About the Millennium Leadership Program

Since its inception, the Atlantic Council’s Millennium Leadership Program (MLP) has focused on building a vibrant community of leaders who transform bold ideas into action. Through its programming, the MLP equips global professionals across diverse industries with the tools to elevate their leadership and expand their impact. Participants gain access to a global network of exceptional peers, engage with world leaders through global study tours, participate in dynamic leadership development experiences, and lead the debate on key issues.

The Millennium Leadership Program is built on three core pillars: leadership, community, and impact. These pillars are woven into every aspect of programming, enabling participants to grow both personally and professionally while contributing to a larger global community. Together, they equip leaders to address today’s challenges and shape a more equitable, prosperous future. Through the MLP, leaders gain tools to enhance their leadership skills, amplify their ability to drive meaningful change, and build strong, supportive networks. The MLP boasts a robust and active alumni network, ensuring participants stay connected and engaged after completing the program.

“The Millennium Fellowship connects the internal to the interpersonal, and ultimately to the international. What binds us together as fellows is a commitment to lead from a place of hope.”

Karim Farishta, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense

(Millennium Fellowship 2023)

Our Programs

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Leadership

Content

Issue Brief

Sep 21, 2017

Using citizen-based observations to plan for climate change

By Sarah Abdelrahim

As a global challenge with profound implications at the local level, climate change provides new opportunities for individual engagement. Communities around the world have their own unique experiences with the effects of climate change, as well as drastically different climate adaptation needs. This gives individuals an unprecedented role to play in sharing information and guiding […]

Issue Brief

Aug 17, 2017

The United States’ climate change relocation plan

By Victoria Hermann

By 2100, at least 414 towns, villages, and cities across the United States will be flooded no matter how much humans decrease carbon emissions.

Climate Change & Climate Action United States and Canada

Video

Jun 23, 2017

How to Help the Environment

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Jun 23, 2017

‘We’re Not Going Back from a Low-Carbon Future’

By Rachel Ansley

Former US officials criticize Trump’s decision to quit Paris climate deal While US President Donald J. Trump predicated his withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord on the protection and restoration of US coal jobs, clean energy technology is not only the most effective, but an essential path toward improving the economy and fighting climate change, […]

New Atlanticist

May 22, 2017

Macron Signifies a New ‘Third Way’ for France and Europe

By Mayecor Sar

The election of Emmanuel Macron as France’s president on May 7 is a welcome boost for “third way” politics, a centrist political philosophy that broadly advocates a combination of right-wing economic and left-wing social policies. For the first time since the 1970s, France has elected a president that does not belong to either of the […]

France

Issue Brief

Feb 3, 2017

Political consensus and the energy transition

By Sam Hampton, Julia De La Cruz, and Henning Huenteler

There has been a global push toward finding a way to reduce the impact of climate change. In an attempt to help achieve this goal, countries have made changes to move toward low-carbon economies. Comparing transitions toward a low-carbon economy in the United Kingdom (UK), United States, Germany, and Denmark show the divergence of approaches […]

Issue Brief

Feb 3, 2017

Political consensus and the energy transition

By Sam Hampton, Julia De La Cruz, and Henning Huenteler

There has been a global push toward finding a way to reduce the impact of climate change. In an attempt to help achieve this goal, countries have made changes to move toward low-carbon economies.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
Abernathy

Uncategorized

Feb 3, 2017

Millennium Leadership Program Advisory Council Bios

Robert J. Abernethy Chairman, American Standard Development Company Vice Chairman, Atlantic Council   Robert J. Abernethy is Chairman of American Standard Development Company and Managing Director of Metropolitan Investments, LLC. Robert received a BA from Johns Hopkins University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, certificates in Real Estate and Construction Management from UCLA and was formerly […]

Abernathy

Uncategorized

Feb 3, 2017

Millennium Leadership Program Advisory Council

Millennium Leadership Program Advisory Council “The Millennium Leadership Program’s work is supported by a high-level Advisory Council that provides guidance on the program’s strategy and development. As leading philanthropists, senior executives, and distinguished international leaders, Advisory Council members bring diverse expertise, connections, and ideas to the mission of empowering a rising generation that will uphold […]

In the News

Nov 22, 2016

Hammond in Amine Newswire: Mexico Oil Boom May Help United States

By Joseph Hammond

Read the full article here.

Mexico