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 […]
Press Release
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Press Release
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]