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|revenue_year = 2019|expenses = $32,590,683|expenses_year = 2019|employees = 197|employees_year = 2019www.atlanticcouncil.org/}}}}The Atlantic Council is an American think tank in the field of international affairs, favoring Atlanticism, founded in 1961. It manages sixteen regional centers and functional programs related to international security and global economic prosperity. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a member of the Atlantic Treaty Association.WEB, Atlantic Council,www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0009352/, 2023-05-21, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA,

History

The Atlantic Council was founded with the stated mission to encourage the continuation of cooperation between North America and Europe that began after World War II. In its early years, its work consisted largely of publishing policy papers and polling Europeans and Americans about their attitudes towards transatlantic and international cooperation. In these early years, its primary focus was on economic issues—mainly encouraging free trade between the two continents, and to a lesser extent to the rest of the world—but it also did some work on political and environmental issues.WEB,www.nato.int/acad/fellow/96-98/small.pdf, The Atlantic Council--The Early Years, Small, Melvin, 1 June 1998, NATO, 15 November 2015, Although the Atlantic Council did publish policy papers and monographs, Melvin Small of Wayne State University wrote that, especially in its early years, the Council’s real strength lay in its connections to influential policymakers. The Council early on found a niche as “center for informal get-togethers” of leaders from both sides of the Atlantic, with members working to develop “networks of continuing communication”.The Atlantic Council also works outside Europe and the U.S. It was among the first organizations advocating for an increased Japanese presence in the international community. Its Asian programs have expanded since 2001 as a consequence of the war in Afghanistan leading to the opening of its South Asia Center and Program on Asia. Climate change, and coordinating with India and China on these issues, were also a factor in this development.WEB,www.atlanticcouncil.org/news/transcripts/keating-timothy-6-29-2009-transcript, Admiral Timothy Keating Event Transcript, 29 June 2009, Atlantic Council, 15 November 2015, In February 2009, James L. Jones, then-chairman of the Atlantic Council, stepped down to serve as President Obama’s new National Security Advisor and was succeeded by Senator Chuck Hagel.NEWS,www.politico.com/playbook/0209/playbook583.html, Politico Playbook - Exclusive: Senator Hagel succeeds Gen. Jones at Atlantic Council, Allen, Mike, Politico, 11 February 2009, 15 November 2015, In addition, other Council members also left to serve the administration: Susan Rice as ambassador to the UN, Richard Holbrooke as the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, General Eric K. Shinseki as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Anne-Marie Slaughter as Director of Policy Planning at the State Department. Four years later, Hagel stepped down to serve as US Secretary of Defense. Gen. Brent Scowcroft served as interim chairman of the organization’s Board of Directors until January 2014, when former ambassador to China and governor of Utah Jon Huntsman Jr.NEWS, Howell, Tom, Jon Huntsman tapped as Atlantic Council chairman,www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/15/jon-huntsman-tapped-atlantic-council-chairman/, 16 January 2014, The Washington Times, 16 January 2014, was appointed.In 2017, Tom Bossert, previously a Nonresident Zurich Cyber Risk Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Security Initiative, was appointed Homeland Security Advisor to the Trump administration.WEB,www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/tom-bossert/, Thomas P. Bossert, WEB,www.trinitycyber.com/thomas-p-bossert, Thomas P. Bossert | Trinity Cyber®, www.trinitycyber.com, WEB,www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/tom-bossert-homeland-security-adviser-232977, Trump picks Tom Bossert as homeland security adviser, Eric, Geller, POLITICO, 27 December 2016, The Digital Forensic Research Lab was founded in 2016,The Atlantic Council (website) ‘About-Meet our Team’ Retrieved 17 June 2019. to study disinformation in open source environments and report on democratic processes. Top donors of the project and the think tank, in general, are currently{{when|date=March 2021}} Facebook, after a 2018 sum was donated, and the government of Great Britain.In 2019, the Atlantic Council entered into a partnership with the Hungary Foundation, a group funded by the authoritarian Orbán government in Hungary. A series of strategy discussions was planned which would have included key US and Central Europe officials. In a meeting in Budapest that year, Atlantic Council members criticized Hungarian Foreign Ministry officials for limiting discussion of the state of democracy in Hungary. Following this, the Hungary Foundation canceled the project. In 2020, the Atlantic Council returned a grant from the Hungary Foundation and ended its relationship with the Foundation.NEWS, Vogel, Kenneth P., Novak, Benjamin, 2021-10-04, Hungary’s Leader Fights Criticism in U.S. via Vast Influence Campaign, en-US, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/us/politics/hungary-orban-lobbying.html, 2021-10-04, 0362-4331, In September 2021, the Global China Hub was founded to research three challenges posed by China’s economic growth: China’s growing influence on countries, global institutions, and democratic values; the global ramifications of political and economic change in Xi Jinping’s China; and China’s drive to dominate emerging technologies and the consequences for individual rights and privacy.WEB, Forsey, Amanda, 2022-05-10, Global China Hub,www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/2021-annual-report-global-china-hub/, 2023-06-21, Atlantic Council, en-US, WEB, Global China Hub,www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/global-china-hub/, 2023-06-21, Atlantic Council, en-US, As of June 2023, its senior director is David O. Shullman, who also leads the Atlantic Council’s China-related work.WEB, David O. Shullman,www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/david-o-shullman/, 2023-06-21, Atlantic Council, en-US,

