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CEO & President @AtlanticCouncil . Author. Journalist. Entrepreneur. RT ≠ endorsement

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@FredKempe
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1 year
Huge news out of Poland! This is a big step in the right direction, and other NATO members should follow. Ukraine needs the capacity to save lives and we collectively need to take “sanctuary” from Putin’s killing machine.
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@FredKempe
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9 years
I'm typing this tweet from my iPhone, which a Syrian migrant's child invented: Apple's Steve Jobs #RefugeeCrisis http://t.co/kQnZZ6iBtA
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1 year
Delighted to be in Kyiv, presenting President @ZelenskyyUa with the @AtlanticCouncil Global Citizen Award, for his courageous leadership and also on behalf of all Ukrainians.
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6 years
Thank you @SriSri for inspiring us yesterday at the @AtlanticCouncil . In case you missed it, watch his wisdom here:
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1 year
Together with @AtlanticCouncil chair John F. W. Rogers and board member Gen. David Petraeus, we had the honor to present President @ZelenskyyUa with the Council's Global Citizen Award, in recognition of his heroic defense of Ukraine.
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2 years
Bakhmut: Fortress of Freedom
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7 years
Congrats & thanks to President Moon Jae-in for strong and steadfast leadership of the ROK in these trying times. #ACawards
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4 years
"The United States, long accustomed to thinking of itself as the best, most efficient, and most technologically advanced society in the world," @anneapplebaum writes, "is about to be proved an unclothed emperor."
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4 years
We salute @AbeShinzo , longest serving Japanese PM, for his historic contributions. Klaus Schwab, in introducing Abe for the @AtlanticCouncil 2016 Global Citizen Award, praised him for "fighting for what needs to be done” when trust in leaders is declining.
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7 years
Getting ready to welcome our next honoree, President Moon #ACawards . Get ready.
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8 years
#Russia ’s intervention in our #election on #Trump ’s side is the real scandal of 2016.”— @Madeleine Albright
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7 years
"this operation is clearly a matter of democratic destabilization as we've seen in the US during the last presidential campaign” @EnMarcheFR
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8 years
"I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears, to your confidence rather than your doubts.”–Ronald Reagan
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3 years
Deepest congratulations to the remarkable @DamonMacWilson on his appointment to lead @NEDemocracy . Democracy has no more capable champion. We are deeply grateful for his myriad and lasting contributions to the @AtlanticCouncil over the past dozen years.
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8 years
"The stronger @NATO the higher the probability we will solve problems peacefully.“— MOD Ursula Von der Leyen #WEF17 #StrongerWithAllies
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6 years
US leadership questioned, democracy in retreat, risk of great power conflict. Again, the US and the West face an #InflectionPoint . Subscribe to my weekly newsletter for cutting-edge analysis of the global challenges and how to tackle them #InflectionPoints
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7 years
“Europe is a construction: Ours. We decided to create Europe. We did it for our peace, for our prosperity, for our liberty."— @EmmanuelMacron
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6 years
#Russia is using the “Wagner” mercenary unit, led by Kremlin oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, to wage war and reassert Russian influence in #Ukraine , #Syria and the #CentralAfricanRepublic without any public scrutiny. Great reporting by @NeilPHauer :
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9 years
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1 year
A historic evening here in Vilnius. Congratulations @SwedishPM for this monumental victory! @NATO @AtlanticCouncil
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6 years
LTG H.R. McMaster at the @AtlanticCouncil : 'We have failed to impose sufficient costs' on Russia @CNNPolitics
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9 years
"The Fourth Industrial Revolution will affect the very essence of our human experience."— Klaus Schwab #WEF16
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10 years
" #Putin is doing us a favor. He has reminded us that freedom is a treasure…" @Zbig Brzezinski @AtlanticCouncil #WGF14 http://t.co/3dadA3BEbJ
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10 years
"Putin's main foreign policy goal is to make a world safe for corrupt Russian money." @AnneApplebaum @AtlanticCouncil http://t.co/mXaGcOHJgw
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6 years
Breaking News: Don’t miss the @AtlanticCouncil Declaration of Principles just out now, a #mustread call to action for free peoples who want to preserve and construct a better world:
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8 years
“…for the 1st time since the end of the 2nd World War the future relationship of America to the world is not fully settled.”—Henry Kissinger
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Fred Kempe
2 years
I was honored to attend the WH ceremony where the President signed the instruments to implement the Senate’s 95-1 ratification of Finland and Sweden's NATO entry. This will strengthen the alliance in the face of Putin’s criminal war on Ukraine. @AtlanticCouncil
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Fred Kempe
7 years
"It's always better to talk to one another than about one another." — Chancellor Angela Merkel
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2 years
The Biden Administration should do more to secure Emad Sharghi's release from his unjust and cruel detention as a hostage by the Iranian government, as his family makes clear in this heartbreaking plea:
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8 years
"We cannot aim at anything less than the Union of Europe as a whole..."—Sir Winston #Churchill
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Fred Kempe
1 year
The green light for Sweden’s membership of NATO delights Norwegian Prime Minister @jonasgahrstore and Norwegian Foreign Minister @AHuitfeldt . Said PM Støre, “This will be the first time since the 14th Century that the Nordic countries are in the same security system.”
