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Dec 12, 2011

New Atlantic Council – Bertelsmann Foundation Report Argues for TARP-style Intervention in European Union

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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May 3, 2011

Atlantic Council Launches Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

By Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council today will announce two ambitious new initiatives:  the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East.

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May 3, 2011

Atlantic Council Launches Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

By Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON, DC – At a time of dramatic historic change across the region, the Atlantic Council today will announce the launch of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. Both centers are aimed at more effectively harnessing the transatlantic community to address emerging global challenges.

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May 2, 2011

Available May 10: Frederick Kempe’s new book, BERLIN 1961

By Jason Harmala

Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe’s new book, BERLIN 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth, will be released May 10 by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. A starred review in Publishers Weekly calls it “a gripping, almost day-by-day chronicle of colorful, often clueless leaders and their byzantine maneuvers.”  Among Kempe’s conclusions […]

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Apr 19, 2011

Atlantic Council Launches Cyber Statecraft Initiative and Names Jason Healey as Director

By Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON, DC— The Atlantic Council, in partnership with VeriSign, is launching a new Cyber Statecraft Initiative and has named Jason Healey as the first director leading the Council’s expanding work on international cyber policy issues.  “Jason has a deep understanding of the strategic issues that the United States and its friends, allies, and partners around […]

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Mar 17, 2011

Atlantic Council Names J. Peter Pham to Direct Michael S. Ansari Africa Center

By Jason Harmala

The Atlantic Council today announced that J. Peter Pham had been named as director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, where he will oversee the Council’s expanding work on African political, security and economic issues.  “Peter has a profound understanding both of African realities and their policy implications in Washington and Europe,” said Frederick […]

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Mar 3, 2011

Vice President Joe Biden to Deliver Keynote Address at 2011 Atlantic Council Awards Dinner

The Atlantic Council today announced it will host its Annual Awards Dinner with a keynote address by Vice President Joe Biden and presentation of its annual Distinguished Leadership Awards, the organization’s highest honor to one of the world’s pre-eminent business executives; NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander; and a world-renowned tenor and conductor.  The keynote address and […]

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Feb 28, 2011

McCain and Sikorski to Deliver Second Geremek Lecture on Global Democracy Promotion

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator John McCain and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski will deliver the Atlantic Council’s second annual Geremek Lecture on March 1st. In light of Senator McCain’s recent trip to the Middle East, the lecture will touch on global democracy movements and their connection to and inspiration by the Solidarity Movement, led in […]

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Feb 1, 2011

General James L. Jones Returns to Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council is pleased to announce that former National Security Advisor General James L. Jones has rejoined its Board of Directors, which he chaired from June 2007 until joining the Obama administration on January 20, 2009. Jones will serve on the board’s Executive Committee, and assist in expanding the Council’s work on international security […]

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Jan 10, 2011

Zeynep Dereli Appointed as Director of Atlantic Council’s Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum

The Atlantic Council has appointed Zeynep Dereli as Director of the Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum. In this position, Ms. Dereli will manage and develop the Black Sea Forum, broadening and deepening this Council initiative that made great progress in Bucharest in 2009 and Istanbul in 2010 toward strengthening energy, economic and political dialogue […]

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Oct 18, 2010

Marc Grossman Publishes a new Issue Brief Urging the U.S. to Consider a new ‘Triple Crown’ Strategy for European Security

“While the world is certainly a different, more complicated place than it was in 1999, the Obama administration might also find it useful to design a strategy that creates a coherent approach toward the President’s involvement in the NATO, U.S.-EU, and OSCE summits.” Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Atlantic Council Board […]