Connections and funding

The Atlantic Council has, since its inception, stated it is a nonpartisan institution, with members “from the moderate internationalist wings of both parties” in the United States. Despite its connections, the Council is by charter independent of the U.S. government and NATO, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.In September 2014, Eric Lipton reported in The New York Times that since 2008, the US organization had received donations from more than twenty-five foreign governments. He wrote that the Atlantic Council was one of a number of think tanks that received substantial overseas funds and conducted activities that “typically align with the foreign governments’ agendas”.NEWS, Eric Lipton, Brooke Williams, Nicholas Confessore, 6 September 2014, Foreign Powers Buy Influence at Think Tanks,www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/us/politics/foreign-powers-buy-influence-at-think-tanks.html, New York Times, 31 January 2015, The Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East was established with a donation from Bahaa Hariri and its founding head was Michele Dunne. After Mohamed Morsi was removed as President of Egypt by the military in 2013, Dunne urged the United States to suspend military aid to Egypt and called Morsi’s removal a “military coup”. Bahaa Hariri complained to the Atlantic Council about Dunne’s actions and four months later Dunne resigned her position.In 2014, The Atlantic Council produced a report promoting the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) — a proposed trade-accommodation agreement between the European Union and the U.S. — with the financial backing of FedEx, who were simultaneously lobbying Congress directly to decrease transatlantic tariffs.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/us/politics/think-tanks-research-and-corporate-lobbying.html, How Think Tanks Amplify Corporate America’s Influence, August 8, 2016, New York Times, Erik Lipton, Brooke Williams, In 2015 and 2016, the three largest donors, giving over $1 million USD each, were US millionaire Adrienne Arsht (executive vice chairWEB,www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/board-of-directors, Board of Directors, Atlantic, Council, 26 November 2018, ), Lebanese billionaire Bahaa Hariri (estranged brother of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad HaririNEWS, Rym Momtaz, ANALYSIS: How the US helped to defuse Saudi Arabia’s dangerous gambit with Lebanon,abcnews.go.com/International/analysis-us-showed-crucial-international-role-defusing-saudi/story?id=51549715, December 4, 2017, ABC news, ), and the United Arab Emirates.WEB,www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters, Honor Roll of Contributors 2015, Atlantic Council,www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters," title="web.archive.org/web/20170517122607www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters,">web.archive.org/web/20170517122607www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters, 17 May 2017, 2 May 2019, WEB,www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters, Honor Roll of Contributors 2016, Atlantic Council,www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters," title="web.archive.org/web/20180519083222www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters,">web.archive.org/web/20180519083222www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters, 19 May 2018, 2 May 2019, The Ukrainian oligarch-run Burisma Holdings donated $100,000 per year for three years to the Atlantic Council starting in 2016.WEB,www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-companys-campaign-to-burnish-its-image-stretched-beyond-hunter-biden-11573154199?emailToken=d39e22b7aee6cacc72e0611d3d20d28eQS+E7x8zbtVKIZZVdt2HeY8NQO2pphpBEE4NvpVR41d0RWnC3AgX/7x7B4NIRcZS2N8f1t1dV4q/LUzdCYPKaK612oKXc7djToVrGys0o2rgvHNXZXMDuCWN/Mqvpei3+xG09x1FnLoTgdblBegpuQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share, Ukraine Company’s Campaign to Burnish Its Image Stretched Beyond Hunter Biden, Grove, Thomas, Cullison, Alan, 7 Nov 2019, www.WSJ.com, 2 Dec 2019, The full list of financial sponsors includes many military, financial, and corporate concerns.WEB,www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters, Honor Roll of Contributors 2017, Atlantic Council, 2 May 2019, The leading donors in 2018 were Facebook and the British government.Menn, Joseph (7 August 2018). “U.S. think tank’s tiny lab helps Facebook battle fake social media.” Reuters website Retrieved 17 June 2019. According to the Council, of its 2019 revenue, 14% (approximately $5.5 million) came from government donors excluding the US government.WEB, 2020-10-13, Atlantic Council statement on State Department call for think tank funding transparency,www.atlanticcouncil.org/news/press-releases/atlantic-council-statement-on-state-department-call-for-think-tank-funding-transparency/, 2021-08-29, Atlantic Council, en-US, In 2021, the founding donor was Adrienne Arsht, and donors giving more than $1 million were the American Securities Foundation, Bahaa Hariri, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.WEB, 2022-05-10, 2021 Honor roll of contributors,www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/2021-annual-report-honor-roll-of-contributors/, 2022-05-19, Atlantic Council, en-US,

