Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council is a non-profit, non-partisan network of U.S. leaders that facilitates dialogue and consensus among the Administration, Congress, corporate and nonprofit sectors, and specifically encourages international engagement.

In September 2009, it was the venue for detailed presentations and discussions of the Obama Administration's new proposals for European ballistic missile defense. In October, it hosted a conference hosted the first of a series of conferences today discussing the impact of the August 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict on European security and on NATO.