Why the Atlantic Council?

Driven by our mission of “working together to secure the future,” the Atlantic Council is a nonpartisan organization that galvanizes US leadership and engagement in the world, in partnership with allies and partners, to shape solutions to global challenges.

We generate ideas, foster debates, and leverage innovative approaches to develop practical solutions for today’s most pressing issues.

We build consensus, mobilize durable coalitions, and transform ideas into action. Based in Washington, DC, we operate around the world.

What does that mean? We write papers, host roundtables, produce reports, and analyze the world around us.

We move policy, craft tools to collect evidence and engage with key stakeholders on today’s most pressing issues, in Washington, DC and around the world.

“The Atlantic Council is a special place, and the Atlantic Council does special work that is increasingly important to all of our security.”

LTG H.R. McMaster, USA (Ret.) in his valedictory speech at the Atlantic Council, hosted by the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Transatlantic Security Initiative on April 3, 2018.

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Support our work by donating to the Council today. Your donation can go to support a specific program or project within the Council or be given to the Council as an unrestricted gift. Through the papers we write, the ideas we generate, and the communities we build, the Council shapes policy choices and strategies to create a more secure and prosperous world. Your support will help us to “Shape the Future” in Washington, DC and around the world

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The Atlantic Council’s Corporate Program engages the private sector as a crucial partner. Through substantive partnerships, netvworking opportunities, event sponsorship, and corporate membership, the program provides partners unique opportunities to achieve business and corporate responsibility goals.

Join our Councilors Program as an individual

Members receive special invitations to unique and exclusive programming with Directors, Senior Fellows, and other experts from around the globe. Our members offer valuable perspectives at these gatherings alongside business leaders, representatives of the government, and the private sector, through participation in flagship events, membership convenings, members-only briefings, and targeted communications and publications.

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In the face of great challenges, this annual report underscores how our community is buoyed by the conviction that we have the talent, imagination, and expertise to contribute to a better world.

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The Atlantic Council is grateful to those contributors who supported our work in fiscal year 2019.

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Atlantic Council policies

Intellectual independence policy

The Atlantic Council and its staff, fellows, and directors generate their own ideas and programing, consistent with the Council’s mission, their related body of work, and the independent records of the participating team members. The Council as an organization does not adopt or advocate positions on particular matters. The Council’s publications always represent the views of the author(s) rather than those of the institution.

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Government funding review process

The Atlantic Council enjoys a diversified donor base helping to ensure our credibility and integrity. As we grow, we increasingly are engaging governments which are interested in supporting programming at the Council. To protect our independence and reputation, we have established a process to obtain authorization to negotiate financing with a government or state-controlled entity.

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Donor acceptance and disclosure policy

The Atlantic Council accepts funds from a broad range of sources provided they are for purposes that are in keeping with its mission. These contributions may be payable on an annual basis or over a period of time, or be given as in-kind goods or services. The Atlantic Council is grateful for the contributions it receives, which provides critical support that makes the Council’s work possible.

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Modern day slavery and anti-human trafficking policy

The Atlantic Council is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization whose staff must observe high standards of personal and professional integrity, candor, and honesty in communications and interactions with one another, our directors, our supporters, other organizations, government officials, the media, and the public.

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