Events

The Atlantic Council creates a meeting place for heads of state, military leaders, and international leaders from both sides of the Atlantic. In 2009, the Council hosted former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s first major U.S. speech, in which he discussed issues such as NATO’s mission in the War in Afghanistan, NATO cooperation with Russia, and the broader transatlantic relationship.NATO Secretary General Rasmussen: First Major U.S. Speech {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928220456www.acus.org/event/nato-secretary-general-rasmussen-first-major-us-speech |date=September 28, 2009 }}, Atlantic Council, 28 September 2009WEB, NATO, Afghanistan and NATO: The Way Forward - Speech by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the Atlantic Council, US,www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_57722.htm, 2021-08-29, NATO, en, Members of the U.S. Congress have also appeared, including Senator Richard Lugar and Secretary of State John Kerry.Senator Richard Lugar: Congressional Perspective on the Future of NATO {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928220511www.acus.org/event/senator-richard-lugar-congressional-perspective-future-nato |date=September 28, 2009 }}, Atlantic Council, 28 September 2009NEWS, 2009-03-02, To stem terror in Pakistan, US looks beyond military, Christian Science Monitor,www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2009/0302/p02s01-usfp.html, 2021-08-29, 0882-7729, Kerry and Hagel Unveil Atlantic Council’s Pakistan Report {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718101121www.acus.org/event_blog/john-kerry-and-chuck-hagel-unveil-atlantic-councils-pakistan-report |date=July 18, 2009 }}, Atlantic Council, 25 February 2009 The Council hosts events with sitting heads of state and government, including former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili,Council Hosts Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215060151www.acus.org/event_blog/council-hosts-georgian-president-mikhail-saakashvili |date=February 15, 2009 }}, Atlantic Council, 24 September 2008WEB, NATO, Opening remarks by President Saakashvili of Georgia at the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Batumi,www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_80777.htm, 2021-08-29, NATO, en, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk,WEB,www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/webcasts/the-future-of-ukraine-leadership-under-siege, Webcast: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, 12 March 2014, Atlantic Council, 2 May 2019, WEB, Atlantic Council: What’s next for Ukraine? A conversation with Arseniy Yatsenyuk {{!, KyivPost - Ukraine’s Global Voice|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/video/atlantic-council-whats-next-for-ukraine-a-conversation-with-arseniy-yatsenyuk|access-date=2021-08-29|website=KyivPost}} and former Latvian President Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga.Young Atlanticist Discussion with President Vaira Vike-Freiberga {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718222410www.acus.org/event_blog/young-atlanticist-discussion-he-vaira-vike-freiberga |date=July 18, 2009 }}, Atlantic Council, 3 May 2007WEB, NATO, Speech by the President of Latvia at the Summit meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Istanbul,www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_21194.htm, 2021-08-29, NATO, en, NEWS, VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga, Radek Sikorski And Vaira, 2015-09-28, In Search of New Answers for NATO, en-US, Wall Street Journal,www.wsj.com/articles/in-search-of-new-answers-for-nato-1443464949, 2021-08-29, 0099-9660, Since January 2007, the Council has hosted military leaders from both sides of the Atlantic. The council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security has, held periodic events known as the Commanders Series, where it invites military leaders from the United States and Europe to speak about conflicts of interest to the Atlantic community.Commanders Series {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005194336www.acus.org/tags/commanders-series |date=October 5, 2009 }}, Atlantic Council As part of the Commanders Series, American military leaders such as former General George CaseyGeneral Casey: Complex Operations and Counterinsurgency {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717070847www.acus.org/event/general-casey-complex-operations-and-counterinsurgency |date=July 17, 2009 }}, Atlantic Council, 28 May 2009WEB, Building the Army of the 21st Century {{!, C-SPAN.org|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?286651-1/building-army-21st-century|access-date=2021-08-29|website=www.c-span.org|language=en-us}} and