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 […]


Pakistan

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.


Cybersecurity

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 […]


Iran

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 […]


Germany

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 […]


Cybersecurity


Security & Defense

Press Release

Mar 18, 2015

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation General Paloméros to Anchor the NATO Transformation Seminar on the Key Challenges Leading Up to the NATO Warsaw Summit

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Atlantic Council

The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) General Jean-Paul Paloméros will address this year’s NATO Transformation Seminar (NTS) on March 25, 2015 at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, DC. This will be the first public address of the NATO Secretary General in the United States.


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Press Release

Apr 17, 2013

Tempered Optimism Greets Launch of TTIP Negotiations

By Rachel Weatherly

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Taleen Ananian 202.778.4993, press@acus.org Tempered Optimism Greets Launch of TTIP Negotiations Atlantic Council – Bertelsmann Foundation survey finds most stakeholders believe that a significant transatlantic trade deal will be in place by the end of 2016. WASHINGTON – A survey of 120 stakeholders on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) […]

Press Release

Apr 17, 2013

Amy Hawthorne Joins Atlantic Council as Senior Fellow

By Jason Harmala

The Atlantic Council has appointed Amy Hawthorne, who most recently worked on the US response to the Arab transitions at the US Department of State, as a senior fellow in its Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. “Hawthorne is an authority on political reform in the Middle East, and brings to the Council solid […]

Press Release

Apr 8, 2013

Joint Statement by Ellen Tauscher and Igor Ivanov on Mutual Assured Stability

By Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council and the Russian International Affairs Council today launched a new initiative to help reframe US-Russia relations and get past the Cold War-era nuclear legacy in our relationship, particularly the dominant paradigm of “mutual assured destruction.” The goal is to reconfigure the bilateral relationship towards “mutual assured stability” and refocus arms […]

Russia

Press Release

Apr 4, 2013

Former Secretary of State Clinton, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen Headline 2013 Leadership Awards

By Jason Harmala

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Taleen Ananian press@acus.org, 202.778.4993 En Español Atlantic Council Announces Recipients of its Top Leadership Awards: Former Secretary of State Clinton, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen, Chevron Chairman and CEO Watson, Singers Tony Bennett and Juanes Atlantic Council to launch Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council on May 1 will present […]

Press Release

Apr 4, 2013

Atlantic Council Iran Task Force Calls for Long-Term Strategy with Iran

By Rachel Weatherly

Press Release

Apr 3, 2013

Leaders Call for Modernizing Indus Water Treaty

LAHORE, PAKISTAN – A group of regional leaders including eminent diplomats, scholars, government officials, and environmental advocates called on India and Pakistan broaden and take forward the work of  the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) during the Rights of Rivers Seminar at the PC Hotel Lahore on March 24, 2013.

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Press Release

Feb 26, 2013

Atlantic Council Chairman Chuck Hagel Confirmed as 24th US Secretary of Defense

By Jason Harmala

The Atlantic Council congratulates Chuck Hagel on his confirmation as the 24th US secretary of defense. Secretary Hagel has served as chairman of the Atlantic Council’s Board of Directors since 2009, overseeing a period of significant growth in the organization’s size and influence. Under his chairmanship, the Council expanded to nine programs and centers focused […]

Press Release

Feb 22, 2013

Economist Megan Greene Named Atlantic Council Senior Fellow

By Jason Harmala

WASHINGTON —The Atlantic Council today named internationally-recognized economist Megan Greene as a senior fellow in its Global Business and Economics Program. Greene has a multi-disciplinary background that places her at the nexus between politics, economics, and finance. "Megan is among the next generation of thought leaders on global economics and finance who will bring our […]

Press Release

Feb 21, 2013

Adrienne Arsht Provides $5 Million Gift to Found Latin America Center at the Atlantic Council

By Taleen Ananian

WASHINGTON – Leading American philanthropist and businesswoman Adrienne Arsht has provided a $5 Million founding gift to create the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center at the Atlantic Council. This Center will be dedicated to forging an effective Latin America-US-Europe partnership of common values and shared interests. “In 1996, I moved to Miami to run TotalBank,” […]

Press Release

Jan 31, 2013

Atlantic Council South Asia Center Launches Emerging Leaders of Pakistan Website

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center today launched a new website for its Emerging Leaders of Pakistan program at www.elpak.org, which seeks to support and empower the next generation of Pakistan’s civil society leaders to contribute positively to the growth and development of their country. The new site will allow individuals from Pakistan […]

Pakistan