¶ Atlantic Council
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The Atlantic Council is an American non-governmental organization and “think tank” based in Washington, D.C. According to its website, the Council “galvanizes US leadership and engagement in the world, in partnership with allies and partners, to shape solutions to global challenges.”[1]
¶ History
The Atlantic Council was formed in 1961.[2]
In 2010, the Atlantic Council awarded Klaus Schwab its Global Citizen Award.[3]
The Atlantic Council founded the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) in 2016 “to operationalize the study of disinformation by exposing falsehoods and fake news, documenting human rights abuses, and building digital resilience worldwide.”[4]
In 2017, Burisma Holdings announced a partnership with the Atlantic Council to promote “anti-corruption measures” in Ukraine.[5]
On May 17, 2018, Facebook announced it had partnered with the Atlantic Council “to strengthen our election integrity efforts around the world.”[6] An accompanying press release stated that Facebook would ”use the Atlantic Council’s Digital Research Unit Monitoring Missions during elections and other highly sensitive moments,” allowing Facebook “to focus on a particular geographic area — monitoring for misinformation and foreign interference and also working to help educate citizens as well as civil society.”[7]
In response, Elliot Gabriel of MintPress News wrote, “with its leadership comprised of retired military officers, former policymakers, and top figures from the U.S. National Security State and Western business elites, the Atlantic Council’s role policing the social network should be viewed as a virtual takeover of Facebook by the imperialist state and the council’s extensive list of ultra-wealthy and corporate donors.”[8]
¶ Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick Kempe | President and Chief Executive Officer[9] | Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Wall Street Journal Europe, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy (GCNP) |
| Gretchen Ehle | Chief Finance and Revenue Officer[10] | Meridian International Center, USAID Bureau for Global Health, George Mason University, Rotary Club of Dupont Circle, Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation, Junior League of Northern Virgina |
| Julie Varghese | Chief Operating Officer[11] | NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, Whitney Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Jenna Ben-Yehuda | Executive Vice President[12] | Truman National Security Project, Truman Center for National Policy, Women's Foreign Policy Network, United States Department of State |
| Dennis Blair | Board member (former)[13] | No Labels, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), United States Navy, Securing America's Future Energy, Freedom House, National Bureau of Asian Research |
| Robert Gates | Honorary Director[14] | COVID Collaborative, United States Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States National Security Council (NSC), Texas A&M University, Iraq Study Group, Boy Scouts of America |
| Robert S. Gelbard | Board member[15] | Alethea Group, Foreign Policy for America, L-1 Identity Solutions, Novetta |
| Michael Hayden | Board member[14:1] | Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Chertoff Group, Langley Intelligence Group Network (LIGNET), National Security Agency (NSA), Third Option Foundation |
| Robert Hormats | Board member[14:2] | Kissinger Associates, Global Business Network (GBN), Goldman Sachs, United States Department of State, Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), Trilateral Commission, United States National Security Council (NSC) |
| Walter Slocombe | Board member[14:3] | Coalition for a Democratic Majority (CDM), Defense Science Board (DSB), Defense Policy Board (DPB) |
| Anne Bader | Vice President for Development (former)[16] | Trinity Washington University, Business Executives for National Security, Potomac Foundation, Moscow School of Political Studies, Fund For Peace (FFP), Advanced Research and Assessment Group (ARAG), College of Information and Cyberspace, Institute for Statecraft, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, International Cybersecurity Dialogue, Bader Resources |
| Graham Brookie | Vice President for Technology Programs and Strategy[17] | Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), Partnership for Countering Influence Operations, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Democracy + Tech Initiative, United States National Security Council (NSC) |
| James Clapper | International Advisory Board member[18] | Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Third Option Foundation, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Center for a New American Security (CNAS), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGIA), Intelligence and National Security Foundation (INSF) |
| Alec Evans | Young Global Professional[19] | Cohen Group, Institute for Global Affairs (IGA), Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), Borgen Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars |
| Katherine Maher | Senior Non-Resident Fellow[20] | Wikimedia Foundation, National Public Radio (NPR), Forum of Young Global Leaders, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), World Bank, Foreign Affairs Policy Board |
