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The American Journalism Review ( AJR ) was an American magazine covering topics in journalism . It was launched in 1977 as the Washington Journalism Review by journalist Roger Kranz. It ceased publication in 2015.

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39-635: The first issue of the magazine appeared in October 1977. In 1987 it was acquired by Henry Catto , a former U.S. ambassador, and his wife Jessica Hobby Catto, who was part of the family that published the Houston Post . The Cattos donated the publication to the University of Maryland, College Park in 1987. In 1992 Rem Rieder became the editor. It took the name American Journalism Review in 1993. The university's Philip Merrill College of Journalism took control of

78-455: A niche as "center for informal get-togethers" of leaders from both sides of the Atlantic, with members working to develop "networks of continuing communication". The Atlantic Council also works outside Europe and the U.S. It was among the first organizations advocating for an increased Japanese presence in the international community. Its Asian programs have expanded since 2001 as a consequence of

117-611: Is headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a member of the Atlantic Treaty Association . The Atlantic Council was founded with the stated mission to encourage the continuation of cooperation between North America and Europe that began after World War II . In its early years, its work consisted largely of publishing policy papers and polling Europeans and Americans about their attitudes towards transatlantic and international cooperation. In these early years, its primary focus

156-488: The AJR could shut down by the end of 2007 if it could not reduce its operating deficit, then running at about $ 200,000 per year (with a total budget of about $ 800,000). Donors provided at least a third of the budget; the remainder is from advertising. Donations to the AJR from 2004-2007 included about $ 1.25 million from a group of news veterans headed by former Philadelphia Inquirer executive editor Eugene Roberts. By mid-2007,

195-539: The AJR had only one full-time editorial employee, editor Rem Rieder, with the design and artwork of the magazine contracted out. Most of the content of the AJR was from outside contributors (freelancers). In 2013, the Review ceased print publication and became an online-only publication. The online publication ended in 2015, although the archives were to remain available online. Henry E. Catto, Jr. Henry Edward Catto Jr. (December 6, 1930 – December 18, 2011)

234-536: The AJR printed an article about the Santa Barbara News-Press and its owner, Wendy P. McCaw . Later that month, McCaw sued Susan Paterno, the writer of the article, accusing her of libel and product disparagement. The AJR was not named as a defendant, but agreed to pay Paterno's legal bills and indemnify her against any judgment. Paterno, as a freelancer, had written for the AJR for about ten years. In August 2007, The Washington Post reported that

273-459: The European Union and the U.S. — with the financial backing of FedEx , who were simultaneously lobbying Congress directly to decrease transatlantic tariffs. In 2015 and 2016, the three largest donors, giving over $ 1 million USD each, were US millionaire Adrienne Arsht (executive vice chair ), Lebanese billionaire Bahaa Hariri (estranged brother of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri ), and

312-1202: The Iraq War , the war in Afghanistan, and security threats in Asia and Africa. Its annual events include the Distinguished Leadership Awards in Washington, DC; the Future Leaders Summit; the Wroclaw Global Forum in Wroclaw, Poland; the Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit in Istanbul, Turkey; and the Global Citizen Awards in New York City. On February 22, 2019, the Atlantic Council released its Declaration of Principles at

351-559: The Munich Security Conference . Frederick Kempe , President and CEO of the Atlantic Council, said it was "an effort to rally and reinvigorate 'free peoples' around the world". In August 2023, a senior Atlantic Council delegation led by former Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė visited Taiwan with support from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office and met with President Tsai Ing-wen . In 2016,

390-584: The Russian Federation . Russia added the Atlantic Council to its list of "undesirable" organizations, preventing it from operating within Russia. Russian scholars Andrei Tsygankov , Pavel Tsygankov , and Haley Gonzalez (2023) noted pro- NATO and anti-Russian bias in Atlantic Council publications. The United States diplomatic cables leak revealed that the Atlantic Council worked closely with Chevron Corporation and ExxonMobil representatives to undermine

429-610: The United Arab Emirates . The Ukrainian oligarch -run Burisma Holdings donated $ 100,000 per year for three years to the Atlantic Council starting in 2016. The full list of financial sponsors includes many military, financial, and corporate concerns. The leading donors in 2018 were Facebook and the British government. According to the Council, of its 2019 revenue, 14% (approximately $ 5.5 million) came from government donors excluding

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468-746: The United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom . He held the position until 1991, when he became the director of the United States Information Agency . From 1955 to 2000, he was a partner in the insurance brokerage firm Catto & Catto in San Antonio. From 1983 to 1989, he was vice chairman and president of a broadcast group at H&C Communications, operator of network television stations (Houston, Des Moines, Tucson, Nashville, Orlando-Daytona Beach, San Antonio). In 1999, he

