Press Release

Nov 20, 2014

Sixth Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit Opens in Istanbul

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Atlantic Council

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.


Press Release

Nov 19, 2014

Atlantic Council announces new Art of Future Warfare project

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Atlantic Council

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 […]


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Security & Defense

Press Release

Nov 19, 2014

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

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Atlantic Council

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.

Press Release

Nov 18, 2014

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

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Atlantic Council

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 […]

Press Release

Nov 18, 2014

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

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Atlantic Council

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.

Press Release

Nov 17, 2014

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

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Atlantic Council

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 […]

Press Release

Nov 13, 2014

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

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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

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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

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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

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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. […]

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Press Release

Dec 16, 2013

Atlantic Council CEO Fred Kempe and Board Directors Named 100 Most Influential Leaders in US Defense

WASHINGTON – Defense News has named Atlantic Council President & CEO Frederick Kempe and Board Directors Michèle Flournoy, Arnold L. Punaro, Michael V. Hayden, Marillyn Hewson, James Stavridis, and Sean O’Keefe in its “100 Most Influential People in US Defense” list out today.

Press Release

Dec 12, 2013

Former US Ambassador Highlights Eroding US-Gulf Ties

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Samia Yakub 202.769.0724, press@AtlanticCouncil.org A new Atlantic Council issue brief, “Building a Better US-Gulf Partnership,” contends that the United States and its Gulf partners must prioritize and build on their shared interests in light of ongoing erosion of ties, and a fundamental gap in expectations about the US role in the […]

Saudi Arabia

Press Release

Dec 11, 2013

Cancelled: Dec. 12 Event with Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt

Due to ongoing developments in Ukraine, Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt has postponed his DC travel and will remain in Kyiv. Accordingly, tomorrow’s public event “US Response to Ukraine’s S.O.S.” has been cancelled.

Ukraine

Press Release

Dec 11, 2013

Pham Writes on China’s African Naval Deployments

By J. Peter Pham

Atlantic Council Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham contributed a chapter about the Chinese navy’s recent activity in Africa to a just-released book on China’s Diplomacy in Eastern and Southern Africa. Pham wrote the chapter on “China’s Somali Piracy Deployment: Strategic Context and Implications” for the volume edited by Seifudein Adem, associate director of the […]

Press Release

Dec 10, 2013

Atlantic Council Forum Addresses How to Harness Disruption for Global Prosperity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 10, 2013 CONTACTTaleen Ananianpress@AtlanticCouncil.org, 202.778.4993 WASHINGTON — The Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative hosted a two-day forum this week on Harnessing Disruption, highlighting ways in which the technology revolution is shaping government, business, and civil society. Many panelists focused on the effects of technology on individual empowerment and globalization, and the need […]

Press Release

Dec 10, 2013

New Study Warns of the Danger of Divergent Financial Regulations in the Transatlantic Community

WASHINGTON – A new report out today entitled The Danger of Divergence: Transatlantic Financial Reform & the G20 Agenda by the Atlantic Council, Thomson Reuters, and TheCityUK examines the state of financial regulatory reform in the United States and the European Union. It highlights the dangers that regulatory divergence can pose to both financial stability […]

Press Release

Dec 9, 2013

Atlantic Council Launches Next Report in Envisioning 2030 Series

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACTTaleen Ananianpress@AtlanticCouncil.org, 202.788.4993 The Atlantic Council’s 2012 report Envisioning 2030: US Strategy in a Post-Western World, written as a companion piece with the US National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds, stated, “the keystone of national power remains US economic strength and innovation.” Building upon this statement, this year’s Envisioning 2030: US Strategy for the […]

Press Release

Dec 5, 2013

US-Ukraine Relations: Dealing with the Crisis and the Way Forward

This event has been cancelled The Atlantic Council invites the public to US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt’s first on-the-record remarks on the crisis in Ukraine, the possible way forward, and US strategy toward the country.

Ukraine

Press Release

Dec 4, 2013

Yemen’s Political Transition at Risk without Progress on Economic Agenda

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2013 CONTACT:                                                                                                         Samia Yakub                                                                                        202.769.0724, press@AtlanticCouncil.org A new Atlantic Council report, Yemen’s Economic Agenda: Beyond Short-Term Survival, argues that if the Yemeni government fails to prioritize progress on the economic front, the country’s democratic transition risks derailment and may witness renewed conflict. Prioritizing […]

Yemen

Congressional Relations

Dec 4, 2013

Atlantic Council Hosts Colombian President Santos

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 3, 2013 CONTACT Taleen Ananianpress@AtlanticCouncil.org, 202.778.4993 WASHINGTON — The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center this evening hosted Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for a private dinner with US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker; US Congressmen Eliot Engel, and Gregory Meeks; and other decision-makers. The dinner was co-chaired by former […]

Colombia