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Mar 30, 2015

Atlantic Council Welcomes 2015 Next Generation Fellows

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Atlantic Council

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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Atlantic Council

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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Atlantic Council

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

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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.

NATO
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Mar 13, 2015

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

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Atlantic Council

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.

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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Atlantic Council

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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Atlantic Council

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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Atlantic Council

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 […]

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Feb 3, 2015

Atlantic Council Launches EconoGraphics: A Weekly Take on the Global Economy

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Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council is launching today the EconoGraphics series—a weekly take on important issues pertaining to the global economy. EconoGraphics, a project of the Council’s Global Business and Economics Program, aims to present complex economic and political ideas visually in a simple and intuitive fashion for policymakers and the media. Through this new medium, the […]

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Feb 2, 2015

Former Senior US Officials Urge US and NATO to Increase Military Assistance to Ukraine Including Defensive Arms

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Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council, the Brookings Institution, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs today released a report entitled, “Preserving Ukraine’s Independence, Resisting Russian Aggression: What the United States and NATO Must Do.” The report, authored by eight former senior U.S. diplomatic and military officials, urges the U.S. and NATO to bolster Ukraine’s defense and deter […]

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Dec 10, 2014

Atlantic Council Welcomes Constance Berry Newman as Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow

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The Atlantic Council named Constance Berry Newman, former US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, as a nonresident senior fellow in its Africa Center.

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Nov 25, 2014

Atlantic Council Iran Task Force Applauds Efforts to Negotiate Nuclear Deal; Urges Restraint While Talks Continue

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WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council’s Iran Task Force, chaired by Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat and coordinated by Council Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin, issued a statement today applauding the efforts of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany and Iran to negotiate a comprehensive nuclear deal. While the parties could not reach a […]

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Nov 22, 2014

US Vice President Biden and Turkish Prime Minister Davutoğlu Address Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit in Istanbul

ISTANBUL- Following highly publicized visits to the embattled countries of Ukraine and Iraq, US Vice President Joseph Biden and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu joined a special closing session of the sixth Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit at the Grand Tarabya Hotel in Istanbul to discuss why energy security is crucial for resolving the […]

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Nov 21, 2014

Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit Continues in Istanbul

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ISTANBUL— The sixth Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit continued for a second day at the Grand Tarabya Hotel in Istanbul featuring a keynote address from Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, moderated by CNN Anchor Nina Dos Santos.

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Nov 20, 2014

Sixth Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit Opens in Istanbul

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ISTANBUL– Opinion leaders from politics, media, academia, and the corporate world convened in Istanbul this morning for two days of talks on how governments and companies manage emerging risks and uncertainty in today’s turbulent times.

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Nov 19, 2014

Atlantic Council announces new Art of Future Warfare project

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The Atlantic Council today announced the launch of the Art of Future Warfare (AFW) project, housed in the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, that aims to create a world in which artists—writers, illustrators, directors, videographers, and others—and creativity enjoy a valued place in the defense establishment’s planning and preparation for the future of warfare […]

Defense Technologies
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Nov 19, 2014

US and Turkish Energy Leaders to Give Joint Remarks at Atlantic Council Summit

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US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yıldız will make an announcement on enhancing the US and Turkey’s energy collaboration and clean energy deployment on Thursday, November 20 at the Atlantic Council’s Sixth Energy & Economic Summit. They will make brief remarks and then have joint press availability.

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Nov 18, 2014

New Atlantic Council Report Says Deal or No Deal, Iran Poses a Nuclear Threat

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International negotiators will meet in Vienna this week for what they hope will be a final push to hammer out a comprehensive deal over Iran’s nuclear program. According to many experts and officials, however, the chances of securing a deal by the November 24 deadline are slim. The New York Times reports that President Barack […]

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Nov 18, 2014

US Vice President Biden to Headline Atlantic Council Energy and Economic Summit in Istanbul

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United States Vice President Joe Biden will address a special closing session of the Atlantic Council’s sixth annual Energy and Economic Summit in Istanbul on November 22, 2014, where he is expected to discuss the political, security, and energy challenges facing the transatlantic community and the wider Eurasian region.

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Nov 17, 2014

Richard Morningstar Named Founding Director of the Atlantic Council’s New Global Energy Center

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The Atlantic Council today named Richard Morningstar―diplomat, businessman, lawyer, and scholar―as the founding director of its new Global Energy Center. Morningstar is the latest addition to an expert team the Council is assembling to build its groundbreaking energy initiative, including former Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs David Goldwyn as the chair of […]