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Ian Brzezinski Senate Testimony on NATO: Chicago and Beyond
Ian Brzezinski, Atlantic Council senior fellow with the International Security Program, testified before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the upcoming NATO Summit in Chica
David Koranyi Pens Op-Ed in Hurriyet Daily News
David Koranyi, deputy director of the Council's Patriciu Eurasia Center, published a commentary piece in the Hurriyet Daily News entitled "Nabucco and the embattled Hungarian Prime Minister."
MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' Features Fred Kempe and Awards Dinner
Atlantic Council President and CEO Fred Kempe appeared on msnbc's Morning Joe to discuss the recent French and Greek elections and their wider impact on Europe. The Atlantic Council's 2012 Awards Dinner was also featured in a segment on Prince Harry and his charity dedicated to helping wounded warriors.
Gerard Prunier Writes New York Times Op-Ed on Sudan and South Sudan
In “In Sudan, Give War a Chance,” an op-ed published in Saturday’s New York Times, Gérard Prunier, a senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, discusses the likelihood of war between South Sudan and Sudan as well as the growing conflict within Sudan between the Arab Islamist center and its black Muslim periphery.
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Chairman, International Advisory Board:
Brent Scowcroft
Vice Chairs:
*Robert J. Abernethy
*Richard Edelman
*C. Boyden Gray
*Brian C. McK. Henderson
*Richard L. Lawson
*Virginia A. Mulberger
*W. DeVier Pierson
Treasurers:
*Ronald M. Freeman
*John D. Macomber
Secretary:
*Walter B. Slocombe
Directors:
Odeh Aburdene
Timothy D. Adams
Carol C. Adelman
Herbert M. Allison, Jr.
Michael A. Almond
*Michael Ansari
Richard L. Armitage
Adrienne Arsht
*David D. Aufhauser
Ziad Baba
Ralph Bahna
Lisa B. Barry
*Thomas L. Blair
Julia Chang Bloch
Dan W. Burns
R. Nicholas Burns
*Richard R. Burt
Michael Calvey
James Cartwright
Daniel W. Christman
Wesley K. Clark
John Craddock
David Craig
Tom Craren
*Ralph D. Crosby, Jr.
Thomas M. Culligan
Gregory R. Dahlberg
Brian D. Dailey
*Paula Dobriansky
Markus Dohle
Lacey Neuhaus Dorn
Conrado Dornier
Patrick J. Durkin
Eric S. Edelman
Thomas J. Edelman
Thomas J. Egan, Jr.
Stuart E. Eizenstat
Dan-Åke Enstedt
Julie Finley
Lawrence P. Fisher, II
Barbara Hackman Franklin
*Chas W. Freeman
Jacques S. Gansler
*Robert Gelbard
Richard L. Gelfond
*Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr.
*Sherri W. Goodman
John A. Gordon
*Stephen J. Hadley
Mikael Hagström
Ian Hague
Rita E. Hauser
Annette Heuser
Marten H.A. van Heuven
*Mary L. Howell
Benjamin Huberman
Linda Hudson
*Robert E. Hunter
Robert L. Hutchings
Wolfgang Ischinger
Robert Jeffrey
*James L. Jones, Jr.
George A. Joulwan
Stephen R. Kappes
Francis J. Kelly
L. Kevin Kelly
Zalmay Khalilzad
Robert M. Kimmitt
*Roger Kirk
Henry A. Kissinger
Franklin D. Kramer
Philip Lader
David Levy
Henrik Liljegren
*Jan M. Lodal
George Lund
Izzat Majeed
Wendy W. Makins
William E. Mayer
Barry R. McCaffrey
Eric D.K. Melby
Rich Merski
Franklin C. Miller
*Judith A. Miller
Alexander V. Mirtchev
Obie Moore
*George E. Moose
Georgette Mosbacher
Bruce Mosler
Sean O’Keefe
Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg
Philip A. Odeen
Ahmet Oren
Ana Palacio
Torkel L. Patterson
*Thomas R. Pickering
*Andrew Prozes
Arnold L. Punaro
Kirk A. Radke
Joseph W. Ralston
Teresa M. Ressel
Jeffrey A. Rosen
Charles O. Rossotti
Stanley Roth
Michael L. Ryan
Harry Sachinis
Marjorie M. Scardino
William O. Schmieder
John P. Schmitz
Jill A. Schuker
Kiron K. Skinner
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Alan Spence
John M. Spratt, Jr.
Richard J.A. Steele
Jim Steinberg
Philip Stephenson
*Paula Stern
John Studzinski
William H. Taft, IV
John S. Tanner
Peter J. Tanous
Ellen Tauscher
Paul Twomey
Henry G. Ulrich, III
Enzo Viscusi
Charles F. Wald
Jay Walker
Michael Walsh
Mark R. Warner
J. Robinson West
John C. Whitehead
David A. Wilson
Maciej Witucki
R. James Woolsey
Dov S. Zakheim
Anthony C. Zinni
Honorary Directors
David C. Acheson
Madeleine K. Albright
James A. Baker, III
Harold Brown
Frank C. Carlucci, III
William J. Perry
Colin L. Powell
Condoleezza Rice
Edward L. Rowny
James R. Schlesinger
George P. Shultz
John Warner
William H. Webster
Lifetime Directors:
Lucy Wilson Benson
Daniel J. Callahan, III
Kenneth W. Dam
Stanley Ebner
Carlton W. Fulford, Jr.
Geraldine S. Kunstadter
James P. McCarthy
Jack N. Merritt
Steven Muller
William Y. Smith
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Ronald P. Verdicchio
Carl E. Vuono
Togo D. West, Jr.
*Members of the Executive Committee
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FEATURED EVENTS
Atlantic Council/Foreign Policy Survey: The Future of NATO

Does the 63-year-old Alliance still matter today? In advance of the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago, The Atlantic Council and Foreign Policy asked politicians, scholars, and other observers from both sides of the Atlantic to weigh in.
'Anchoring the Alliance' Report Launch

On May 14, the Atlantic Council launched ‘Anchoring the Alliance,’ a new report authored by R. Nicholas Burns, former US undersecretary of state, permanent representative to NATO, and current Atlantic Council board director.
Afghanistan in Transition: Power Dynamics

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center held a discussion about "Afghanistan in Transition: Power Dynamics" with Nick Dowling and Mariam Atash Nawabi on May 16.
Lessons from Our Cyber Past: The First Cyber Cops

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative invites you to "Lessons from Our Cyber Past: The First Cyber Cops,” a discussion with Steven R. Chabinsky, Shawn Henry, and Christopher M. Painter on May 16.
2012 Wroclaw Global Forum

From May 31 – June 2, the 2012 Wroclaw Global Forum will bring together important decision-makers and business leaders from the United States and Europe to discuss Central Europe’s role as a critical partner in US efforts to promote political, security and economic ties across the Atlantic.
FEATURED ISSUE
For over fifty years, the Atlantic Council has served as a preeminent, nonpartisan institution devoted to promoting transatlantic cooperation and international security. This May, as the NATO Summit converges on Chicago, the Atlantic Council maintains that the transatlantic alliance remains not only relevant, but vital, to today’s changing world.
FEATURED INTERVIEW
Keeping America Safe: The New Defense Strategy
DOD officials have announced their plan for a proposed $614 billion budget in Fiscal Year 13 - and planned spending reductions of $487 billion over a decade. What is the impact on the New Defense Strategy moving forward? The following is a full transcript of FedCentral's interview on these issues with Atlantic Council Board Directors General James L. Jones, Jr., and General Charles F. Wald, conducted by The Honorable Tom Davis.



















