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"The times are uniquely challenging. With your engagement and support, the Atlantic Council is equipped to help the United States and its global partners and allies shape a better future."
A year in review
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.
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2023 was the most successful year in the Atlantic Council’s history when measured by our growth, our impact, and our high-quality work across our sixteen programs and centers.
Amid the gravest threat to global order in nearly a century, the Atlantic Council is rising to the historic moment
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Millennium Leadership Program
Global Energy Center
Global China Hub
GeoTech Center
Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center
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Building our community. Amplifying our impact.
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Our work to help inform policymakers and the public as we craft solutions to the world's most difficult challenges has never felt more urgent.
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Hosting star-studded galas
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Delivering solutions at COP28
Launching ACTV
Standing up for Ukraine
Making sense of Turkey's landmark elections
Leading the future of a trustworthy internet
Mobilizing Atlantic Council-wide work on the Israel-Hamas war
Setting the NATO
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Developing ‘The Freedom and Prosperity Equation’
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Rolling out the Climate Leadership Program
Convening IMF-World Bank Week in Marrakesh
Informing data strategies for AI-powered government
Hearing Brett McGurk outline the ‘Biden doctrine’
Decoding China’s tech efforts
Serving as the place where Latin American and Caribbean leaders come to get things done
Shining the global spotlight on Africa’s needs
Setting the agenda for Pakistan
Owning US-EU cooperation
Investigating how extreme heat inflames gender inequalities in health and income
Deterring a two-front war and nuclear attacks in East Asia
Forecasting the future through Global Foresight 2023
Building out the next generation of global technology leaders
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2011 - 2014
The Cyber Statecraft Initiative launches
The Council hosts the Wroclaw Global Forum
The Council holds its first Global Citizen Awards
2010
The Global Business & Economics Program launches
The Michael Ansari Africa Center launches
The Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center launches
The South Asia Center launches
The Council hosts the Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum
Secretary Charles T. Hagel is named chairman of the Board of Directors
2009
Individual/corporate membership is established
2008
The International Advisory Board holds its first annual meeting
The Distinguished Leadership Awards relaunches
General Brent L. Scowcroft is named chairman of the International Advisory Board
General James L. Jones is named chairman of the Board of Directors
Frederick Kempe joins as president and CEO
2007
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2015 - 2018
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The Energy & Environment Program relaunches as the Global Energy Center
The Warsaw Office is established
The Eurasia Center relaunches with the Ukraine in Europe Initiative
Jon M. Huntsman Jr. is named chairman of the Board of Directors
2014
The Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center launches
The Istanbul Office is established
General Brent L. Scowcroft returns as interim chair
2013
The International Security Program relaunches as the Brent Scowcroft Center
The C. Boyden Gray Fellowship for Finance & Growth launches
2012
The Rafik Hariri Center for the Mideast launches
The Strategic Foresight Initiative launches
2011
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2019 - 2023
Evolving through innovation
DFRL launches its flagship 360/OS conference
John F. W. Rogers is named chairman of the Board of Directors
Atlantic Council IN TURKEY launches
2018
GEC hosts its flagship Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi
The Stockholm Office is established
David McCormick is named chairman of the International Advisory Board
General James L. Jones returns as chairman of the Board of Directors
2017
The Adrienne Arsht Center for Resilience launches
The Digital Forensic Research Lab launches
2016
The Transatlantic Program relaunches as the Future Europe Initiative
The Young Atlanticist Program relaunches as the Millennium Leadership Program
The Development Department expands
2015
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2015 - 2018
Evolving through innovation
Stephen Hadley is named chairman of the International Advisory Board
Council-wide coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine sets all-time audience records
The Freedom and Prosperity Center launches
2022
The Council’s Afghanistan coverage sets all-time audience records
The Global China Hub launches
The Council celebrates its sixtieth anniversary
2021
The Global Business & Economics Program relaunches as the GeoEconomics Center
The GeoTech Center launches
The Council moves to fully virtual for all staff and events
AC Front Page launches
2020
The Center for Resilience relaunches as the Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center
The Atlantic Council launches its new website
2019
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2011-2014
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Breaking ground on nuclear energy policy
Forecasting the future through Global Foresight 2023
Building the next generation of global technology leaders
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Shaping the debate on sanctioning China
The Global Business & Economics Program relaunches as the GeoEconomics Center
The Global Energy Center and Resilience Center lead fifty staff from eight centers in unprecedented convenings at COP28
2023
The German, Japanese, and Ukrainian leaders and US treasury secretary headline a star-studded Global Citizen Awards
2023
ACTV launches as part of the Council's digital expansion
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2023/24
Breaking ground on nuclear energy policy
Setting the agenda
for Pakistan
Leading the future of a trustworthy internet
Shaping the debate
on sanctioning China
Convening IMF-World Bank Week in Marrakesh
Making sense of Turkey's landmark elections
Rolling out the Climate Leadership Program
Decoding China's tech efforts
Serving as the place where Latin American and Carribean leaders come to get things done
Hearing Brett McGurk outline the ‘Biden doctrine’
The Global Energy Center and Resilience Center lead fifty staff from eight centers in unprecedented convenings at COP28
The German, Japanese, and Ukrainian leaders and US treasury secretary headline a star-studded Global Citizen Awards
ACTV launches as part of the Council's digital expansion
2023
2023