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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." <ref>[http://www.ecfr.eu/content/entry/about/ About], European Council on Foreign Relations, accessed February 3, 2008.</ref>

==Founding Council Members==
Accessed February 2008: <ref>[http://www.ecfr.eu/content/entry/12 Council], European Council on Foreign Relations, accessed February 3, 2008.</ref>

*[[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: <ref>[http://www.ecfr.eu/content/entry/staff Staff and Experts], European Council on Foreign Relations, accessed February 3, 2008.</ref>

*[[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

==Resources and articles==
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*[[Maria Damanaki]] - Global Managing Director for Oceans, The Nature Conservancy; former EU Commissioner
*[[Kalypso Nicolaïdis]] (Greece/France) - Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
*[[George Papandreou]] - former Prime Minister
*[[Loukas Tsoukalis]] - Professor, University of Athens and President, ELIAMEP

===References===
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===External links===
*[http://inthenameofdemocracy.org/en/node/230 Soros-Backed European Council on Foreign Relations Launched]

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