2020: A YEAR OF DISRUPTION& INNOVATION

President’s Report to theExecutive Committee of the Board of Directors

March 19, 2021

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2021: A YEAR OF OPPORTUNITY

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Financial Sustainability

Convening Global Audiences Content is King

2021: A year of opportunity2

The Power of our People

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THE POWER OF OUR PEOPLE

New centers and initiatives

New centers

New initiatives

CENTERS & INITIATIVES

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Building our team: 173 intellectual entrepreneurs

Number of staff over the years

HR

4 staff members converted from intern to full time

69% of staff under age of 35 ( 5% )

Average age of employees: 35

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Above average representation: Middle East & Asian staff Double national average: LGBTQ Work to do: Black, Hispanic program staff; vets, conservatives; improve gender balance at some position levels

Gender balance

DIVERSITY

24% are non US citizens

72% speak a

language besides English

Diversity: From 37 countries, speaking more than 30languages, based in 14 countries

Full team Senior management

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NEW HIRES AND PROMOTIONS New Senior Staff

Promotions

Fulltime Senior Fellows

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FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

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$1.2MUS Gvmt Grants

( 27%)

Pivot, Adjust, Manage & Mitigate RiskDEVELOPMENT

2020 Revenue: $42.3M ( 8%) 2020 Assets: $85.4M ( 4%)2020 Restricted Surplus: $7.4M( 295%)

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1/3$17.1M

Corporate Revenue

( 37%)

$25MBoard & IAB

Revenue

( 12%)

$110MSurpassed

original goal;73% of stretch

goal

$10.4MFoundation Grants

( 16%)

$5.5MNon-US Gvmt

Grants

( 12%)

CONVENINGGLOBAL AUDIENCES

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Expanded impact: Virtual847 events held in 2020 (+32% over last year)

EVENTS

MOST EVENTS

IN A SINGLE YEAR

2MParticipants +

views

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EVENTS

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#ACFrontPage

1/3of our audience

attended#ACFP

#ACFrontPage Events

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754KEvent views

CONTENT IS KING

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Editorial: Newsletters, Publications, Blogs

More than ⅓ of those subscribers are receiving one of 10 newsletters launched this year

80K+subscribers across

20+newsletters

EDITORIAL

EuropeWatch

BelarusAlert

DirectCurrent

FastThinking

Guide to Global Economy

SAC Weekly

State of the Order

The Future is Here

The Strategist

TurkeySource

2020PUBLICATIONS

403,602 Page views ( 70%)

99,748 Downloads ( 51%)

131 Publications ( 34%)

87%Blog

readership growth

●AfricaSource (812%)●Inflection Points (403%)●MENASource (176%)●New Atlanticist (129%)●Econographics (107%)●UkraineAlert (66%)

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Blogs withmost growth in 2020

PublicationsTop 5 downloads

Top 5 page views

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EXPANDING DIGITAL AUDIENCES

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Digital: Website pageviews

2020

2019

2016

2018

2017

April: ACFP with IMF chief; Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu; What world post-COVID

June: ACFP with NATO Sec Gen; Saudi Vision 2030; Operation Carthage; CBDC Tracker

