Atlantic Initiative
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The Atlantic Initiative (German: Atlantische Initiative) is an association founded in Berlin in 2004 to “promote German-American friendship and the promotion of science and research in the field of international relations”. With its work, the association wants to make a contribution to strengthening transatlantic relations and steer foreign policy in certain directions.
The initiative is connected to the Atlantic Community, with the same members.
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People
The board of the association consists of Johannes Bohnen and Jan-Friedrich Kallmorgen, the two partners in Bohnen & Kallmorgen, a consultancy for political analysis and strategic communication, who founded and built up the Atlantic Initiative. Both board members are or were also active as lobbyists for corporations and trade associations. The partner Jan-Friedrich Kallmorgen is also the managing director of the European Investor Protection Association. When it was current around 2015, the Atlantic Initiative dealt in particular with the free trade agreement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which also includes investor protection.
Projects
- Monthly newsletter "Global Must Reads", a best-of of the analyzes from over 50 American and European think tanks, magazines and journals.
- Open think tank atlantic-community.org
- Blog Germany's Agenda
- Discussion events/congresses
The Atlantic Initiative regularly organizes so-called policy workshops on this page, in which the best contributions are awarded, memos are created and the recommendations are also presented at events.
Germany's agenda
In November 2011, the association initiated the blog Germany Agenda. With the self-chosen motto "foreign policy for all", the association here offered a forum for discussion about German foreign policy. This project was funded by the Federal Press Office and the Haniel Foundation until the end of April 2012. The German Federal Foreign Office, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, German Armed Forces Association, BP and the Allianz Kulturstiftung have been supporting this project since May 2012. [1]
The aim of the blog is to formulate “memos” with recommendations for action for politicians from the debates there. A first memo to the Bundeswehr was published in March 2012, a second memo on German foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region in November 2012.
Global Must Reads
Since August 2005 the association has published the monthly Global Must Reads; these are a summary of important articles from specialist journals, the corporate press and science. According to a statement by the Atlantic Initiative, the Global Must Reads are “the most far-reaching foreign policy publication in German” with a readership of more than 22,000 people. Despite the association's name, the Atlantic Initiative is not limited to selecting topics for the Must Reads on German-American relations, but also addresses topics such as digital security and women in management positions.
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sijbren de Jong | Head of Outreach | December 2007 | August 2008 |
Known members
13 of the 43 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Christoph Bertram | German journalist with a heavy Bilderberg habit |
| Jürgen Chrobog | German Ambassador to the United States from 1995 to 2001 and State Secretary from 2001-2005. Trilateral Commission. Global Panel Foundation. |
| Thomas Farmer | CIA expert on student recruitment, founder of American Academy in Berlin. |
| Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger | Transatlantic German editor |
| Jeffrey Gedmin | US spooky/hawkish neoconservative academic |
| Eckart von Klaeden | Triple Bilderberg German politician |
| John Kornblum | US diplomat wo attended at least 4 Brussels Forums |
| Kurt Lauk | Bilderberg business executive and politician, neoliberal advisor to Angela Merkel, heavy Munich Security Conference habit |
| Ruprecht Polenz | German politician. Proponent of Turkish membership in the EU. |
| Eberhard Sandschneider | German Asia expert |
| Horst Teltschik | Tri-Bilderberger chair of the Munich Security Conference 1999-2008 |
| Karsten Voigt | German (SPD) politician. |
| Cem Özdemir | German Green war-loving politician who experienced rocket career after being taken under the wings of transatlantic influence networks. MSC regular |
Sponsor
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Norway/Ministry of Foreign Affairs | A significant donor to NGOs and planning organizations. Many of the recipients dovetail with NATO objectives like regime changes and controlling the narrative. |
