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Sep 28, 2020

Atlantic Council Global Energy Center announces 2020-2021 Veteran Advanced Energy Fellows

Fellows will participate in a yearlong policy and leadership development program for high-potential, high-performing veterans in advanced energy.

Energy & Environment
Renewables & Advanced Energy

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Sep 23, 2020

Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Announces First-of-its-Kind Caribbean Initiative

​​As Caribbean nations face urgent challenges, new initiative will propose groundbreaking solutions to accelerate prosperity outlook

Caribbean
Economy & Business


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Sep 23, 2020

Atlantic Council launches empowerME

New effort from Rafik Hariri Center will be driving force for economic and human prosperity in the Middle East

Economy & Business
Middle East

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Aug 12, 2020

Markus V. Garlauskas joins the Atlantic Council

Former National Intelligence Officer for North Korea will join the Asia Security Initiative as a nonresident senior fellow

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Aug 7, 2020

The Passing of Brent Scowcroft: March 19, 1925 – August 6, 2020

FALLS CHURCH, VA—Following is a statement on the passing of Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.) from his office: Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft passed away yesterday at the age of 95 of natural causes. Brent Scowcroft was an American patriot and public servant of the highest order with an extraordinary military and government service career spanning […]

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Aug 7, 2020

Statement from Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe on the passing of General Brent Scowcroft

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Atlantic Council

With Brent Scowcroft’s passing, the United States has lost one of the most remarkable figures in our country’s foreign-policy history. Seldom has the world seen a man of such historic accomplishment and remarkable modesty. He helped win the Cold War, he defined the role of national security advisor, and he mentored legions of principled individuals […]


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Jul 29, 2020

Western Balkans leaders agree to bold actions to help region recover from COVID pandemic

The Western Balkans Partnership Summit advances regional economic cooperation to attract investment and accelerate recovery

Politics & Diplomacy
The Balkans

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Jul 8, 2020

Atlantic Council welcomes 2020 class of Millennium Fellows

Incoming class of twenty-one young leaders selected from 1,300 applicants and over 100 nations

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Jul 1, 2020

Tallinn hosts first meeting of Three Seas Foreign Ministers

Top officials from the US, Germany and EU participate

Central Europe
Europe & Eurasia

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Jul 1, 2020

Atlantic Council Global Energy Center announces Veterans Advanced Energy Week, August 10-13, 2020

A virtual learning experience dedicated to military veterans and spouses in advanced energy and national security

Renewables & Advanced Energy

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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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Nov 4, 2011

Atlantic Council hosts Ambassador William B. Taylor in New Role as Special Coordinator for Middle East Transitions

By Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON – “The US government sees the transitions in the Arab world as the greatest opportunity for major changes in strategic relationships over the past century,” said Ambassador William B. Taylor, the newly-appointed Special Coordinator for Middle East Transitions at the US State Department during a November 4 event at the Atlantic Council.    “We […]

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Oct 5, 2011

The Transatlantic Relations Program Announces Nicholas Dungan as Nonresident Senior Fellow

By Jason Harmala

The Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Relations Program is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicholas Dungan, the former president of the French-American Foundation, as its newest nonresident senior fellow. “The addition of Nicholas Dungan’s expertise to the Transatlantic Relations Program couldn’t come at a better time, as we head towards the French presidential elections in the […]

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Sep 28, 2011

Ansari Africa Center at Atlantic Council Adds Renowned Scholar

By Adrienne Chuck

The Michael S. Ansari Africa Center of the Atlantic Council today announced that it has named Bronwyn Bruton, one of the most widely quoted emerging analysts of Africa, as its deputy director. 

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Jul 5, 2011

Atlantic Council names former White House official, Michele Dunne, to lead new Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

By Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON—The Atlantic Council today named Michele Dunne, a former White House and State Department official, as the director of its new Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. The center will begin its operations this week in Washington, D.C. “Michele brings to the Council both a rich understanding of the Washington policy process and of […]

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Jun 11, 2011

‘It is time for Poland to give back’ Minister Sikorski Declares at Atlantic Council Freedom Awards Dinner

By James Joyner

Wroclaw, Poland- "What side of history will the world’s great democracies be on?" That question, posed by U.S. Senator John McCain, captured the essence of the 2011 Freedom Awards, presented by the Atlantic Council at its annual Wroclaw Global Forum. In addition to McCain, other recipients included Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski on behalf of […]

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May 26, 2011

Top Africanist Gérard Prunier Joins the Michael S. Ansari Center, Atlantic Council

By Adrienne Chuck

The Ansari Africa Center of the Atlantic Council is pleased to announce that French scholar Dr. Gérard Prunier has joined the Center as a nonresident senior fellow. Prunier is the author of more than two hundred scholarly articles and a dozen books including The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (Columbia University Press, 1995), Darfur: […]

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May 24, 2011

Atlantic Council Names Barry Pavel as Director of International Security Program and Director-Designate of new Scowcroft Center

By Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON, DC—Today the Atlantic Council named Barry Pavel as Director of its International Security Program and Director-Designate of its new Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. Mr. Pavel also will be the first Arnold Kanter Chair of the Brent Scowcroft Center. Barry Pavel has played leadership roles in the development of a broad range of […]

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May 11, 2011

Top Senate Banking Aide Joins Atlantic Council

By Jason Harmala

The Atlantic Council has named Julie Chon as a non-resident senior fellow for the Global Business and Economics program, where she will build upon her extensive background in finance to enrich the program’s work on international financial issues. “Julie brings to the Atlantic Council her deep expertise from top financial firms and hard won policymaking […]

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May 10, 2011

Kennedy’s First Year in Office is Put Under the Microscope in New Amplified eBook, Berlin 1961, by Frederick Kempe

By Jason Harmala

New York, New York, May 10, 2011 … NBC News and G.P. Putnam’s Sons announced today the release of a new Amplified eBook, BERLIN 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth, by veteran journalist and author, Frederick Kempe. The eBook features rare video footage from one of the most crucial and dangerous crises […]

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