EastWest Institute

Formerly known as the Institute for East West Studies

History

The US-based East West Institute, founded in 1981 as a think tank on traditional security issues had, since the collapse of Communism, focused on research, networking and low-key conferences to help support the development of democracy and free enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.

Activities

In December 2005 the Institute awarded Tony Blair the accolade of Statesman of the Decade. Blair said 'It is a very great honour and privilege to receive this award, and I can truthfully say it is a long time since so many people have said so many nice things about me all at once, or indeed at all, to be absolutely frank. And can I thank the East-West Institute and congratulate it on its 25 years, and thank it also for the work that it does in so many different places in the world.'

funding

The Institute prefers not to disclose its funding sources, saying, 'Our mission is supported by funding from private and public sources worldwide.' However, in 2002 the Institute received $10,000 from Exxon Mobil.

People

Co-Chairmen of the Board

• Ana Palacio, Former Foreign Minister to Spain, Palacioyasociados, Spain
• George F. Russell, Jr. , Chairman, The Threshold Group President AND Founder
• John Edwin Mroz, President and CEO, EastWest Institute, United States

Board Members

• Urban Ahlin, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Swedish Parliament, Sweden
• Martti Ahtisaari, Chairman, Crisis Management Initiative, Finland
• Anna Akhalkatsi, Business Development Officer, Small and Medium Enterprise Dept., International Finance Corporation, United States
• Riprand Arco, President, American Asset Corporation, United States
• Jerald T. Baldridge, Chairman, Republic Energy Inc., United States
• Marshall Bennett, President, Marshall Bennett Enterprises, United States
• David Boren, President, University of Oklahoma, Former U.S. Senator, United States
• Nick Butler, Group Vice President, Strategy and Policy Development, BP p.l.c., United Kingdom
• Peter Castenfelt, President, Archipelago Enterprises Ltd., United Kingdom
• Maria Livanos Cattaui, Former President, International Chamber of Commerce, Switzerland
• Mark Chandler, Chairman and CEO, Biophysical, United States
• Emil Constantinescu, Former President of Romania, Institute for Regional Cooperation and Conflict, Romania
• Joel H. Cowan, President, Habersham & Cowan, Inc., United States
• Francis Finlay, Chairman and CEO, Clay Finlay Inc., United States
• Stephen B. Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, United States
• R. William Ide, III, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, United States
• Wolfgang Ischinger, Ambassador, Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany to the U.S.A., Germany
• Sigrid RVC Kendall, Managing Director, Kendall-Verwaltungs-GmBH
• Rami G. Khouri, Executive Editor, The Daily Star, Lebanon
• Maria-Pia Kothbauer, Ambassador, Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Austria
• Andrey Kruglov, CFO and Deputy CEO, Gazprom, Russian Federation
• Rudi Lamprecht, Member of the Managing Board, Siemens, Germany
• James A. Lash, Chairman, Manchester Principal LLC, United States
• Sonja Licht, President, Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Serbia & Montenegro
• Mark Maletz, Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School, United States
• Michael Maples, Former Executive Vice President, Microsoft, United States
• Ivan Miklos, Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, Slovakia
• Frank Neuman, President, AM-TAK International, United States
• Ross Perot, Jr. , Chairman, Perot Systems Corporation, United States
• Vladimir Plasil, President, Alta, Co., Czech Republic
• John Richardson, President, The Madriaga Foundation, Belgium
• Dr. Ramzi Sanbar, Chairman, Sanbar Development Corporation, S.A., United Kingdom
• Armen Sarkissian, President, Eurasia House International, Armenia
• Peter Scannell, President, Rockwood Holdings, L.P., United States
• Leo Schenker, Senior Executive Vice President, Central National-Gottesman Inc., United States
• Rockwell Schnabel, Advisory Director, Trident Capital Inc, United States
• Hilton Smith, President and CEO, East Bay Co. Ltd., United States
• Elizabeth Symons, Baroness, House of Lords, United Kingdom
• Liener Temerlin, Chairman, Temerlin Consulting, United States
• Henrik Torgersen, Executive Vice President-International Operations, Telenor, Norway
• Robert Verrue, Director General for DG - Taxation, Commission of the European Union, France
• Antonio Vitorino, Professor, Lisbon Law School and Lawyer, Portugal
• Matthias Warnig, President, Dresdner Bank ZAO, Germany
• George Weidenfeld, Lord and President, Orion Publishing Group, United Kingdom
• John C. Whitehead, Former Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co., Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, United States
• Mikhail M. Zadornov, President-Chairman, CJSC "Vneshtorgbank Retail Services, Russian Federation
• Robert Ziff, Chief Investment Strategist, Ziff Brothers Investments, United States

Honorary Chairmen

• George H.W. Bush, Former President of the U.S.A.
• Helmut Kohl, Former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Chairmen Emeriti

• Berthold Beitz, President, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung
• Ivan T. Berend, Professor, University of California at Los Angeles
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Former Vice Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Donald M. Kendall, Former Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo. Inc.
• Whitney MacMillan, Former Chairman and CEO, Cargill, Inc., United States
• Ira D. Wallach, EWI Co-Founder, and Former Chairman, Central National-Gottesman, Inc., United States

Directors Emeriti

• Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Chief Executive Officer, Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., Poland
• William D. Dearstyne, Former Company Group Chairman, Johnson & Johnson, United States
• John W. Kluge, Chairman of the Board, Metromedia International Group, United States
• William E. Murray, The Samuel Freeman Trust, Chairman, United States
• John J. Roberts, Senior Advisor, American International Group (AIG), United States
• Daniel Rose, Chairman, Rose Associates, Inc., United States
• Mitchell I. Sonkin, Managing Director, MBIA Insurance Corporation, United States
• Thorvald Stoltenberg, President, Norwegian Red Cross, Norway

Non-Board Members of Board Committees

• Ali Müfit Gürtuna, Former Mayor of Greater Istanbul Municipality, Turkey
• John A. Roberts, President, Chilmark Enterprises, Inc, United States
• J Dickson Rogers, United States
• George Sheer, United States
• Bengt Westergren, Senior Representative - President, AIG Central Europe & C.I.S., United Kingdom