| Jamie Metzl | Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security[21] | ORIG3N, United States National Security Council (NSC), United States Department of State, United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United Nations in Cambodia |
| Carlos Pascual | Fellow[22] | Freedom House, Brookings Institution, United States Department of State, United States National Security Council (NSC), United States Agency for International Development (USAID) |
| Michael Pillsbury | Fellow[23] | Global Business Network (GBN), Office of Net Assessment (ONA), International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Congressional Task Force on Afghanistan, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) |
| Karen Schaefer | Senior Advisor[24] | Third Option Foundation, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States National Security Council (NSC), National Security Branch (NSB), Biden-Harris Transition Team, MicroStrategy |
| James C. Smith | International Advisory Board member[25] | World Economic Forum (WEF), Thomson Reuters, Pfizer, BritishAmerican Business |
| Lawrence Summers | International Advisory Board member[18:1] | United States Department of the Treasury, Harvard University, World Bank, Bilderberg Group, Global Leaders for Tomorrow, Trilateral Commission |
¶ Programs and subsidiaries
The Atlantic Council runs a number of notable programs and subsidiary organizations, including:
- Atlantic Council Eurasia Center
- Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)
- GeoEconomics Center
- Middle East Strategy Task Force
- Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
¶ Corporate Council
The Atlantic Council engages the private sector through its Corporate Council, entering into partnerships, networking opportunities, sponsoring events, and a corporate membership program.[26]
¶ Funding
The Atlantic Council has received notable funding from:[27][26:1][28][29]
Organizations
- 21st Century Fox
- 3M
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
- Accenture
- Accenture Federal Services
- AECOM
- African Rainbow Minerals (ARM)
- Agri Trading
- Airbus
- Airlines for America (A4A)
- AM General
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
- ANA Holdings
- APQ Global
- Arlington Technology Partners
- Army Future Studies Group (AFSG)
- Asian Institute for Policy Studies
- AT&T
- Atlas Air
- Avascent
- BAE Systems
- Baker Donelson
- Baker McKenzie
- Bank of America
- Bank of America Charitable Foundation
- Bank Pekao
- Beazley
- BlackRock
- Blackstone
- Blackstone Charitable Foundation
- Blue Star Strategies
- Boeing
- BP
- Bridgewater Associates
- British Embassy Washington
- BSR Investments
- Burisma Holdings[5:1]
- Çalık Holding
- CenturyLink
- Cheniere Energy
- Chevron
- Children's National Hospital
- Chopivsky Family Foundation
- Chubb
- Cigna
- Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES)
- Clifford Chance
- ConocoPhillips
- Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)
- Crescent Petroleum
- Daschle Group
- DCI Group
- Delegation of the European Union to the United States
- Dell
- Dentons
- DLA Piper
- DRS Technologies
- DT Institute
- Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- DXC Technology
- East Asia Foundation
- Edelman
- Elbit Systems of America
- Elm Park Minerals
- Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
- Embassy of Lithuania to the United States of America
- Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States of America
- Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Washington, D.C.
- Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, D.C.
- Emitel
- ENGIE North America
- Eni
- EPAM Systems
- Equinor
- EuroChem Group
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
- Excelerate Energy
- Exelon
- Ernst & Young (EY)
- ExxonMobil
- Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
- Federal Foreign Office
- FedEx
- Fincantieri
- First Eastern Holdings
- Florida International University (FIU)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
- Forescout Strategies
- French Ministry of Armed Forces
- FTI Consulting
- Fulcrum BioEnergy
- Garden City Company
- Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute (GLVI)
- General Atomics
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
- General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)
- General Dynamics
- General Electric (GE)
- Gilead Sciences
- Global Affairs Canada
- Goldman Sachs
- Government of the United Kingdom
- GS EPS
- Guidehouse
- HackerOne
- Hanesbrands
- Hensoldt
- HNA Group
- Hogan Lovells
- Holtec International
- Howard Baker Forum
- HSBC
- Hulu
- Hunt Consolidated
- Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
- İhlas Holding
- Improbable
- Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)
- Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)
- Instituto de Empresa
- Invenergy
- Invesco
- Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
- Joe Gibbs Racing
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- JPMorgan Chase
- JPMorgan Chase Foundation
- Kibar Holding
- KNDS
- Konrad Adenauer Foundation
- Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI)
- Korea Foundation
- Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT)
- KPMG
- Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW)
- Krull
- Laurel Strategies
- Lennar International
- LexisNexis
- Lightbridge
- Limak Investments
- Lockheed Martin
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lowe's
- Majid Al Futtaim
- Mannheim
- Marine Corps University
- Maroc Télématique
- MBDA
- McCormick Foundation
- McLarty Associates
- McKinsey & Company
- MetLife
- Microsoft
- Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA)
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
- Ministry of Defence of Finland
- Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania
- Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
- Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania
- Mission Gate
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- MITRE Corporation
- MNG Group of Companies
- MNG Ventures
- Morningstar Family Foundation
- Mubadala Investment Company
- Nadav Foundation
- National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
- NATO Defense College Foundation
- NATO Public Diplomacy Division
- NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- Navigant Consulting
- NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
- Neste
- North American Chilean Chamber of Commerce
- Northrop Grumman
- Occidental Petroleum (OXY)
- Open Society Foundations
- Palantir Technologies
- PayPal
- Penguin Random House
- Persianate Global Network
- Petrofac
- Pioneer Natural Resources
- PKO Bank Polski
- Ploughshares Fund
- PMI Impact
- Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń (PZU)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
- Procter & Gamble (P&G)
- Rapid7
- Rassini
- Raytheon
- RBC Capital Markets
- Renaissance Strategic Advisors
- Repsol
- Richard Attias & Associates (RA&A)
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Royal DSM
- Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence
- Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- S&P Global
- Saab
- Safran
- Sage UK
- Salesforce
- Samuel Freedman Charitable Trust
- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
- Scowcroft Group
- Sempra
- Serendipity Foundation
- Shell
- Sherpa Prep
- SICPA
- Siemens
- Siemens Energy
- SK Group
- Smith Richardson Foundation
- SoftBank Group
- Southern California Edison (SCE)
- Squire Patton Boggs
- Standard Chartered Bank
- StrategEast
- Strategic Education International (SEI)
- Strong Atomics
- Symantec
- Syngenta
- System Capital Management (SCM)
- Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
- Tefken Construction
- Tellurian
- Texas A&M University
- Textron
- Thales Group
- Thomson Reuters
- TotalEnergies
- Transgraz
- Truman Center for National Policy
- Tüpraş
- Turkish Airlines
- Uniper
- United Parcel Service (UPS)
- United Service Organizations (USO)
- United States Chamber of Commerce
- United States Department of Energy (DOE)
- United States Department of State (DOS)
- United States Marine Corps
- United States Mission to NATO
- United Technologies (UTC)
- University of Texas at Austin
- US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF)
- Velocys
- Venture Global LNG
- Viacom
- Victor Pinchuk Foundation[30]
- Washington Redskins
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Zagorii Family Office
- Zinc Network
- Zurich Insurance Group
Individuals
- Robert J. Abernethy
- Odeh Aburdene
- Muddassar Ahmed
- David Aufhauser
- Colleen Bell
- Ganesh Betanbhalta
- Rafic Bizri
- Dennis Blair
- Esther Brimmer
- Nancy Brinker
- Christina Lee Brown
- Byron Callan
- James Cartwright
- Chris Casciato
- Victor L.L. Chu
- Joshua Danial
- Marjan Ehsassi
- Stuart E. Eizenstat
- Mohamed El Beih
- Jennifer Fearon
- Fred Festa
- Alan Fleischmann
- April Foley
- Jendayi Frazer
- Anthony L. Gardner
- Robert S. Gelbard
- Tom Glocer
- Sherri Goodman
- Rob Granieri
- C. Boyden Gray
- Chris Griner
- Gokhan Gundogdu
- Stephen Hadley
- Vivien Haig
- Amir Handjani
- Robert Harteveldt
- Michael Hayden
- Morgan Hitzig
- Amos Hochstein
- Mary L. Howell
- Ian Ihnatowycz
- Deborah Lee James
- James L. Jones
- Elizabeth Kabler
- Todd Kantor
- Andre Kelleners
- Nicole Kelleners
- Frederick Kempe
- Henry Kissinger
- Roger Krakoff
- Franklin D. Kramer
- Geraldine Kuntadter
- Carrie Lee
- Elizabeth Lodal
- Jan M. Lodal
- Douglas Lute
- John D. Macomber
- Wendy Makins
- Mian Muhammad Mansha
- William Marron
- Lauren Mason
- Dave McCormick
- John M. McHugh
- H. R. McMaster
- Pamela Meyer
- Judith A. Miller
- Dariusz Mioduski
- Richard Morningstar
- Virginia Mulberger
- Tom Nides
- Franco Nuschese
- Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg
- David Petraeus
- Dina Powell
- Charles O. Rossotti
- Roy Salamé
- Brent Scowcroft
- Theodore Sedgwick
- Alan Solomont
- Hassan Soltani
- Thomas F. Stephenson
- Bill Stetson
- Robert J. Stevens
- Dafna Tapiero
- James C. Temerty
- David Thorne
- Clyde Tuggle
- Charles F. Wald
- Ronald Weiser
- Olin Wethington
- Neal Wolin
- Jenny Wood
- Guang Yang
- Deborah Zakheim
- Dov Zakheim
¶ Partners
Partners of the Atlantic Council include:
Global Urban Development (GUD) collaborated with the Atlantic Council on its Urban World 2030 initiative.[32]
¶ Activities
The Atlantic Council has provided notable funding to the Urban Institute[33] and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.[34]
¶ External links
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