former Admiral Timothy KeatingAdmiral Timothy Keating: Asia-Pacific Security Challenges {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718032230www.acus.org/event/admiral-timothy-keating-asia-pacific-security-challenges |date=July 18, 2009 }}, Atlantic Council, 29 June 2009WEB, Challenges of Asian-Pacific Security {{!, C-SPAN.org|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?287330-1/challenges-asian-pacific-security|access-date=2021-08-29|website=www.c-span.org|language=en-us}} and European leaders like former French Chief of Defense General Jean-Louis GeorgelinGeneral Jean-Louis Georgelin: France in NATO {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717034613www.acus.org/event/general-jean-louis-georgelin-france-nato |date=July 17, 2010 }}, Atlantic Council, 10 September 2009WEB, French general: Military force in Iran not viable,www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32781424, 2021-08-29, NBC News, en, and Dutch Lieutenant General Ton van LoonTon van Loon: Taliban Have Lost the War {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719031927www.acus.org/event_blog/ton-van-loon-taliban-have-lost-war |date=July 19, 2009 }}, Atlantic Council, 5 June 2007WEB, NDC - News- Workshop on ‘The NATO Mission in Afghanistan: Post-2014’,www.ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?icode=405, 2021-08-29, www.ndc.nato.int, have spoken on issues such as the Iraq War, the war in Afghanistan, and security threats in Asia and Africa.Its annual events include the Distinguished Leadership Awards in Washington, DC; the Future Leaders Summit;WEB,www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/young-atlanticist-program/2014-future-leader-summit, 2014 Future Leaders Summit, 1 September 2014,www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/young-atlanticist-program/2014-future-leader-summit," title="web.archive.org/web/20140901165535www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/young-atlanticist-program/2014-future-leader-summit,">web.archive.org/web/20140901165535www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/young-atlanticist-program/2014-future-leader-summit, 26 November 2018, 2014-09-01, WEB, Atlantic Council Survey: The Future of NATO,ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/wps/atlanticco/0032754/index.html, 2021-08-29, ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu, the Wroclaw Global Forum in Wroclaw, Poland;WEB, EED Initiatives describe struggle for democracy at Wroclaw Global Forum,www.democracyendowment.eu/en/news/1328:eed-initiatives-describe-struggle-for-democracy-at-wroclaw-global-forum.html, 2021-08-29, European Endowment for Democracy, en, the Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit in Istanbul, Turkey;WEB, Ross Wilson,elliott.gwu.edu/ross-wilson, 2021-08-29, elliott.gwu.edu, en, 2022-01-27,web.archive.org/web/20220127204802/https://elliott.gwu.edu/ross-wilson, dead, and the Global Citizen Awards in New York City.WEB, Justin Trudeau accepts global citizenship award from Atlantic Council think tank - National {{!, Globalnews.ca|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3757737/justin-trudeau-global-citizenship-award/|access-date=2021-08-29|website=Global News|language=en-US}}WEB, Kempe, Frederick, The Atlantic Council Did Not Give a Global Citizen Award to Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba,foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/30/the-atlantic-council-did-not-give-a-global-citizen-award-to-gabonese-president-ali-bongo-ondimba-africa-gabon-elections-think-tanks/, 2021-08-29, Foreign Policy, en-US, On February 22, 2019, the Atlantic Council released its Declaration of Principles at the Munich Security Conference. Frederick Kempe, President and CEO of the Atlantic Council, said it was “an effort to rally and reinvigorate ‘free peoples’ around the world”.WEB,www.cnbc.com/2019/02/14/fred-kempe-how-the-us-european-alliance-can-become-even-stronger-in-an-era-of-disruption.html, How the US-European alliance can become even stronger in an era of disruption, Kempe, Fred, 14 February 2019, CNBC, 2 May 2019, In August 2023, a senior Atlantic Council delegation led by former Lithuanian president Dalia GrybauskaitÄ— visited Taiwan with support from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office and met with President Tsai Ing-wen.WEB, President Tsai meets Atlantic Council delegation,english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/6583, 2023-08-29, english.president.gov.tw, en, WEB, dhojnacki, 2023-08-23, Dispatches from Taiwan: Expert perspectives from an Atlantic Council visit to Taipei,www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/dispatches-from-taiwan-2023/, 2023-08-29, Atlantic Council, en-US,

