http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/about/experts/list/evelyn-farkas#fullbio
About the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center
The Atlantic Councils Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center fosters dialogue among regional leaders, as well with counterparts from key neighbors and global leaders. Combining in-depth understanding of Eurasias history with expertise on politics, economics and energy, the Center provides distinctive research and advice to governments and businesses worldwide. It seeks to promote an agenda of regional cooperation and integration based on shared values and common interest in a free, prosperous, and peaceful future. The Centers collaborative approach aims to catalyze local, regional, and global strategies to address economic growth, deal more effectively with political issues, and bring about energy development and trade in ways that reinforce economic and political well-being. (emphasis added)
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/dinu-patriciu-eurasia-center/about-the-center
The Atlantic Council of the United States and Burisma Group, an independent gas producer in Ukraine, have announced a cooperative agreement. Atlantic Council will develop programs with Burismas support to strengthen transatlantic relations, including a focus on energy security and related issues.
The cooperative agreement will be led by the Atlantic Councils Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, whose mission is to enhance transatlantic cooperation in promoting stability, democratic values, and prosperity in Eurasia, from Eastern Europe and Turkey in the West to the Caucasus, Russia, and Central Asia in the East. The Centers Ukraine in Europe Initiative is designed to galvanize international support for an independent Ukraine within secure borders whose people will determine their own future.
The Atlantic Councils work to date in Ukraine aims to strengthen the countrys security, preserve its territorial integrity, and advance transformational democratic, economic, and governance reforms.
Hunter Biden
Director
Appointed: April 2014
http://burisma.com/en/director/xanter-bajden/