Justin Trudeau was one of the first, perhaps the first, to call Biden after the election to congratulate him.
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Wikipedia: International Crisis Group
Investor and philanthropist George Soros provided the organisation’s seed funding and continues to support it...
Past board members have included Sandy Berger...
Crisis Group’s “In Pursuit of Peace Award” was established in 2005, and is associated with a gala event in New York City. Recipients include U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush; Hillary Clinton; former Brazilian President Lula da Silva; Nobel Peace Prize laureates Martti Ahtisaari and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and financier and philanthropist George Soros...
Recipients for 2018 included: Frank Giustra, founder of the Radcliffe Foundation and a prolific entrepreneur and financier...
In 2010, Tom Hazeldine argued in an article published in New Left Review that the ICG “styles itself as independent and non-partisan, but has consistently championed NATO’s wars to fulsome transatlantic praise”...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Crisis_Group
Wikipedia: Robert Malley...is currently the President and CEO of the International Crisis Group in Washington, D.C. Prior to holding that title, he served at the National Security Council under Barack Obama from February 2014 until January 2017. Before he was Program Director for Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group and Assistant to National Security Advisor Sandy Berger (1996–1998) and the Director for Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the National Security Council (1994–1996).
Malley is considered an expert on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and has written extensively on this subject advocating rapprochement with Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood. As Special Assistant to President Clinton, he was a member of the U.S. peace team and helped organize the 2000 Camp David Summit. In 2015, the Obama administration appointed Rob Malley as its “point man” on the Middle East, leading the Middle East desk of the National Security Council.
In November 2015, Malley was named as President Obama’s new special ISIS advisor...
After Obama left office, Malley returned to the International Crisis Group, serving as the new Vice President for Policy. He is currently the President and CEO...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Malley