EastWest Institute

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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.[1]

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.'[2]

funding

The Institute prefers not to disclose its funding sources, saying, 'Our mission is supported by funding from private and public sources worldwide.'[3] However, in 2002 the Institute received $10,000 from Exxon Mobil [4]

Co-Chairmen of the Board

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

Chairmen Emeriti

Directors Emeriti

Non-Board Members of Board Committees

Notes

  1. ^ PM's acceptance comments for Statesmen of the Decade award, 8 December 2005 http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page8737.asp
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