Programs and centers

File:Atlantic Council meeting - November 2019.jpg|thumb|A 2019 Atlantic Council NATO panel, including Congressman Ruben GallegoRuben GallegoThe Atlantic Council’s programs and subdivisions include:WEB, Atlantic Council programs,www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/, 2023-01-10, Atlantic Council, en-US,

• Young Atlanticist Network
• Program on Transatlantic Relations
• Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
• GeoEconomics Center
• Freedom and Prosperity Center
• South Asia Center
• Energy and Environment
• Eurasia Center
• Africa Center
• Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and Middle East programs
• Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center
• Adrienne Arsht Center for Resilience
• Digital Forensic Research Lab

Leadership

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• John F.W. Rogers, Chairman
• David McCormick, Chairman, International Advisory Board
• Frederick Kempe, President and CEO
• James L. Jones, Jr., Executive Chairman Emeritus
• Jenna Ben-Yehuda, Executive Vice President
• Adrienne Arsht, Executive Vice Chair
• Stephen J. Hadley, Executive Vice Chair
• Robert J. Abernethy, Vice Chair (Executive Committee)
• Richard Edelman, Vice Chair (Executive Committee)
• C. Boyden Gray, Vice Chair (Executive Committee)
• Alexander Mirtchev, Vice Chair (Executive Committee)
• John Studzinski, Vice Chair (Executive Committee)
• Jason Healey, Director, Cyber Statecraft InitiativeWEB,www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/experts/list/jason-healey, Healey, Jason, Atlanticcouncil.org, 2014-04-22,
• Peter Schechter, Director, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center
• Rama Yade, Director, Africa Center
• John E. Herbst, Director, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
• David Koranyi, Director, Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
• Mathew Burrows, Director, Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative

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Notable directors

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• Stéphane Abrial
• Peter Ackerman (Executive Committee member)
• Timothy D. Adams
• Barbara Barrett
• Colleen Bell
• Stephen Biegun
• Philip M. Breedlove
• Esther Brimmer (Executive Committee member)
• R. Nicholas Burns
• Richard R. Burt (Executive Committee member)
• Teresa Carlson
• James E. Cartwright
• Michael Chertoff
• Wesley K. Clark
• Ralph D. Crosby Jr.
• Paula J. Dobriansky (Executive Committee member)
• Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.
• Stuart E. Eizenstat
• Mark T. Esper
• Jendayi E. Frazer
• Sherri W. Goodman (Executive Committee member)
• Michael V. Hayden
• Tim Holt
• Wolfgang Ischinger
• Deborah Lee James
• Henry A. Kissinger KCMG
• Douglas Lute
• Jane Holl Lute
• William J. Lynn
• Mark Machin
• John M. McHugh
• Judith A. Miller (Executive Committee member)
• Dariusz Mioduski
• Michael Morell
• Richard L. Morningstar
• Georgette Mosbacher
• Dambisa F. Moyo
• Thomas R. Nides
• Joseph S. Nye
• Ana Palacio
• David H. Petraeus
• Daniel B. Poneman
• Thomas J. Ridge
• Lawrence Di Rita
• Charles O. Rossotti
• Curtis Michael Scaparrotti
• Rajiv Shah
• Ali Jehangir Siddiqui
• Walter Slocombe
• Clifford Sobel
• James Stavridis
• Michael S. Steele
• Frances M. Townsend (Executive Committee member)
• Melanne Verveer
• Charles F. Wald
• Michael F. Walsh
• Ronald Weiser
• Neal S. Wolin
• Jenny Wood (Executive Committee member)
• Mary C. Yates
• Dov S. Zakheim
• Irfan NooruddinWEB, Irfan Nooruddin,www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/irfan-nooruddin/, 2022-02-10, Atlantic Council, en-US,

