Atlantic Initiative

The Atlantic 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”. The association operates the online think tank Atlantic Community , the blog Germany's agenda and publishes the Global Must Reads .

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The chairmen are Johannes Bohnen and Jan Kallmorgen. The other founding members were Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (Member of the Bundestag, FDP), Björn Sackniess, Christoph Schwegmann (BMVg), Andrea Stürmer ( Zurich Financial Services ), Rüdiger C. Sura ( Deutsche Bank ), Jan Techau (Carnegie Europe), Philipp-Christian Wachs ( Haus Rissen ), Magnus Prinz zu Wied (Huntsman Materials & Effects), Tobias Wolny (BP) and Lars Zimmermann ( Foundation New Responsibility ). In addition, the Atlantic Initiative is supported by a 32-member advisory board from business, politics and science. In the past, the association financed its work with funds from its own members, public grants and commissioned work for third parties.

Online Think Tank Atlantic Community

Atlantic Community is a Web 2.0 project of the Atlantic Initiative that started in 2007. The community should not only be a discussion platform, but also give its users the opportunity to formulate political concepts that should also influence practical politics. According to its own statement, the Atlantic Community had more than 6000 members in November 2011 and more than 7000 members in August 2012. Articles can be submitted by anyone to atlantic-community.org. The Atlantic Initiative regularly uses the articles to create so-called Atlantic Memos with proposals for politics and sends them to decision-makers. The site also contains the latest press releases and recommendations on think tank publications.

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. The theme of the last workshop in 2012 was “Your Ideas, Your NATO” at the NATO summit in Chicago. Because of this profile, Atlantic-Community.org is now a “Facebook for foreign policy”.

Awards

• 2008: RIAS Award
• 2009: official location in the land of ideas
• 2009: Speaker and Dialogue Prize from Berlinpolis and ProDialog

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 , 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 to German-American relations, but also addresses topics such as digital security and women in management positions.

Germany's agenda

In November 2011 the association initiated the Germany Agenda blog . With the self-chosen claim " Foreign policy for everyone ", the association offers a forum for discussion on German foreign policy. This project was funded by the Federal Press Office and the Haniel Foundation until the end of April 2012 . The Federal Foreign Office , BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt , German Federal Armed Forces Association , BP and the Allianz Kulturstiftung have been supporting this project since May 2012 .

On February 8, the blog was officially presented and published an article by Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and, in May 2012, another article by Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière . “Germany's Agenda” regularly focuses on topics. While the topic of “ Afghanistan ” was debated until the end of January 2012, February began with the focus on “Germany in the EU ”. For 2012, the topics G8 & G20 , the BRIC countries , new global powers and the NATO summit were also planned. In order to set strong accents in terms of content, articles from experts, think tanks , bloggers, politicians and the editorial team are invited on each topic .

The aim of the blog is to formulate “memos” with recommendations for action for politicians from the debates there. A first memo on the Bundeswehr was published in March and a second memo on German foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region in November 2012.

Members

Founding members

• Johannes Bohnen , Atlantic Initiative, Berlin
• Jan-Friedrich Kallmorgen , Atlantic Initiative, Berlin
• Alexander Graf Lambsdorff , Member of the Bundestag, Berlin
• Björn Sackniess , Consultant, Berlin
• Christoph Schwegmann , Federal Ministry of Defense , Berlin
• Andrea Stürmer , Zurich Financial Services, Zurich
• Rüdiger C. Sura , Deutsche Bank AG , Berlin
• Jan Techau , Carnegie Europe, Brussels
• Philipp-Christian Wachs , Managing Director Haus Rissen, Hamburg
• Magnus Prinz zu Wied , Huntsman Materials & Effects, Basel
• Tobias Wolny , German BP, Berlin
• Lars Zimmermann , New Responsibility Foundation , Berlin

Advisory Board

• Rudolf Adam , German Embassy Moscow
• Arnulf Baring , historian, Berlin
• Christoph Bertram , Hamburg
• Philipp v. Boehm-Bezing , BBSC Boehm-Bezing, Sieger & Cie., Stuttgart
• Mark Brzezinski , United States Ambassador to Sweden
• Jürgen Chrobog , BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Berlin
• Thomas L. Farmer , American Bankers Association , Washington DC
• Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt
• Jeffrey Gedmin , Chief Executive Officer, Legatum Institute , London
• Helga Haftendorn , Berlin
• John C. Hulsman , President, John C. Hulsman Enterprises
• Michael Inacker , Siemens AG , Berlin
• Jackson Janes , Director, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies , Washington DC
• Marvin Kalb , Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• Eckart von Klaeden , Member of the Bundestag, Minister of State in the Federal Chancellery, Berlin
• Hans-Ulrich Klose , Ex-MdB (until 2013), deputy. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Berlin
• John Kornblum , Senior Counselor, Noerr, Berlin
• Charles Kupchan , Council on Foreign Relations , Washington DC
• Alexander Graf Lambsdorff , Member of the Bundestag, FDP, Berlin
• Kurt Lauk , Chairman, CDU Economic Council, Berlin
• Harald Leibrecht , Member of the Bundestag, Federal Government Coordinator for German-American Cooperation
• Beate Lindemann, Executive Vice President, Atlantik-Forum , Berlin
• Heike MacKerron , Senior Director for Europe, German Marshall Fund of the United States, Berlin
• Norbert Otten , Director Policy Issues , Daimler AG , Stuttgart
• Cem Özdemir , Chairman of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, Berlin
• Ruprecht Polenz , Member of the Bundestag, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Berlin
• Avi Primor , ambassador ret. D. of the State of Israel, Tel Aviv
• Andrew Rasiej , Personal Democracy Forum , New York
• Eberhard Sandschneider , Director of the DGAP Research Institute , Berlin
• Horst Teltschik , Berlin
• Karsten Voigt , Member of the Bundestag a. D., Federal Government Coordinator for German-American Cooperation 1999–2010, Berlin
• William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire , House of Lords, London

