Atlantik-Brücke e.V.

Atlantik-Brücke e.V.
founded in the year	1952
City	Berlin
Country	Germany
Website	http://www.atlantik-bruecke.org/
Legal form	registered association
address	Am Kupfergraben 7, 10117 Berlin
founder	Eric M. Warburg, Ernst Friedländer, Erik Blumenfeld, Gotthard von Falkenhausen, Albert Schäfer, Hans Karl von Borries, Marion Gräfin Dönhoff, John J. Mc Cloy
number of employees	500
Last revision	5.10.2016

Organizational Structure and Funding

Following its statue, new members will have to be co-opted by current members. The Atlantik-Brücke unites members from political parties, the military, business and interest groups, financial institutions and banks of both the U.S. and Germany. It is widely regarded as a major political and economic pressure group and earns criticism due to its far reaching membership, which includes active politicians and elected representatives. The Atlantik-Brücke is affiliated with the Council on Foreign Relations.

Address

Am Kupfergraben 7, 10117 Berlin

People

Executive board

People leading the Think Tank in the day to day business (CEOs, directorates etc.).

• Eveline Y. Metzen

• Friedrich Merz

• Burkhard Schwenker, Vice CEO

• Edelgard Bulmahn, Vice CEO

Advisory board

People advising the Think Tank (mainly in scientific questions)

• Lawrence A. Rosen

• Omid Nouripour

• Ute Wolf

• Wolfgang Ischinger

• Max Warburg

• Rainer Hoffmann

• Ingrid Hengster

• Michael Hüther

• Jürgen Großmann

• Angelika Gifford

• Christian Lange

• Jürgen Fitschen

• Kai Diekmann

• Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

• Karsten Uhlmann

• Eckart Von Klaeden

Supporters/Sponsors

People or legal entities that either support the Think Tank with their reputation or with their money.

• Council on Foreign Relations, Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, Warburg, Nomura Holdings

Working mode, goals

The Atlantik-Brücke is a private interest organisation, founded short after the foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany (former West Germany). It aims for a enhanced cooperation between the U.S. and Germany on economic, fiscal, security, military and foreign policy issues. The Atlantik-Brücke organizes an conferences, expert discussions, roundtables and backstage talks. It is subdivided into several working groups on special topics.

Cooperations with Non-Think Tanks

• Council on Foreign Relations

Topics

We used the DGs of the EU to generate a basic list of topics. This list is going to be steadily extended. However we try to preserve a persistent list of topics.

• Foreign and Security Policy
• Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Military Affairs
• Liberalism
• Foreign Trade Policy
• International Trade/Globalization
• Education

Notes

This section is used to note presumptions that need further investigation, as well as things that don't fit into other sections.

The Atlantik-Brücke publishes an annual yearbook which covers its activities as well as participants.