August: Coronavirus Alert

November: Elections 2020;Fast Thinking

January: GEF;Soleimani assassination

October: NATO 20/2020

July: Report: Shaping the post-COVID world

December: Global QE Tracker

March: COVID-19 Blog

9Mpage views

193%Growth

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2019 2020

1 United States 41.60% United States

40.73

%

2 United Kingdom 6.70% United Kingdom 7.32%

3 Ukraine 5.40% Canada 3.99%

4 Canada 4.70% India 3.56%

5 India 2.60% Ukraine 2.88%

6 Germany 2.39% Germany 2.11%

7 France 2.36% Australia 1.89%

8 Australia 1.80% Pakistan 1.53%

9 Netherlands 1.47% Netherlands 1.41%

10 Russia 1.40% France 1.37%

11 Turkey 1.22% United Arab Emirates 1.32%

12 Pakistan 1.04% South Africa 1.10%

13 Italy 1.01% Turkey 1.08%

14 Poland 0.96% Colombia 1.03%

15 Belgium 0.96% Singapore 0.96%

16 United Arab Emirates 0.93% Italy 0.96%

17 Sweden 0.84% Oman 0.79%

18 Egypt 0.72% Belgium 0.77%

19 Spain 0.70% Sweden 0.74%

20 Switzerland 0.66% Poland 0.72%

Digital ReachTop 20

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Top 20

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Top 20

Top 20

Top 20

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60%

25%European web traffic

Web audience outside US

MEDIA

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Media 73.4K

944 top tier media mentions

+7% over 2019

Media mentions by month

Jan: Soleimani assasination

Feb: NSA O’Brien Event

March-May: Media focus shifts to COVID

June - July: Disinfo in George Floyd protests; ACFP with Stoltenberg, Ghani, AKK, Singaporean PM

Aug: Belarus elections, US elections disinfo, Iran sanctions

Sept: ACFP with Pompeo

Nov - Dec: US election coverage

Oct: ACFP with Esper

media mentionsOnline and print media: 64k

Broadcast media: 8.69k

+27% over 2019

POTENTIAL AUDIENCE

REACH

+71% over 2019

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INSIGHT & IMPACT

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University of Pennsylvania2020 Go To Think Tank Index Report

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 20201 Brookings Brookings Brookings Brookings CSIS Peterson

2 Carnegie CFR CSIS CSIS Carnegie CSIS

3 CSIS CSIS Carnegie Carnegie Heritage Carnegie

4 CFR Carnegie Heritage Heritage Peterson Urban

5 Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Urban CAP

6 Cato RAND RAND RAND Wilson Heritage

7 RAND Heritage CAP Peterson CAP AC

8 Heritage Cato CFR CAP AC Wilson

9 CAP CAP Peterson Urban RAND RAND

10 NBER Peterson Cato AC Hudson Stimson

11 Pew AEI Urban CFR CFR CFR

12 AEI Urban NBER CNAS Belfer Center Belfer

13 CNAS NBER AC Cato Cato Cato

14 Peterson AC AEI Belfer CNAS Hudson

15 WRI CNAS CNAS Hudson AEI Baker

16 AC WRI WRI AEI Baker CNAS

17 Urban Baker Baker Baker Stimson AEI

18 Baker Hoover Hudson WRI HRW GMF

19 Hoover Pew Belfer Stimson RFF RFF

20 Belfer Belfer Stimson HRW Freedom House Freedom House

4-star Charity Navigator rating 6 years running

putting the Council in the top 9% of

1.5 million nonprofits

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GLOBAL US

Think Tank to Watch in 2020 #7 ↑ 1 #4 ( = )

Think Tanks with the Most Significant Impact on Public Policy #16 ↑ 5 #8 ↑ 3

Recognition of our substance

Top Energy and Resource Policy #30 ↑ 1 #9 ↑ 1

Top Defense and National Security #8 ( = ) #5 ( = )

Top Foreign Policy and International Affairs #10 ↑ 4 #6 ↑ 2

Best New Idea or Paradigm Developed by a Think Tank #15 ↑ 3 #7 ↑ 1

Best Regional Studies Centers #17 NEW #4 NEW

Recognition of our management

Best Managed Think Tanks #12 ↑ 3 #4 ↑ 3

Best Quality Assurance and Integrity Policies and Procedures #18 ( = ) #10 ↑ 1

Recognition of our convening and communicating

Best Think Tank Conference #15 ( = ) #4 ( = )

Think Tanks with the Best External Relations/Public Engagement Program #10 ↑ 5 #7 ( = )

Where we ranked

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2021: A year of opportunity

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2021: A year of opportunity

Advance ambitious substantive agenda

●Build China Hub●Secure the core (Europe Center +

NATO work)●Advance climate/energy portfolio●Double down on prosperity pillar

(GeoEconomics Center)●Deepen technology focus

(GeoTech Center)

AC 4.0: Reimagined organization to meet

historic moment

Significantly strengthen financial sustainability

●Ensure continued protection of staff with return to work

●Create digitally native organization (work, engagement,

operations)●Prioritize talent, culture, and high-

performance diversity

●Pursue transformative gifts through Global Atlantic Council Campaign

●Convene in-person/hybrid awards dinners (DC, NYC)

●Strengthen sustainability of Africa Center, Millennium Leadership Program, South Asia Center,

Turkey Program

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