Press Release

Apr 29, 2015

Dartmouth Recognizes Atlantic Council’s Ricciardone for Distinguished Public Service

The Dartmouth Club of Washington presented today the 28th annual Daniel Webster Award to Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone (’73), former US Ambassador to Egypt, the Philippines and Palau, and Turkey. Ambassador Ricciardone is currently Vice President of the Atlantic Council, which promotes constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs, and Director of the Council’s Rafik […]

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Apr 29, 2015

New Atlantic Council Brief Calls for a Reimagining of Pakistan’s Militia Policy

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Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center today launched a new issue brief entitled “Reimagining Pakistan’s Militia Policy.” Written by the Center’s US Pakistan Program Exchange Fellow Yelena Biberman, the brief argues that Pakistan’s unwillingness to crack down on all terrorist groups is more a product of cold calculation than ideological shortsightedness, and calls for powerful […]

Pakistan

Cyber 9/12 Project

Apr 28, 2015

Cyber Statecraft Initiative and GCSP Hold First-Ever European Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge in Geneva

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Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative together with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) concluded the first European Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge, held on April 22 to 23 in Geneva, Switzerland. In the first competition of its kind in Europe, sixteen teams competed to offer their best national security policy prescriptions for combating escalating cyber conflict.

Cybersecurity

Press Release

Apr 23, 2015

Atlantic Council Welcomes Inaugural Class of Millennium Fellows

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Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council is convening twenty-one exceptional rising leaders from around the world this week in Washington, DC for the formal launch of the Millennium Fellowship. The fellowship seeks to connect innovative  leaders under thirty-five years old who will shape the twenty-first century and empower them to pursue transformational change with a global vision.

Press Release

Apr 20, 2015

Atlantic Council Announces 2015 Leadership Awardees

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Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council announced today the four recipients of its annual Distinguished Leadership Awards, to be presented on the evening of April 30 in Washington, DC: President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani; Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Philip M. Breedlove; Chairman, President, and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation Marillyn A. Hewson; and American country music singer-songwriter and record producer Toby […]

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Apr 6, 2015

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

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Atlantic Council

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.

Press Release

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

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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 […]

Iran

Press Release

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 […]

Germany

Press Release

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.

Press Release

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 […]

Cybersecurity
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Press Release

Jun 14, 2013

Atlantic Council Names New Fellow on Caucasus, Balkans, Turkey, and Central Asia

By Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sabine Freizer as nonresident senior fellow with the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center and Program on Transatlantic Relations. Dr. Freizer will add substantially to the Council’s expertise on the Caucasus, Balkans, Turkey, and Central Asia. From a base in Istanbul, she will provide writing, analysis, […]

Press Release

Jun 6, 2013

International Leaders to Converge on Poland for Wroclaw Global Forum and Freedom Awards

By Jason Harmala

 WROCLAW, POLAND – Wrocław, Poland will host 350 political, business, and civil society leaders from around the world June 13-14 for the Fourth Annual Wroclaw Global Forum, including Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski; French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius; US Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman; former US National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley; Polish Treasury […]

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May 31, 2013

Atlantic Council Announces “Startup Dosti” Indo-Pak Business Plan Competition

By Jason Harmala

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 30, 2013 CONTACT Taleen Ananian press@acus.org, 202.778.4993 Atlantic Council Announces “Startup Dosti” Indo-Pak Business Plan Competition  Competition featuring Indian and Pakistani entrepreneurs to air on GEO TV Pakistan  LONDON – On June 3 the Atlantic Council will launch a new cross-border business plan competition, Startup Dosti, which will connect entrepreneurs from […]

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May 14, 2013

Atlantic Council Transatlantic Task Force on Latin America Calls for a New Trilateral Partnership

By Loren White

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2013 CONTACT Taleen Ananian 202.778.4993, press@acus.org WASHINGTON – The Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center today released a report advocating that Latin America, North America, and Europe should build a stronger, more equal trilateral partnership based on a community of shared interests and values. The report by the Transatlantic Task Force […]

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May 2, 2013

Atlantic Council Officially Launches Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

By Jason Harmala

 En Español FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  CONTACT Taleen Ananian press@acus.org, 202.778.4993 Atlantic Council Officially Launches Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center  Arsht Center to promote and strengthen trilateral Latin America-North America-Europe relations WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council today officially launched its Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center at its Distinguished Leadership Awards dinner. Founded with a $5 million […]

Press Release

Apr 17, 2013

Tempered Optimism Greets Launch of TTIP Negotiations

By Rachel Weatherly

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Taleen Ananian 202.778.4993, press@acus.org Tempered Optimism Greets Launch of TTIP Negotiations Atlantic Council – Bertelsmann Foundation survey finds most stakeholders believe that a significant transatlantic trade deal will be in place by the end of 2016. WASHINGTON – A survey of 120 stakeholders on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) […]

Press Release

Apr 17, 2013

Amy Hawthorne Joins Atlantic Council as Senior Fellow

By Jason Harmala

The Atlantic Council has appointed Amy Hawthorne, who most recently worked on the US response to the Arab transitions at the US Department of State, as a senior fellow in its Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. “Hawthorne is an authority on political reform in the Middle East, and brings to the Council solid […]

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Apr 8, 2013

Joint Statement by Ellen Tauscher and Igor Ivanov on Mutual Assured Stability

By Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council and the Russian International Affairs Council today launched a new initiative to help reframe US-Russia relations and get past the Cold War-era nuclear legacy in our relationship, particularly the dominant paradigm of “mutual assured destruction.” The goal is to reconfigure the bilateral relationship towards “mutual assured stability” and refocus arms […]

Russia

Press Release

Apr 4, 2013

Former Secretary of State Clinton, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen Headline 2013 Leadership Awards

By Jason Harmala

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Taleen Ananian press@acus.org, 202.778.4993 En Español Atlantic Council Announces Recipients of its Top Leadership Awards: Former Secretary of State Clinton, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen, Chevron Chairman and CEO Watson, Singers Tony Bennett and Juanes Atlantic Council to launch Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council on May 1 will present […]

Press Release

Apr 4, 2013

Atlantic Council Iran Task Force Calls for Long-Term Strategy with Iran

By Rachel Weatherly