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The [[EastWest Institute]] was formerly known as the [[Institute for East West Studies]].
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|website=https://www.eastwest.ngo/
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|end=2021
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|founders=John Edwin Mroz, Ira D. Wallach
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|headquarters=11 East 26th Street, 20th Floor, New York, USA
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|motto=Forging Collective Action for a Safer and Better World
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|type=Public Policy Think Tank
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|members=Martti Ahtisaari,Berthold Beitz,Ivan T. Berend,Francis Finlay,Hans-Dietrich Genscher,Donald M. Kendall,Whitney MacMillan, Mark Maletz, Hans Rausing,George F. Russell Jr.,Armen Sarkissian, Haifa Fahoum Al Kayl, Tewodros Ashenafi,Mark Joseph Bild,  Mary McInnis Boies,Peter Bonfield, Matt Bross, David Cohen (REIT Asset Management), Roger Cohen, Joel H. Cowan,Olivia Fischer, Addison Fischer,Hu Yuandong,  John Hurley,R. William Ide III, Ralph H. Isham, Anurag Jain,James L. Jones,George Kadifa,Zuhal Kurt,Karen Linehan Mroz,Tsuneo Nishida,William A. Owens,Sarah Perot,Laurent M. Roux,  Ikram ul-Majeed Sehgal, Kanwal Sibal, Kevin Taweel,Alexander Voloshin,Patrick M. Walsh,Zhou Wenzhong,Jan Krzysztof Bielecki,Emil Constantinescu, William D. Dearstyne,  Stephen B. Heintz,Wolfgang Ischinger,John W. Kluge,Maria-Pia Kothbauer,William E. Murray,John J. Roberts, Daniel Rose,Leo Schenker,Mitchell I. Sonkin,Thorvald Stoltenberg, Liener Temerlin,John C. Whitehead,Robert N. Campbell III,Bruce W. McConnell,John Edwin Mroz,Ira D. Wallach,Ross Perot Jr.
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The '''EastWest Institute''' was formerly known as the '''Institute for East West Studies'''.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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According to an article on the Peace Direct website:
 
According to an article on the Peace Direct website:
 
:The US-based East West Institute, founded in 1981 as a think tank on traditional security issues had, since the collapse of Communism, focused on research, networking and low-key conferences to help support the development of democracy and free enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050526010845/http://www.peacedirect.org/resources/case-studies/wpw/eastwestinstitute.html East West Institute, Serbia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia], Peace Direct website, version placed in web archive 26 May 2005, accessed in web archive 10 July 2009</ref>
 
:The US-based East West Institute, founded in 1981 as a think tank on traditional security issues had, since the collapse of Communism, focused on research, networking and low-key conferences to help support the development of democracy and free enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050526010845/http://www.peacedirect.org/resources/case-studies/wpw/eastwestinstitute.html East West Institute, Serbia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia], Peace Direct website, version placed in web archive 26 May 2005, accessed in web archive 10 July 2009</ref>
  
 
==Activities==
 
==Activities==
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In December 2005 the Institute awarded [[Tony Blair]] the accolade of Statesman of the Decade.  Blair said "It is a very great honour and privilege to receive this award, and I can truthfully say it is a long time since so many people have said so many nice things about me all at once, or indeed at all, to be absolutely frank. And can I thank the East-West Institute and congratulate it on its 25 years, and thank it also for the work that it does in so many different places in the world."<ref>PM's acceptance comments for Statesmen of the Decade award, 8 December 2005 http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page8737.asp</ref>
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In December 2005 the Institute awarded [[Tony Blair]] the accolade of Statesman of the Decade.  Blair said 'It is a very great honour and privilege to receive this award, and I can truthfully say it is a long time since so many people have said so many nice things about me all at once, or indeed at all, to be absolutely frank. And can I thank the East-West Institute and congratulate it on its 25 years, and thank it also for the work that it does in so many different places in the world.'<ref>PM's acceptance comments for Statesmen of the Decade award, 8 December 2005 http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page8737.asp</ref>
 
  
 
==Funding==
 
==Funding==
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The Institute prefers not to disclose its funding sources, saying, "Our mission is supported by funding from private and public sources worldwide."<ref>[http://www.ewi.info/mission.cfm?title=Mission%20%26%20Strategy&l1=About%20EWI&l2=Mission%20%26%20Strategy Mission and Strategy]</ref> However, in 2002 the Institute received $10,000 from [[Exxon Mobil]].<ref>[http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Exxon-Mobil-Donations.pdf ExxonMobil Donations], ExxonMobil, p. 3, accessed 10 July 2009</ref>
  
