European Council on Foreign Relations

The European Council on Foreign Relations "was launched in October 2007 to promote a more integrated European foreign policy in support of shared European interests and values. With its unique structure, ECFR brings a genuinely pan-European perspective on Europe’s role in the world:


 * ECFR was founded by a council whose members include serving and former ministers and parliamentarians, business leaders, distinguished academics, journalists and public intellectuals. Their aim is to promote a new strategic culture at the heart of European foreign policy.
 * With offices in seven countries, ECFR’s in-house policy team brings together some of Europe’s most distinguished analysts and policy entrepreneurs to provide advice and proposals on the EU’s global challenges.
 * ECFR’s pan-European work through advocacy, the mass media and campaigns make the necessary connections between innovative thinking, policy-making and civic action."

Founding Council Members
Accessed February 2008:


 * Urban Ahlin (Sweden) - Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee; foreign policy spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party
 * Martti Ahtisaari (Finland) - UN Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo; President of the Crisis Management Initiative; former President
 * Giuliano Amato (Italy) - Minister of Interior; former Prime Minister and vice president of the European Convention
 * Hannes Androsch (Austria) - Founder of AIC Androsch International Management Consulting
 * Marek Belka (Poland) - Executive Director of the UN Economic Commission for Europe; former Prime Minister
 * Svetoslav Bojilov (Bulgaria) - Founder of the Communitas Foundation and President of Venture Equity Bulgaria Ltd.
 * Emma Bonino (Italy) - Minister for Europe and International Trade; former EU Commissioner
 * Robert Cooper (United Kingdom) - Director General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, Council of the EU General Secretariat
 * Marta Dassu (Italy) - Diplomatic adviser to Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema; Director of the Aspen Institute Italia
 * Gijs de Vries (The Netherlands) - Senior Fellow at the Clingendael Institute; former EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator
 * Jean-Luc Dehaene (Belgium) - Member of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister and vice president of the European Convention
 * Gianfranco Dell'Alba (Italy) - Chef de Cabinet for Minister Emma Bonino; former Member of European Parliament
 * Andrew Duff (United Kingdom) - Member of the European Parliament, ALDE Group
 * Sarmite Elerte (Latvia) - Editor-in-chief of Latvian daily newspaper Diena
 * Brian Eno (United Kingdom) - Musician and producer
 * Joschka Fischer (Germany) - Former Foreign Minister and vice-Chancellor
 * Timothy Garton Ash (United Kingdom) - Professor of European Studies at Oxford University
 * Bronislaw Geremek (Poland) - Member of the European Parliament, ALDE; Group; former Foreign Minister
 * Diego Hidalgo (Spain) - Co-founder of Spanish newspaper El País and President of FRIDE
 * Mary Kaldor (United Kingdom) - Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics
 * Gerald Knaus (Germany) - Chairman of the European Stability Initiative and Open Society Fellow
 * Caio Koch-Weser (Germany) - Vice Chairman of the Deutsche Bank Group; former State Secretary
 * Rem Koolhaas (The Netherlands) - Architect and urbanist; Professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University
 * Ivan Krastev (Bulgaria) - Chair of Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies
 * Mart Laar (Estonia) - Former Prime Minister
 * Mark Leonard (United Kingdom) - Executive Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations
 * Adam Lury (United Kingdom) - Director of Menemsha Ltd; former advisor to Lord Browne
 * Alain Minc (France) - Chairman of Le Monde; Head of consulting group AM Conseil
 * Christine Ockrent (Belgium) - Editor-in-chief at France Télévision.
 * Leoluca Orlando (Italy) - MP; President of the Sicilian Renaissance Institute
 * Cem Ozdemir (Germany) - Member of the European Parliament, Greens Group
 * Simon Panek (Czech Republic) - Chairman of the People in Need Foundation
 * Teresa Patricio Gouveia (Portugal) - Trustee to the Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; former Foreign Minister
 * Chris Patten (United Kingdom) - Chancellor of Oxford University; Former EU Commissioner and Governor of Hong Kong
 * Diana Pinto (France) - Historian and author
 * Ruprecht Polenz (Germany) - MP and Chairman of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee
 * Andrew Puddephatt (United Kingdom) - Director of Global Partners & Associated Ltd.
 * Sigrid Rausing (United Kingdom) - Founder of the Sigrid Rausing Trust
 * Albert Rohan (Austria) - Deputy to the UN Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo
 * Daniel Sachs (Sweden) - CEO of Proventus
 * Pierre Schori (Sweden) - Director General of FRIDE; former SRSG to Cote d´Ivoire
 * Giuseppe Scognamiglio (Italy) - Head of Institutional and International Relations, Unicredit
 * Narcís Serra (Spain) - Chair of CIDOB Foundation; former Vice President
 * Elif Shafak (Turkey) - Writer
 * Aleksander Smolar (Poland) - Chairman of the Board of the Stefan Batory Foundation
 * George Soros (Hungary/US) - Chairman, Open Society Institute
 * Dominique Strauss-Kahn (France) - MP, Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris; Former Finance Minister
 * Helle Thorning Schmidt (Denmark) - Leader of the Social Democratic Party
 * Michiel Van Hulten (The Netherlands) - Managing Director of Burson-Marsteller, Brussels; Former Member of European Parliament
 * Mabel Van Oranje (The Netherlands) - International Advocacy Director, Open Society Institute
 * Antonio Vitorino (Portugal) - Lawyer;former EU Commissioner
 * Stephen Wall (United Kingdom) - Chairman of Hill and Knowlton (Public Affairs EMEA); former Europe advisor to Tony Blair
 * Andre Wilkens (Germany) - Executive Director of the Open Society Institute, Brussels

Staff and Experts
Accessed February 2008:


 * Mark Leonard, Executive Director
 * Hans Wolters, Deputy Director
 * Anthony Dworkin, Senior Policy Fellow
 * John Fox, Senior Policy Fellow
 * François Godement, Senior Policy Fellow
 * Richard Gowan, Policy Fellow
 * Ulrike Guerot, Senior Policy Fellow, Head of Berlin Office
 * Thomas Klau, Editorial Director, Head of Paris Office
 * Daniel Korski, Senior Policy Fellow
 * Alba Lamberti, Advocacy
 * Ognyan Minchev, Senior Policy Fellow, Head of Sofia Office
 * Pierre Noel, Policy Fellow
 * Nicu Popescu, Policy Fellow
 * Zsofia Szilagyi, Communications and Media Relations
 * Jose-Ignacio Torreblanca, Senior Policy Fellow, Head of Madrid Office
 * Andrew Wilson, Senior Policy Fellow
 * Nick Witney, Senior Policy Fellow

Contact

 * Web: http://www.ecfr.eu

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