Press Release

Mar 19, 2012

New Atlantic Council Report Outlines Political Turmoil Within Iran

By
Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON – With tensions increasing between Iran and the West, the Atlantic Council’s Iran Task Force is releasing a new Issue Brief highlighting growing political turmoil within the country, and recommending steps the United States can take to boost Iranian political rights while containing advances toward nuclear weapons. Published today, "Iran’s Internal Politics: The Supreme […]

Press Release

Mar 13, 2012

Rudolph Atallah Joins Ansari Africa Center as Senior Fellow

By
Adrienne Chuck

The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center announced today that noted Africa counterterrorism and security expert Rudolph Atallah has been appointed a senior fellow.

Emerging Defense Challenges

Mar 12, 2012

Atlantic Council Names Steven Grundman as Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges

By
Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council has named Steven Grundman as its first M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges.

Press Release

Mar 9, 2012

Ambassador Matthew Bryza Joins Atlantic Council as Nonresident Senior Fellow

By
Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council today named Ambassador Matthew Bryza as a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center.

Press Release

Feb 8, 2012

Atlantic Council Names The Honorable Ellen Tauscher as Vice Chair of Scowcroft Center on International Security

By
Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council today appointed The Honorable Ellen Tauscher as Vice Chair-designate of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, which will be inaugurated later this year. The State Department announced yesterday that Tauscher has stepped down as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, but that she will continue […]

Press Release

Jan 18, 2012

Atlantic Council Covering One-Year Anniversary of Egyptian Uprisings

By
Jason Harmala

As Egypt’s transition continues to unfold one year later, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East is providing critical, real-time analysis and commentary on Egypt’s political and economic challenges. Marking the one-year anniversary of the Egyptian revolution on January 25, the Hariri Center will post new online resources direct from Cairo and […]

Press Release

Jan 4, 2012

National Bestseller Berlin 1961 Released in Paperback Today

By
Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON — Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Group, today released the trade paperback of Atlantic Council President Frederick Kempe’s national bestselling book, Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth.

Press Release

Dec 15, 2011

CEOs, Government Officials, and Higher Ed Leaders Convene to Address Growing Skills Gap

By
Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON — On December 15, leaders from across the private sector, government, and the higher education community debated options for closing the growing skills gap to foster better economic development and competitiveness in the US. Called “Building the Employment Agenda: New Solutions to Close the Skills Gap,” the roundtable hosted by the Atlantic Council and […]

Press Release

Dec 14, 2011

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Stresses Need for Political Compromise in Washington in Time of Crisis

By
Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON – At a celebration honoring former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft on Tuesday night, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates lamented the political gridlock preventing Washington’s leaders from solving the most difficult challenges facing the United States and its allies today, saying that compromise has become akin to selling out. “I’m deeply concerned about […]

Press Release

Dec 12, 2011

New Atlantic Council – Bertelsmann Foundation Report Argues for TARP-style Intervention in European Union

By
Adrienne Chuck

WASHINGTON – As European leaders meet to decide the future of the Eurozone, Julie Chon argues in a new Atlantic Council — Bertelsmann Foundation policy brief that Europe must learn from the United States’ TARP experience, and match a sizeable bazooka with a clear and transparent process for markets to understand how financial mechanisms will […]

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Press Release

Nov 13, 2014

New Atlantic Council Report Shows Benefits of Transatlantic Trade Agreement for Small Businesses

By Atlantic Council

According to a new Atlantic Council report entitled The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Big Opportunities for Small Business, small and medium-sized enterprises in both the United States and European Union would benefit significantly from the implementation of an ambitious Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP). Using data from a targeted survey and interviews conducted […]

Press Release

Nov 13, 2014

Atlantic Council Welcomes Daniel Chiu as Brent Scowcroft Center Deputy Director

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council named Dr. Daniel Chiu, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development in the Department of Defense (DoD), as deputy director of its Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security.

Press Release

Oct 29, 2014

Genetics and National Security Expert Jamie Metzl Named Atlantic Council Nonresident Fellow

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council named genetics and national security expert Jamie Metzl as a nonresident fellow for technology and national security in its Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security.

Press Release

Oct 28, 2014

Youth in the Arctic: A Breakout Session Connecting the Leaders of Tomorrow and Today

By Atlantic Council

Watch Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJSicv4S8hE The Arctic Climate Change Emerging Leaders Fellowship (ACCEL), Barents Regional Youth Council, Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy Network (ELEEP), Reykjavik University, and Youth Arctic Coalition invite you to participate in a question and answer session with Admiral Robert J. Papp, U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic and the top U.S. […]

Press Release

Oct 24, 2014

Andrea Montanino to Lead Atlantic Council’s Work on Prosperity and Competitiveness

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council today announced that Andrea Montanino, Italian economist and current executive director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will join the Atlantic Council in November as director of the Global Business and Economics Program. In that position, he will lead the Council’s work on economic growth, global trade, and finance. 

Press Release

Oct 24, 2014

The Atlantic Council Welcomes the 2014 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan

By Atlantic Council

Meet the 2014 ELP Fellows Adiya Amjad | Aftab Waheed | Danial Shah | Dawar Shah Akhtar | Hassan Raza | Ifrah Faiz | Jalila Haider | Mahnoor Ijaz Rathore | Muhammad Dawood Sheikh | Mukesh Meghwar | Nazish Rahmani | Rafia Saleem | Rahim Shah | | Sehyr Mirza | Yasir Abbas WASHINGTON- The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, U.S. Embassy Islamabad, and Meridian International Center are pleased to announce the 2014 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan (ELP) Fellows. This Fellowship […]

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Congressional Relations

Oct 23, 2014

Atlantic Council Welcomes 2014 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, US Embassy Islamabad, and Meridian International Center are pleased to announce the 2014 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan (ELP) Fellows.  This fellowship supports and empowers the next generation of Pakistan’s civil society leaders by creating a sustainable forum of collaboration. 

Pakistan

Press Release

Oct 22, 2014

Kyiv-Based Brian Mefford Named Atlantic Council Senior Fellow

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council has named Brian Mefford, a Kyiv-based business and political consultant with more than fifteen years of experience in Eastern Europe, as a nonresident senior fellow in its Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center. Mefford will join the Council’s growing team supporting its Ukraine-in-Europe Initiative. A long-time observer of Ukrainian politics, Mefford will bolster the […]

Ukraine

Press Release

Oct 9, 2014

US Yemen Counterterrorism and Drone Policy Shortsighted, Undermines US National Security Interests

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Samia Yakub202.769.0724press@atlanticcouncil.org Despite President Obama’s assertion that the United States’ counterterrorism strategy targeting militants in Yemen and Somalia provide a “successful” model to be emulated in its fight against ISIS, two new Atlantic Council publications assess the use of drones and the US strategy in Yemen, and argue this approach is shortsighted […]

Yemen

Press Release

Oct 9, 2014

Atlantic Council and Ukrainian World Congress Partner to Advance a European, Democratic, and United Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

In conjunction with the visit of President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine to the Atlantic Council on Thursday, September 18, 2014, the Council and the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) launched a strategic partnership to enhance the Ukraine in Europe Initiative. This flagship Council Initiative galvanizes international support for an independent Ukraine and aims to strengthen Ukraine’s security, […]