507-528: The War in Afghanistan , NATO cooperation with Russia , and the broader transatlantic relationship. Members of the U.S. Congress have also appeared, including Senator Richard Lugar and Secretary of State John Kerry . The Council hosts events with sitting heads of state and government, including former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili , Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk , and former Latvian President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga . Since January 2007,

546-459: The war in Afghanistan leading to the opening of its South Asia Center and Program on Asia. Climate change , and coordinating with India and China on these issues, were also a factor in this development. In February 2009, James L. Jones , then-chairman of the Atlantic Council, stepped down to serve as President Obama's new National Security Advisor and was succeeded by Senator Chuck Hagel . In addition, other Council members also left to serve

585-467: The Atlantic Council drew criticism from the founder of the Human Rights Foundation for its decision to award a Global Citizen Award to Ali Bongo Ondimba . Bongo declined the award amidst controversy over the 2016 Gabonese presidential election . In July 2019, Russia said the activities of the Atlantic Council pose a threat to the foundations of its constitutional system and the security of

624-457: The Atlantic Council was one of a number of think tanks that received substantial overseas funds and conducted activities that "typically align with the foreign governments' agendas". The Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East was established with a donation from Bahaa Hariri and its founding head was Michele Dunne. After Mohamed Morsi was removed as President of Egypt by

663-455: The Atlantic Council, Rockefeller Foundation & Council on Foreign Relations . She currently works as a presider of their public forums. The Atlantic Council creates a meeting place for heads of state, military leaders, and international leaders from both sides of the Atlantic. In 2009, the Council hosted former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen 's first major U.S. speech, in which he discussed issues such as NATO's mission in

702-488: The Brazilian legislative proposal to grant Petrobras chief operator of the pre-salt oil deposits in the Brazilian coast. Upon failure, the organization pivoted to undermine the institutions that held that legislation in place by openly supporting the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff and the ongoing lawfare against Petrobras. After the legislative victory, the success of the first auctions was announced in an event organized by

741-748: The Council has hosted military leaders from both sides of the Atlantic. The council's Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security has, held periodic events known as the Commanders Series, where it invites military leaders from the United States and Europe to speak about conflicts of interest to the Atlantic community. As part of the Commanders Series, American military leaders such as former General George Casey and former Admiral Timothy Keating and European leaders like former French Chief of Defense General Jean-Louis Georgelin and Dutch Lieutenant General Ton van Loon have spoken on issues such as

780-713: The US government. In 2021, the founding donor was Adrienne Arsht , and donors giving more than $ 1 million were the American Securities Foundation , Bahaa Hariri , Embassy of the United Arab Emirates , Facebook, Goldman Sachs , The Rockefeller Foundation , and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office . In November 2022, the Atlantic Council hosted the Global Food Security Forum, which

819-787: The United States government. He was the Deputy Representative to the Organization of American States from 1969 to 1971, Ambassador to El Salvador from 1971 to 1973, the Chief of Protocol of the United States from 1974 to 1976, the Ambassador to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 1976 to 1977, and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs from 1981 to 1983. In 1989, President George H. W. Bush appointed him as

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858-640: The administration: Susan Rice as ambassador to the UN , Richard Holbrooke as the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, General Eric K. Shinseki as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs , and Anne-Marie Slaughter as Director of Policy Planning at the State Department . Four years later, Hagel stepped down to serve as US Secretary of Defense . Gen. Brent Scowcroft served as interim chairman of

897-497: The decision to terminate our relationship with Mr Srivastava in May 2023 upon learning new information because of our donor review process. For example, we learned that The Gaurav & Sharon Srivastava Family Foundation was not established 501(c)(3) in April of 2023, despite Mr Srivastava's representation to the Council that this was a registered foundation." Reena Ninan is a former member of

936-570: The future of the Bretton Woods system. The Center has hosted a range of leading financial policymakers for major policy speeches including Brian Deese, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Janet Yellen, Gina Raimondo, Kristalina Georgieva, David Malpass and many more. In September 2021, the Global China Hub was founded to research three challenges posed by China's economic growth: China’s growing influence on countries, global institutions, and democratic values;

975-481: The global ramifications of political and economic change in Xi Jinping’s China; and China’s drive to dominate emerging technologies and the consequences for individual rights and privacy. As of June 2023, its senior director is David O. Shullman , who also leads the Atlantic Council's China-related work. The Atlantic Council has, since its inception, stated it is a nonpartisan institution, with members "from

1014-527: The journal in 2011. Rem Rieder left in 2013, and AJR became an online-only publication within the Merrill College's curriculum. In July 2015 the college announced that it was terminating publication. In January 1999, the Gannett Company pulled all its advertising, a few weeks after AJR published an article that contained negative comments about several Gannett leaders. In its December 2006 issue,