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The Institute prefers not to disclose its funding sources, saying, "Our mission is supported by funding from private and public sources worldwide."<ref>[http://www.ewi.info/mission.cfm?title=Mission%20%26%20Strategy&l1=About%20EWI&l2=Mission%20%26%20Strategy Mission and Strategy]</ref> However, in 2002 the Institute received $10,000 from [[Exxon Mobil]].<ref>[http://www.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Exxon-Mobil-Donations.pdf ExxonMobil Donations], ExxonMobil, p. 3, accessed 10 July 2009</ref>
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==Closing==
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After the death of Mroz in 2014, the Institute decided to discontinue operations, effective January 31, 2021. Part of the transition involves the transfer of EWI’s ongoing programmatic work to four deep state related organizations: the [[Stimson Center]], [[Observer Research Foundation America]], the [[Atlantic Council]] and the [[George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations]].<ref>https://www.eastwest.ngo/idea/eastwest-institute-transitions-post-covid-world</ref>
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
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*[[Mark Maletz]], Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School, United States
 
*[[Mark Maletz]], Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School, United States
 
*[[Michael Maples]], Former Executive Vice President, [[Microsoft]], United States
 
*[[Michael Maples]], Former Executive Vice President, [[Microsoft]], United States
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*[[Ivan Miklos]], Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, Slovakia
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*[[Ivan Mikloš]], Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, Slovakia
 
*[[Frank Neuman]], President, AM-TAK International, United States
 
*[[Frank Neuman]], President, AM-TAK International, United States
 
*[[Ross Perot, Jr. ]], Chairman, Perot Systems Corporation, United States
 
*[[Ross Perot, Jr. ]], Chairman, Perot Systems Corporation, United States
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*[[Henrik Torgersen]], Executive Vice President-International Operations, Telenor, Norway
 
*[[Henrik Torgersen]], Executive Vice President-International Operations, Telenor, Norway
 
*[[Robert Verrue]], Director General for DG - Taxation, Commission of the European Union, France
 
*[[Robert Verrue]], Director General for DG - Taxation, Commission of the European Union, France
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*[[Antonio Vitorino]], Professor, Lisbon Law School and Lawyer, Portugal
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*[[António Vitorino]], Professor, Lisbon Law School and Lawyer, Portugal
 
*[[Matthias Warnig]], President, [[Dresdner Bank]] ZAO, Germany
 
*[[Matthias Warnig]], President, [[Dresdner Bank]] ZAO, Germany
 
*[[George Weidenfeld]], Lord and President, [[Orion Publishing Group]], United Kingdom
 
*[[George Weidenfeld]], Lord and President, [[Orion Publishing Group]], United Kingdom
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===Honorary Chairmen===
 
===Honorary Chairmen===
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*[[George H.W. Bush]], Former President of the U.S.A.
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*[[George H. W. Bush]], Former President of the U.S.A.
 
*[[Helmut Kohl]], Former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
 
*[[Helmut Kohl]], Former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
  
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*[[George Sheer]], United States
 
*[[George Sheer]], United States
 
*[[Bengt Westergren]], Senior Representative - President, AIG Central Europe & C.I.S., United Kingdom
 
*[[Bengt Westergren]], Senior Representative - President, AIG Central Europe & C.I.S., United Kingdom
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==References==
 
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[[Category:Think Tanks]]
 

