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Jul 9, 2015

The Atlantic Council and The Fletcher School Commit to Exclusive Partnership

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Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University announced a new partnership today that will link the organizations across a full range of substantive issue areas in a number of forms including faculty/scholar exchanges, joint programs between centers, cohosted conferences and workshops, and multi-media outreach. This will be the […]

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Jul 2, 2015

Presidential Candidate Lindsey Graham to Discuss Global Security Threats at the Atlantic Council

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Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council is pleased to welcome Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on July 8 at 10:00 a.m. for the first of a series of events on “America’s Role in the World.” Senator Graham will discuss rising global security threats, including Iranian nuclear ambitions and the spread of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIL).

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Jul 1, 2015

Atlantic Council Experts Urge President Obama to Use Today’s Announcement to Finish the Job on US-Cuba Opening

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Atlantic Council

In an open letter to President Obama, Peter Schechter, Director, and Jason Marczak, Deputy Director, of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center at the Atlantic Council, urge that the time is now to  seize the momentum of recent policy changes toward Cuba and fully reignite relations by pushing the current session of Congress to end […]

Cuba

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Jun 23, 2015

David Barno and Nora Bensahel to Add National Security Expertise to Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center

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Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council today named international security experts Dr. Nora Bensahel and retired Lieutenant General David Barno as Nonresident Senior Fellows for military affairs and national security policy in its Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security.

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Jun 19, 2015

Atlantic Council Releases New Report on US-Brazil Relationship Ahead of Brazilian President’s Historic June 30 Visit to United States

US President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff must move beyond the usual modestly targeted working groups to outline an ambitious path forward based on a common political and economic agenda, says a new Atlantic Council report that launched today.  The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center’s report, titled US-Brazil Relations: A New […]

Brazil

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Jun 15, 2015

Wroclaw Global Forum Concludes with Calls for Increased Aid to Ukraine from Shaheen, Hadley

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Atlantic Council

WROCLAW – The final day of the Wroclaw Global Forum featured a keynote panel with US Senator Jeanne Shaheen and former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley. Moderated by Jan Cienski of POLITICO Europe, the 2015 Forum’s leading international media partner, the discussion focused on America’s role in Europe, and in particular, America’s role in […]

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Jun 15, 2015

Atlantic Council Freedom Awards Honor Bildt, Holland, Savchenko, Nemtsov, and Donetsk National University

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Atlantic Council

WROCLAW – The Atlantic Council Freedom Awards marked the conclusion of the first day of the 2015 Wroclaw Global Forum, honoring former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt, Donetsk National University, Ukrainian military pilot and prisoner of war Nadiya Savchenko, and Polish film director Agnieszka Holland. Russian activist Boris Nemtsov was also […]

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Jun 13, 2015

Sixth Annual Wroclaw Global Forum Opens in Wroclaw, Poland with Focus on NATO, Ukraine

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Atlantic Council

WROCLAW – Leaders from government, business, media, and civil society convened in Wroclaw this morning for two days of discussions focused on the core transatlantic values of democracy, prosperity, and security.

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Jun 8, 2015

Wrocław Global Forum Convenes International Leaders Amid Security, Economic Challenges

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Atlantic Council

At a time of historic uncertainty in Europe, the Wrocław Global Forum today released the roster of high-level leaders set to attend its sixth annual meeting on June 11-13.

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Jun 2, 2015

Albright and Hadley to Lead Atlantic Council Task Force on US Strategy for the Middle East

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Atlantic Council

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley announced today the launch of the Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST). The Task Force is a bipartisan Atlantic Council initiative to try to better understand the underlying dynamics behind the current crises in the Middle East and develop a […]

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Mar 4, 2014

Prime Minister of Moldova Speaks at the Atlantic Council as Europe Grapples with Response to Russian Aggression

By Atlantic Council

WASHINGTON – During a public address at the Atlantic Council during his visit to Washington today, Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca  reaffirmed his country’s commitment to Europe and denounced Russian intimidation in Europe’​s east.  Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. introduced the prime minister, urging action and the strategic importance of what is at stake in the […]

Moldova
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Feb 25, 2014

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili Asks International Community to Apply More Pressure on Russia

WASHINGTON – During his first public remarks in the United States today, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili called on the international community, and specifically the West, to support the Ukrainian people by putting more pressure on Russia, and said, “the international community needs to send clearer messages that will underpin the notion that no third […]

The Caucasus

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Feb 21, 2014

University of Utah Presents Alumni Award to Atlantic Council’s Fred Kempe

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The University of Utah Alumni Association presented its Distinguished Alumnus Award to Fred Kempe, Atlantic Council president and CEO, recognizing Kempe’s three-decade career as a journalist, author and foreign policy think-tank executive. The association presented the award February 20. Kempe, a Utah native who graduated from the university in 1976, has led the Atlantic Council […]

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Feb 12, 2014

New Hariri Center Publications Assess Political and Economic Trends in the Arab Transition Countries

With two new publications, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East offers a comprehensive picture of the degree of political and social change in Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, and Libya since protestors took to the streets in 2011, as well as the economic impact of the Arab uprising on the transition countries.

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Jan 27, 2014

Atlantic Council Announces New Scowcroft Center Fellows

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security has added new senior fellows who will advance the Center’s mission of serving as Washington’s premier thought leadership institute on the role of the transatlantic community in shaping global strategy and security policy. These fellows bring decades of experience in government, business, and academia […]

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Jan 23, 2014

US Democracy Promotion in Egypt Needs Reset

CONTACT:Samia Yakub202.769.0724, press@AtlanticCouncil.org In a new Atlantic Council issue brief, “Getting Democracy Promotion Right in Egypt,” Amy Hawthorne contends that although the near-term prospects for democracy in Egypt are bleak, there is more the United States can do to promote democratic change over the longer term.

North Africa

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Jan 23, 2014

Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center Names Michael B. Oren as Ambassador-in-Residence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 23, 2014 CONTACT Taleen Ananian 202.778.4993,  press@AtlanticCouncil.org WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council announced today Michael B. Oren, who recently stepped down after four years as Israel’s ambassador to the United States, will join its Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on February 1 as ambassador-in-residence.

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Jan 22, 2014

New Constitution Would Signal Progress toward a Democratic Nation-State in Libya

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT:Samia Yakub202.769.0724, press@AtlanticCouncil.org Libya’s future as a democracy hinges on the constitution-drafting process and the ability of the constituent assembly to consider and adequately address major political and security challenges. A new Atlantic Council issue brief, “Negotiating Libya’s Constitution,” examines the political and security context of Libya’s constitution-making process, concerns related to the […]

Libya

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Jan 20, 2014

Former Associate Director Among 21 Killed in Kabul Terrorist Attack

The Atlantic Council mourns the death of Alexandros Petersen, a victim of Friday’s terrorist attack in Kabul that killed twenty-one people. Petersen was a former fellow for transatlantic energy security and associate director of the Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, and had been serving in Kabul as a professor at the American University of Afghanistan. […]

Afghanistan

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Jan 15, 2014

Atlantic Council Names Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. as Chairman

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2014 CONTACT Taleen Ananian press@AtlanticCouncil.org, 202.778.4993 Washington, DC – The Atlantic Council today named Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.―one of America’s most prominent politicians, business leaders, and diplomats―as new chairman of its Board of Directors. His appointment takes immediate effect.