Press Release
Jun 2, 2016
Seventh Annual Wroclaw Global Forum Opens with Focus on NATO Summit, Security Concerns
WROCLAW – The seventh annual Wroclaw Global Forum opened in Wroclaw, Poland this morning, convening a global group of leaders from government, business, media, and civil society. Hosted by the Atlantic Council, the City of Wroclaw, and the Polish Institute of International Affairs, the Forum began with opening remarks from the three co-hosts: Atlantic Council […]
Press Release
Jun 2, 2016
Atlantic Council South Asia Center Releases White Paper on Megacity Strategy and Security
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Atlantic Council
WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s upcoming visit to the United States, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center announces the release of a white paper entitled Resilient Megacities: Strategy, Security, and Sustainability. Informed by the Atlantic Council’s Megacity Security Conference held in partnership with the US Consulate in Mumbai at the Taj Mahal […]
Press Release
May 10, 2016
US Foreign Policy Leaders Argue Brexit Would Diminish UK, “Dangerously Weaken” Europe
The Atlantic Council today released an open letter, signed by thirteen former Secretaries of State, Secretaries of Defense, and National Security Advisors, making a strong geopolitical case for the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union.
Press Release
May 5, 2016
Premier Syria Expert Frederic C. Hof to Lead Atlantic Council’s Hariri Center
WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council named former State Department Special Adviser for transition in Syria, Frederic C. Hof, as Director of its Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. Hof has been a Senior Fellow for the Hariri Center since November 2012, and will assume his position as Director on May 11, 2016.
Press Release
Apr 19, 2016
Atlantic Council Announces Launch of US-India Trade Initiative
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Atlantic Council
WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council announced today its new trade initiative, aimed at boosting trade relations between the United States and India. The initiative, housed in the Council’s South Asia Center, will build on the momentum of President Obama and Prime Minister Modi’s ambitious goal to increase the trade levels between the two countries […]
Press Release
Apr 8, 2016
Atlantic Council Names Joshua Corman as Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director
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Atlantic Council
WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council announced today that Joshua Corman will lead the Cyber Statecraft Initiative of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security as its new Director. Joshua Corman is a world renowned security researcher and leading cyber security strategist.
Press Release
Mar 18, 2016
Atlantic Council Launches Chairman’s Legacy Society, Planned Giving Program
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Atlantic Council
WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council announced today the launch of its Chairman’s Legacy Society, a planned gift initiative. The Chairman’s Legacy Society provides Atlantic Council donors with a wide array of options of giving to the Atlantic Council on a timeline that best suits their needs.
Cyber 9/12 Project
Mar 14, 2016
Atlantic Council Cyber Statecraft Initiative Concludes Fourth Annual Student Cyber-Policy Competition
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Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council’s fourth annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge was held on March 11-12 at American University’s School of International Service in Washington, DC. Forty teams competed to offer their best national-security policy prescriptions for combating evolving cyber conflict scenarios.
Press Release
Mar 8, 2016
President Obama Nominates Chris Brummer to Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Atlantic Council
WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama announced Thursday his intent to nominate Chris Brummer, C. Boyden Gray Fellow on Global Finance and Growth for the Atlantic Council’s Global Business and Economics Program and Project Director and Founder of the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Finance Initiative, as a Commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Press Release
Feb 19, 2016
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Farkas Joins Atlantic Council as Nonresident Senior Fellow
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Evelyn Farkas
The Atlantic Council today named Evelyn Farkas, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia, as a Nonresident Senior Fellow with appointments in the Future Europe Initiative, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, and Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security.