Featured Publications
New Transatlantic Compact for NATO
Forging a Strategic U.S.-EU Partnership
Resetting the Transatlantic Economic Council
Council Highlights
Frederick Kempe at Davos
Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe spoke with the BBC's Nik Gowing about his experience at Davos this year, touching on the future of American power and divergent views of capitalism after the crisis.
Hagel, Scowcroft Appointed to Department of Energy Nuclear Commission
Atlantic Council Chairman Senator Chuck Hagel and International Advisory Board Chairman Brent Scowcroft were appointed by Energy Secretary Steven Chu to a new Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future.
The Future of Iran
Jonathan Paris, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center and adjunct fellow at the London-based Legatum Institute, co-authored an editorial in the Wall Street Journal with Nazenin Ansari entitled "The Future of Iran."
FEATURED ISSUE
NATO Steps up to the Plate
Afghanistan has eroded support for NATO in Washington. An alliance that has long enjoyed strong bipartisan support is now facing bipartisan skepticism.
A Senate hearing this fall made clear that many on Capitol Hill are asking what the value of the alliance is in the future if it cannot succeed in Afghanistan today.
International Advisory Board
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The International Advisory Board (IAB) is a uniquely influential group of global business and policy leaders who provide perspectives to the Atlantic Council’s president and board. A further goal from its first annual meeting in 2007 has been to bring the group’s wisdom to Washington and to provide its members with access to leading U.S. thinkers and policy makers.
The IAB is composed entirely of chairmen and chief executives of significant global companies and accomplished former policy makers of cabinet rank or above. Members serve three-year renewable terms. The group meets annually, usually in conjunction with the Atlantic Council’s Annual Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C.
Members have a demonstrated track record of support for the Euro-Atlantic relationship. Its makeup also reflects the rapidly changing nature of the transatlantic agenda as captured in the Council’s mission statement: “Renewing the Atlantic Community for 21st Century global challenges.”
The group or individual members may suggest specific directions or programs that serve that mission. The Atlantic Council also serves as a home for IAB members who wish to organize meetings in D.C., New York or elsewhere -- or turn to its staff or network for insights.
Leadership:
 | Brent Scowcroft, Chairman National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush President and Founder, Scowcroft Group |
 | Chairman, Atlantic Council of the United States |
 | President and CEO, Atlantic Council of the United States |
Members:
Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG
Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Jose Maria Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain; President, Foundation for Social Analysis and Study
Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter; Counselor and Trustee, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Victor L.L. Chu, Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group
Richard Edelman, President and CEO, Edelman
Thomas Enders, President and CEO, Airbus S.A.S.
Orit Gadiesh, Chairman of the Board, Bain & Company Inc.
Ashraf Ghani, former Finance Minister of Afghanistan; Chairman, The Institute for State Effectiveness
James Goodnight, CEO, SAS
Fred Goodwin, former Group Chief Executive, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Aleksander Kwasniewski, former President of Poland
Jean Lemierre, President, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Senior Advisor to the Chairman, BNP Paribas Group
Alexei A. Mordashov, General Director, Severstal
Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO, News Corporation
Gordon Nixon, President and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada
Richard L. Olver, Chairman, BAE Systems
Dinu Patriciu, Chairman, DP Holding SA
Lord Robertson, former Secretary General of NATO; Deputy Chairman, TNK-BP; Senior International Advisor, Cable & Wireless International
Güler Sabanci, Chairman and Managing Director, Haci Ömer Sabanci Holding A.S.
Marjorie Scardino, Chief Executive, Pearson PLC
Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group
Martin Sorrell, Group Chief Executive, WPP Group PLC
Robert J. Stevens, Chairman, President and CEO, Lockheed Martin
Sergey A. Taruta, Chairman of the Board, Industrial Union of Donbass
Gunter Thielen, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Bertelsmann AG
Ruben Vardanian, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO , Troika Dialog
Daniel Vasella, Chairman and CEO , Novartis International AG
Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman, Investor AB
FEATURED EVENT
Online Security Jam: Security and Defense Agenda
From February 4 through 9, Security and Defense Agenda will host its 2010 Security Jam in partnership with the Atlantic Council.
Pakistan: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism
Ikram Sehgal, Chairman of Pathfinder G4S (Pakistan’s largest private security firm), will join the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council on Thursday, February 11, for a discussion on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism in Pakistan.
2010 Awards Dinner: Clinton, Ackermann, Abrial, Mattis
FEATURED INTERVIEW
General Stéphane Abrial on Allied Command Transformation
Sarwar Kashmeri, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's International Security Program, interviewed General Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, for the New Atlanticist Podcast Series.
