US leadership and help catalyze a national debate on […]

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Mar 10, 2015

Secretary of State John Kerry to Deliver Remarks at the Atlantic Council’s “Road to Paris Climate Series”

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US Secretary of State John Kerry will address an invitation-only audience at the Atlantic Council on March 12 at 9:00 a.m. to discuss the importance of the 2015 Conference of the Parties (COP21) climate change negotiations.

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Feb 19, 2015

Navy Pilot Ben Kohlmann Wins Top Prize in Inaugural Atlantic Council Take Point Initiative Competition, with former Marine Corps Captain Amanda Burke and 82nd Airborne Paratrooper Zachary McDonald as Finalists

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The Atlantic Council’s Millennium Leadership Program, in partnership with the Bob Woodruff Foundation, is proud to announce Navy F/A-18 pilot Benjamin Kohlmann and his initiative, the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum (DEF), as the winner of the inaugural Take Point Initiative Competition. Selected by a panel of distinguished judges from the ten projects proposed by each of […]