1053-519: The media, and political issues right up until her death in 2009. Together the Cattos had four children. Henry Catto died at his home in San Antonio, Texas, on December 18, 2011. Atlantic Council The Atlantic Council is an American think tank in the field of international affairs , favoring Atlanticism , founded in 1961. It manages sixteen regional centers and functional programs related to international security and global economic prosperity. It

1092-486: The military in 2013, Dunne urged the United States to suspend military aid to Egypt and called Morsi's removal a " military coup ". Bahaa Hariri complained to the Atlantic Council about Dunne's actions and four months later Dunne resigned her position. In 2014, The Atlantic Council produced a report promoting the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) — a proposed trade-accommodation agreement between

1131-470: The moderate internationalist wings of both parties" in the United States. Despite its connections, the Council is by charter independent of the U.S. government and NATO, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization . In September 2014, Eric Lipton reported in The New York Times that since 2008, the US organization had received donations from more than twenty-five foreign governments. He wrote that

1170-582: The nexus of economics, finance, and foreign policy. The Center aims to bridge the divide between these siloed sectors with the goal of helping shape a more resilient global economy. The Center is organized around three pillars - the Future of Capitalism, the Future of Money, and the Economic Statecraft Initiative. They produce cutting-edge data visualizations and research on a range of issues including digital currencies, China’s economy, sanctions, and

1209-560: The organization's Board of Directors until January 2014, when former ambassador to China and governor of Utah Jon Huntsman Jr. was appointed. In 2017, Tom Bossert , previously a Nonresident Zurich Cyber Risk Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Cyber Security Initiative, was appointed Homeland Security Advisor to the Trump administration. The Digital Forensic Research Lab was founded in 2016, to study disinformation in open source environments and report on democratic processes. Top donors of

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1248-730: The project and the think tank, in general, are currently Facebook, after a 2018 sum was donated, and the government of Great Britain. In 2019, the Atlantic Council entered into a partnership with the Hungary Foundation, a group funded by the Orbán government in Hungary. A series of strategy discussions was planned which would have included key US and Central Europe officials. In a meeting in Budapest that year, Atlantic Council members criticized Hungarian Foreign Ministry officials for limiting discussion of

1287-553: The state of democracy in Hungary. Following this, the Hungary Foundation canceled the project. In 2020, the Atlantic Council returned a grant from the Hungary Foundation and ended its relationship with the Foundation. The Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center was launched in December 2020 in a keynote event with ECB President Christine Lagarde. The GeoEconomics Center develops data-driven programs, publications, and thought leadership at

1326-640: Was a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in London. He authored Ambassadors at Sea: The High and Low Adventures of a Diplomat (University of Texas Press, 1998). Ambassador Catto was married to the late Jessica Hobby, daughter of William P. Hobby and Oveta Culp Hobby . Jessica Hobby Catto was a noted conservationist and journalist who wrote a blog for the Huffington Post on conservation,

1365-818: Was a member of the board of the National Public Radio Foundation, having served on the NPR Board from 1995 to 2001. He was also a member of the Smithsonian National Board, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Advisory Council of America Abroad Media. He was Diplomat-in-Residence at the University of Texas at San Antonio, held honorary LLD degrees from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and St. Mary's University in San Antonio, and

1404-530: Was an American businessman and public servant. A native of San Antonio, Texas and son of a prominent insurance man, he was educated at T.M.I.—The Episcopal School of Texas , graduating in 1948, and at Williams College , graduating in 1952. In the early 1960s, Catto twice ran for the Texas Legislature as a Republican , losing both times. In his 1960 attempt, he lost to notorious San Antonio gambler V. E. "Red" Berry . Catto held several positions within

1443-569: Was co-hosted with the Gaurav and Sharon Srivastava Family Foundation, run by Gaurav Srivastava. The Atlantic Council subsequently terminated its relationship with Srivastava "after it could not verify important details of his background" following reporting of the Guarav Srivastava Fake Spy Scam . A Spokesperson for the Atlantic Council told Politico that it had returned funds received in 2023 for future collaboration, and that it "made

1482-732: Was elected chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States, and in 2007, its chairman emeritus. He was a contributing editor of the American Journalism Review . At the time of his death, he was vice chairman of the Aspen Institute , where he and his wife, Jessica Hobby Catto, had established the Catto Fellowship for a Sustainable Future. He and his wife also supported the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies. Catto

1521-511: Was on economic issues—mainly encouraging free trade between the two continents, and to a lesser extent to the rest of the world—but it also did some work on political and environmental issues. Although the Atlantic Council did publish policy papers and monographs , Melvin Small of Wayne State University wrote that, especially in its early years, the Council's real strength lay in its connections to influential policymakers. The Council early on found

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