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Sep 4, 2019

Tom Warrick Joins Atlantic Council Middle East Programs as Senior Fellow

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Atlantic Council

Former Top Homeland Security and State Department Official Brings Extensive International Counterterrorism Experience September 4, 2019 — WASHINGTON, DC— The Atlantic Council today announced that Thomas S. Warrick has joined its Middle East programs as a Nonresident Senior Fellow. Warrick will play a central role in the Council’s work on homeland security and law enforcement cooperation […]

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Aug 7, 2019

Atlantic Council Announces Councilors Program to Advance Public-Private Leadership

WASHINGTON, DC- The Atlantic Council announced today the launch and inaugural members of its nomination-only Councilors Program, an initiative aimed at convening a results-oriented group of private sector leaders dedicated to more actively exploring and acting on issues at the intersection of business, foreign policy, and politics that will shape the global future.   “This […]

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Aug 6, 2019

Atlantic Council Statement on the Appointment of Christopher Porter as National Intelligence Officer for Cyber at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

“The Atlantic Council is proud to have one of our own, Christopher Porter, selected to serve as the top intelligence officer for cyber in the US government.”

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Aug 2, 2019

Atlantic Council Global Energy Center to Host Veterans Advanced Energy Summit

CHICAGO, IL – The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center will host its inaugural Veterans Advanced Energy Summit on Tuesday, August 13 in Chicago, Illinois. The Summit will feature cutting-edge presentations and conversations at the intersection of advanced energy and national security.  The Summit will feature business and military leaders, policymakers, and others with insight into […]

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Jul 26, 2019

Atlantic Council Response to the Decision of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

On Thursday, July 25, The Atlantic Council was designated an “undesirable organization” by the Russian Ministry of Justice. The Atlantic Council has released the following statement by its President and CEO, Frederick Kempe: “We have seen reports that the Russian Prosecutor General added the Atlantic Council to its list of ‘undesirable organizations,’ which would mean that our […]

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Jul 24, 2019

Atlantic Council Announces Strategic Partnership With GLOBSEC

WASHINGTON DC—The Atlantic Council and GLOBSEC announced today a strategic partnership to reiterate the US commitment to a Europe whole and free with Central Europe an integral part of it and to develop an agenda for US-Central European ties for the future. “During times in which our democratic societies are facing unprecedented challenges, we cannot […]

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Jul 18, 2019

Atlantic Council Announces Trey Herr as Director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative

The Atlantic Council today announced Trey Herr as Director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative in its Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. Dr. Herr will be central to further strengthening the Initiative’s continued work on cyberspace as a tool of statecraft in an era of expanding great-power competition where geopolitics and cybersecurity increasingly overlap.

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Jul 11, 2019

Atlantic Council Names Adnan Amin as Distinguished Fellow with the Global Energy Center

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council today announced that Adnan Amin, Director-General Emeritus of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), has joined the Council as a Distinguished Fellow with the Global Energy Center.  “We’re honored to have Adnan join the Global Energy Center team,” said Randy Bell, Director of the Global Energy Center. “His remarkable […]

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Jul 1, 2019

Georgetown’s Nooruddin to direct Atlantic Council South Asia Center

WASHINGTON DC—The Atlantic Council this week named Irfan Nooruddin, Georgetown University professor and director of the school’s India Initiative, as the new head of its South Asia Center. “In Irfan, we are adding to our leadership team a proven institution-builder and an impressive, widely published intellect to the Council,” said Frederick Kempe, Atlantic Council President […]

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Jun 1, 2019

360/OS Summit to Explore Open Source, Digital Forensics, and Disinformation

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Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) will host its 360/OS Summit on June 20-21, 2019 in London, England.

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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 […]