The Atlantic Council is a Washington, D.C. think tank and public policy group whose mission is to "promote constructive U.S. leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the central role of the Atlantic community in meeting the international challenges of the 21st century." Founded with the intention of supporting NATO and transatlantic relations generally, the Council has emerged as a think tank with a reputation for bringing toge...
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The Atlantic Council is a Washington, D.C. think tank and public policy group whose mission is to "promote constructive U.S. leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the central role of the Atlantic community in meeting the international challenges of the 21st century." Founded with the intention of supporting NATO and transatlantic relations generally, the Council has emerged as a think tank with a reputation for bringing together policy makers from both sides of the Atlantic, and beyond.
The Atlantic Council was founded in 1961, with the mission to encourage the continuation of cooperation between North America and Europe that begun in the immediate post-war years. 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...
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