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Honorary directors

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• James A. Baker, III
• Ashton B. Carter
• Robert M. Gates
• James N. Mattis
• Michael G. Mullen
• Leon E. Panetta
• William J. Perry
• Colin L. Powell
• Condoleezza Rice
• William H. Webster

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Lifetime directors

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• Julia Chang Bloch
• Bantz John Craddock
• Brian Dailey
• Kenneth W. Dam
• Chris Dodd
• Julie Finley
• Chas W. Freeman
• Carlton W. Fulford Jr.
• Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr.
• Barbara Hackman Franklin
• Robert Hormats
• George A. Joulwan
• Roger Kirk
• Philip Lader
• Henrik Liljegren
• John D. Macomber
• James P. McCarthy
• George E. Moose
• Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg
• Thomas R. Pickering
• Joseph W. Ralston
• Marjorie Scardino
• William H. Taft IV
• Kiron Skinner
• Paula Stern
• Carl E. Vuono
• J. Robinson West
• R. James Woolsey

Notable senior fellows

• Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky
• Richard Verma
• Edmond Fernandes
• Anoka Abeyrathne
• Adnan Amin
• Katherine Maher

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Reception

In 2016, the Atlantic Council drew criticism from the founder of the Human Rights Foundation for its decision to award a Global Citizen Award to Ali Bongo Ondimba.NEWS, Thor Halvorssen, Alex Gladstein, Foreign Policy, Why Did the Atlantic Council Even Consider Giving African Dictator Ali Bongo Ondimba a ‘Global Citizen Award’?,foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/19/independent-think-tank-honors-african-dictator-as-global-citizen-ali-bongo-gabon/amp/, 19 September 2016, 28 December 2018, Bongo declined the award amidst controversy over the 2016 Gabonese presidential election.NEWS, Emma Farge, Reuters,www.reuters.com/article/uk-gabon-election-bongo/disputed-gabon-poll-may-harm-global-citizen-bongo-idUKKCN11X1OR, Disputed Gabon poll may harm ‘global citizen’ Bongo, 27 September 2016, 28 December 2018, NEWS, Frederick Kempe, Foreign Policy,foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/30/the-atlantic-council-did-not-give-a-global-citizen-award-to-gabonese-president-ali-bongo-ondimba-africa-gabon-elections-think-tanks/, The Atlantic Council Did Not Give a Global Citizen Award to Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, 30 September 2016, 28 Dec 2018, In July 2019, Russia said the activities of the Atlantic Council pose a threat to the foundations of its constitutional system and the security of the Russian Federation. Russia added the Atlantic Council to its list of “undesirable” organizations, preventing it from operating within Russia.NEWS, Американский Атлантический совет признан в России нежелательной организацией,www.interfax.ru/russia/670463, 18 December 2020, Interfax.ru, 25 July 2019, ru, Andrei Tsygankov, Pavel Tsygankov, and Haley Gonzalez (2023) noted pro-NATO and anti-Russian bias in Atlantic Council publications.JOURNAL, Andrei Tsygankov, Pavel Tsygankov, Haley Gonzales, 2023, Putin’s “Global Hybrid War”: The Anti-Russian Bias of the Atlantic Council,link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-30940-3_7, Russiagate Revisited, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 133—159, 10.1007/978-3-031-30940-3_7, 978-3-031-30940-3,

Publications

The Atlantic Council produces publications and issue briefs about global policy issues ranging from NATO’s global role to energy security.WEB,www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications, Publications, 9 December 2014, Atlantic Council, The Atlantic Council,

See also

• Special Relationship
• Nato
• Atlanticism
• Neoconservatism

References

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External links

• {{Official websitewww.atlanticcouncil.org/}}
• Board of Directors at Atlantic Council
• Atlantic Council of the United States records, 1950-1986 at the Hoover Institution Archives.

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