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Fred Kempe
8 years
"The genius of the American system is that our success depended on the prosperity and security of other nations."—Ambassador Dan Fried
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7 years
“The United States & Europe need #Turkey as a strong ally confronting the challenges that we all face.” @RT_Erdogan #ACsummit
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Fred Kempe
5 years
It is my distinct honor to welcome to the @AtlanticCouncil His Excellency Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, PM of the Republic of the Sudan, on his historic visit to Washington D.C. You may follow live stream his visit and remarks at 4:30PM:
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Fred Kempe
3 years
President Biden should meet the real winner of Belarus elections from last August. She's in DC -- and her husband is in prison. Nothing could speak louder about his support for democracy.
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Fred Kempe
6 months
On behalf of everyone @AtlanticCouncil , and following Hungary’s ratification, we offer a huge welcome to #Sweden , @NATO 's 32nd ally. You will make our alliance stronger at this moment of profound and historic challenge.
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Fred Kempe
4 years
RIP Brent Scowcroft. The U.S. has lost one its most remarkable foreign policy figures. He was a man of remarkable modesty, who helped win the Cold War, defined the role of NSA and mentored legions of principled individuals who continue to serve. /1
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6 years
Our @DFRLab is launching a partnership with @facebook to support the world's largest community in its efforts to strengthen democracy. We need to ensure that tools designed to bring us closer aren't used instead to drive us further apart.
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Fred Kempe
4 years
For all the legitimate focus on rising US-China tensions, this summer’s sleeper surprise for the West is more likely to emerge from Vladimir Putin’s Russia. The question is: will it grow from Russia’s strength, its weakness or some combination of the two?
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Fred Kempe
2 years
On behalf of @AtlanticCouncil our deepest condolences to our British allies & the family of Queen Elizabeth II on her passing. She reigned with wisdom & a profound sense of duty through some of history’s most challenging chapters. She will be missed🇺🇸🇬🇧
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2 years
Shocked and saddened by the assassination of Shinzo Abe, a staunch US ally, champion of democracy, and friend of the Atlantic Council. We extend our deepest condolences to the people of Japan, his family and all those whose lives he touched around the world.
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Fred Kempe
10 years
"Weakness provokes, strength deters...It's time for leadership on our side." @SikorskiRadek #ACeurope http://t.co/wYPycQn07n
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5 years
@AtlanticCouncil @SudanPMHamdok "What happened in Sudan provided hope in a sea and region full of crisis and riddled with conflict. If we get it right in Sudan and work together, there is a success story that is emerging. So let’s work together and make that success".
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Fred Kempe
7 years
Must-read on why Assad risked using chemical weapons @AtlanticCouncil Faysal Atani.
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Fred Kempe
6 years
Must-Read: Using satellite imagery and on the ground investigation, @BBCWorld is uncovering #China ’s continuing build-up of internment camps for Chinese #Uighur Muslims.
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Fred Kempe
7 years
"There is no middle way between democracy and dictatorship. We stand on the side of freedom." —Helmut Kohl #beyondBerlinWall
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Fred Kempe
6 years
Delighted to announce a strategic partnership between @MunSecConf and the @AtlanticCouncil to strengthen transatlantic bonds. Together we will host the #NATOEngages townhall on April 3rd to celebrate #NATO ’s 70th anniversary. Read our full press statement:
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Fred Kempe
4 years
Bless you, Brent Scowcroft, on your 95th birthday, for all you have done for the @AtlanticCouncil , for our country, for our alliance and for the world.
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Scowcroft Center
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Happy 95th birthday, General Scowcroft
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Fred Kempe
10 years
Assisting #Ukraine should be seen as a defense measure by European countries.—George Soros @FT http://t.co/KpAWbnFKfP http://t.co/dKrUgpJ1j1
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Fred Kempe
10 years
. @PavloKlimkin @AtlanticCouncil : "We will make #Ukraine a real success—a real democratic, united country." #ACukraine http://t.co/q4Y5zx3lP9
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Fred Kempe
11 months
Tonight at 8 pm @POTUS will “connect the dots” between wars in Israel and Ukraine. See my appeal from last week that he do so, and why he should say it’s about state-sponsored terror and the future of global order.