Latest revision as of 15:19, 7 April 2024

Group.png EastWest Institute  
(Think tank) Powerbase Sourcewatch WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
EastWest Institute 35.png
MottoForging Collective Action for a Safer and Better World
Formation1980
Founder• Mroz.png John Edwin Mroz
• Ira Wallach.png Ira D. Wallach
Extinction2021
Headquarters11 East 26th Street, 20th Floor, New York, USA
Type Public Policy Think Tank
Membership• Ahtisaari.jpg Martti Ahtisaari
• Berthold Beitz.jpg Berthold Beitz
•  Ivan T. Berend
•  Francis Finlay
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher.jpg Hans-Dietrich Genscher
• Donald Kendall.jpg Donald M. Kendall
•  Whitney MacMillan
•  Mark Maletz
•  Hans Rausing
•  George F. Russell Jr.
•  Armen Sarkissian
•  Haifa Fahoum Al Kayl
• 4583961378 9e6b9ef910 c.jpg Tewodros Ashenafi
•  Mark Joseph Bild
•  Mary McInnis Boies
•  Peter Bonfield
•  Matt Bross
•  David Cohen (REIT Asset Management)
•  Roger Cohen
•  Joel H. Cowan
•  Olivia Fischer
•  Addison Fischer
•  Hu Yuandong
•  John Hurley
•  R. William Ide III
•  Ralph H. Isham
•  Anurag Jain
• 440px-James L. Jones 2.jpg James L. Jones
•  George Kadifa
•  Zuhal Kurt
•  Karen Linehan Mroz
•  Tsuneo Nishida
•  William A. Owens
•  Sarah Perot
•  Laurent M. Roux
•  Ikram ul-Majeed Sehgal
•  Kanwal Sibal
•  Kevin Taweel
•  Alexander Voloshin
•  Patrick M. Walsh
•  Zhou Wenzhong
•  Jan Krzysztof Bielecki
• Emil Constantinescu.jpg Emil Constantinescu
•  William D. Dearstyne
•  Stephen B. Heintz
• MSC 2014 Ischinger2 Mueller MSC2014.jpg Wolfgang Ischinger
•  John W. Kluge
•  Maria-Pia Kothbauer
•  William E. Murray
•  John J. Roberts
•  Daniel Rose
•  Leo Schenker
•  Mitchell I. Sonkin
• Thorvald Stoltenberg.jpg Thorvald Stoltenberg
•  Liener Temerlin
• John C. Whitehead.png John C. Whitehead
•  Robert N. Campbell III
•  Bruce W. McConnell
• Mroz.png John Edwin Mroz
• Ira Wallach.png Ira D. Wallach
•  Ross Perot Jr.

The EastWest Institute was formerly known as the Institute for East West Studies.

History

According to an article on the Peace Direct website:

The US-based East West Institute, founded in 1981 as a think tank on traditional security issues had, since the collapse of Communism, focused on research, networking and low-key conferences to help support the development of democracy and free enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.[1]

Activities

In December 2005 the Institute awarded Tony Blair the accolade of Statesman of the Decade. Blair said "It is a very great honour and privilege to receive this award, and I can truthfully say it is a long time since so many people have said so many nice things about me all at once, or indeed at all, to be absolutely frank. And can I thank the East-West Institute and congratulate it on its 25 years, and thank it also for the work that it does in so many different places in the world."[2]

Funding

The Institute prefers not to disclose its funding sources, saying, "Our mission is supported by funding from private and public sources worldwide."[3] However, in 2002 the Institute received $10,000 from Exxon Mobil.[4]

Closing

After the death of Mroz in 2014, the Institute decided to discontinue operations, effective January 31, 2021. Part of the transition involves the transfer of EWI’s ongoing programmatic work to four deep state related organizations: the Stimson Center, Observer Research Foundation America, the Atlantic Council and the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations.[5]

People

Co-Chairmen of the Board

Board members

Honorary Chairmen

Chairmen Emeriti

Directors Emeriti

Non-Board Members of Board Committees

 

Employee on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointedEnd
Sasha HavlicekSenior Director19992005

 

Known members

12 of the 61 of the members already have pages here:

MemberDescription
Martti Ahtisaari10th President of Finland, UN Commissioner for Namibia, 3 Bilderbergs
Tewodros AshenafiEthiopian businessman on the board of Atlantic Council with a monopoly in many of the country's industries
Berthold BeitzHead of the Krupp steel conglomerate beginning in the 1950s. Attended the 1958 Bilderberg
Emil Constantinescu
Hans-Dietrich GenscherWest-German deep state operator
Wolfgang IschingerSpooky German diplomat. Chaired the Munich Security Conference
James L. JonesSupreme Allied Commander Europe, Atlantic Council, Bilderberger
Donald KendallLong term Pepsi CEO and Bilderberger
John Edwin MrozUS businessman
Thorvald StoltenbergNorwegian politician with deep state connections
Ira WallachUS Businessman and co-founder of the EastWest Institute.
John C. WhiteheadSuspected US deep state functionary who discussed "terrorism" at the 1986 Bilderberg. Various USDS connections including the Bilderberg Steering Committee
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References

  1. ↑ East West Institute, Serbia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Peace Direct website, version placed in web archive 26 May 2005, accessed in web archive 10 July 2009
  2. ↑ PM's acceptance comments for Statesmen of the Decade award, 8 December 2005 http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page8737.asp
  3. ↑ Mission and Strategy
  4. ↑ ExxonMobil Donations, ExxonMobil, p. 3, accessed 10 July 2009
  5. ↑ https://www.eastwest.ngo/idea/eastwest-institute-transitions-post-covid-world
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