Others

• In addition to the Atlantic Community, Global Must Reads and Germany's Agenda, the Atlantic Initiative creates studies at irregular intervals (e.g. for the Foreign Office ) and organizes events that are carried out together with the American German Business Club, among others.
• In addition, surveys are created for NATO and other organizations.
• In 2010, the Atlantic Initiative, together with the BILD newspaper, carried out a field post campaign for Bundeswehr soldiers on missions abroad , during which BILDlesen sent their greetings to the soldiers. A summary of the letters was sent directly to the Bundeswehr bases abroad.
• The Atlantic Initiative offers students the opportunity to do internships.

Web links

• Atlantic Initiative website
• Profile of the Atlantic Initiative at the BMW Foundation (PDF file; 66 kB)
• Atlantic initiative “in focus” at the Society for Defense and Security Policy e. V.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ § 2 of the articles of association
2. ↑ Johannes Bohnen, portrait
3. ↑ Wulf Schmiese: A “Facebook” for foreign policy? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 26, 2009, accessed on August 21, 2012 . 
4. ↑ http://www.atlantic-community.org/
5. ↑ Post on the Facebook profile of Atlantic Community on November 24, 2011 at 1:14 pm ( online )
6. ↑ Enhanced through Social Media. (No longer available online.) Atlantic Community, August 15, 2012, formerly the original ; Retrieved August 21, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
7. ↑ The utility workers. (No longer available online.) Brand Eins Online, July 1, 2010, archived from the original on August 17, 2012 ; Retrieved August 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Discussion on the student competition. (No longer available online.) Politics & Communication, May 25, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 21, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
9. ^ Your Ideas, Your NATO. (No longer available online.) Atlantic Community, May 25, 2012, archived from the original on July 22, 2012 ; Retrieved January 23, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Wulf Schmiese: A “Facebook” for foreign policy? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 26, 2009, accessed on August 21, 2012 . 
11. ↑ Atlantic Community Wins “New Media Award” ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ Land of Ideas, Prize Winners ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
13. ↑ Press release speaker award (PDF file; 121 kB)
14. ↑ Global Must Reads
15. ↑ Germany's agenda
16. ↑ Pether E. Uhde: In focus: Atlantic initiative. (No longer available online.) Society for Defense and Security Policy e. V., archived from the original on February 6, 2013 ; Retrieved August 20, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ↑ Field post for our soldiers. Bild.de, July 22, 2010, accessed on August 20, 2012 . 
18. ^ Atlantic Initiative: Patrons
19. ^ Thomas de Maizière : More past, less responsibility. May 29, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2012 . 
20. ↑ Thomas Wiegold : De Maizière (again) promotes acceptance of “additional obligations”. May 29, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2012 . 
21. ↑ Shaping globalization - expanding partnerships - sharing responsibility (PDF) Federal Foreign Office. 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
22. ↑ Michael Schmidt: Debate on German Foreign Policy: We have to talk more. Der Tagesspiegel , accessed on November 12, 2012 . 
23. ^ Atlantic Initiative: Memos & Feedback
24. ^ Atlantic Initiative: Studies
25. ^ Atlantic Initiative: Events
26. ^ Letter from the President January 2011. (No longer available online.) American German Business Club, February 3, 2011, archived from the original on July 23, 2012 ; Retrieved August 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
27. ↑ Jörg Wolff: Game, reset and good match? NATO, archived from the original on December 23, 2011 ; Retrieved August 21, 2012 . 
28. ↑ Wulf Schmiese: A “Facebook” for foreign policy? Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 26, 2009, accessed on August 21, 2012 . 
29. ↑ Field post for our soldiers. Bild.de, July 20, 2010, accessed on August 21, 2012 . 
30. ↑ Field post for our soldiers. (No longer available online.) GeoPowers, July 24, 2010, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 21, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
31. ↑ Internship at the Atlantic Initiative. (No longer available online.) Osi Club, archived from the original on March 28, 2014 ; Retrieved August 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.