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Fred Kempe
6 years
#TrumpEffect : American support for free trade has surged since 2016. 82% say trade is good for US economy, and 85% of those polled think it’s good for consumers like themselves. 61% support US joining the reformed TPP. Via @ChicagoCouncil
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Fred Kempe
10 years
"New security situation in Eastern Europe isn't just bad weather. It's climate change." PM @TaaviRoivas #ACeurope http://t.co/0UR1Pwzqzf
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Fred Kempe
9 years
Welcome back Sec @JohnKerry ! Trade & security take center stage @AtlanticCouncil : #ACTrade http://t.co/OaFkhZsGzY
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Fred Kempe
10 years
. @SikorskiRadek : We face the prospect of having to accept #Russia 's rules or live in a world of no rules. #ACEurope http://t.co/ZRQ6n7Mm0l
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Fred Kempe
1 year
Huge congrats to Dr. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ( @NOIweala ) of @WTO on receiving the Distinguished International Leadership Award! #ACAwards
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Fred Kempe
9 years
Merhaba Minister @MemetSimsek ! It was a huge pleasure to welcome @AtlanticCouncil #ACsummit .
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2 years
Don't miss @AtlanticCouncil fellow @HDagres powerful @CNN interview on the crucial events unfolding in Iran:
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Fred Kempe
7 years
“...We must push back on Russian election interference at home & abroad.” – Senator @LindseyGrahamSC
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Fred Kempe
6 years
World order is difficult to achieve and even harder to restore once lost. Get my take on Trump’s long term effect on the US-led international order at #InflectionPoints :
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4 years
Congrats to Tony Blinken, who soon will be the 71st U.S. Secretary of State. There are countless reasons why he's the right choice at a historic moment: experience, skills, judgment and much more.
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Fred Kempe
10 years
"Current crisis has nothing to do with #NATO enlargement—It was born in #Putin 's mind." @VP @JoeBiden #EWF2014 http://t.co/RSmhzqqUAH
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8 years
"The Cold War is history. And it should remain history." SecGen @JensStoltenberg #NATOSummit #StrongerWithAllies
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Fred Kempe
6 years
The building of the Berlin wall, the Checkpoint Charlie standoff and the Cuban Missile Crisis were indirect outcomes of the 1961 Kennedy-Khrushchev Summit. Get my take on history’s lesson on possible consequences of the #HelsinkiSummit at #InflectionPoints
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7 years
Must-read from @JuliaIoffe , for a fascinating long-form take on Putin’s strategy, arguing that he is far more of a gambler than a master strategist:
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9 years
"Leadership is about sacrifice. Leadership is not about privilege." President @AshrafGhani #ACawards http://t.co/3Q21eLv9Jj
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11 months
“Dysfunction has made American power erratic and unreliable, practically inviting risk-prone autocrats to place dangerous bets—with potentially catastrophic effects,” Robert Gates writes in this #mustread in @ForeignAffairs as drama unfolds on Capitol Hill.
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Fred Kempe
10 years
"I've never ever seen #Ukraine as pro-Ukrainian as now; as pro-European as now." President @Poroshenko #ACUkraine http://t.co/n9wXCqr8QD
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2 years
In my @CNBC column this week I argue the if climate activists and fossil fuel leaders can put aside their animosities, it could herald a pragmatic and realistic path through the energy transition:
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Fred Kempe
4 years
Do as much as you can..., then do a little bit more.” Thanks to IMF @KGeorgieva for joining #ACFrontPage yesterday and delivering an inspiring call for action and unity. 1/2
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10 years
"I have no doubt that the goal of #Putin is to have full control of #Ukraine " @EU_Commission Pres @BarrosoEU #EWF2014 http://t.co/A7DKWZ7EhT
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5 years
Thanks to Albanian PM @EdiRamaAl for his frank exchange with @DamonMacWilson on the European future for Albania and the Western Balkans.
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Fred Kempe
4 years
Following this week’s insurrection on Capitol Hill, the best course of action for American healing and democratic renewal is for President Trump to resign. Read my CNBC op-ed here:
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Fred Kempe
1 year
During my Ukraine visit this past week, I saw and heard why the country deserves even greater support. Our meeting with @ZelenskyyUa was compelling time with a remarkable leader. Read my #InflectionPoints :
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Fred Kempe
8 years
"We should be leading in #Europe and not leaving it." — Gordon Brown #LeadNotLeave
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Fred Kempe
10 years
Tell Russian oligarchs...there's no place their money will be safe in the West as long as they serve the Putin regime http://t.co/BLZtBlmk2x
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Fred Kempe
9 years
Read my special Middle East Dispatch w/ @Madeleine Albright & Steve Hadley→ #InflectionPoints
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