The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.

Thucydides, Pericles' Funeral Oration

The EuroAtlantic Institute was formed to serve the EuroAtlantic bond of Europe and America, to defend freedom and democracy, to fight disinformation and provide deep  insights into geopolitical risks and decision making.

The EuroAtlantic Institute is a non-profit, independent and non-partisan geo-strategic think tank dedicated to promoting and preserving the security, stability, quality of life and prosperity of the EuroAtlantic community. As a result of this policy, the U.S. and Europe have become one of the strongest and most stable economic regions in the world.

The Institute's work includes analyzing geopolitical threats in the areas of information warfare, energy security, economic, financial, and defense policy. The focus is on the democratically legitimized economic and military partnership between Europe and the United States and the common threat by autocratic political systems.”

With the new American administration tearing up decades of international expectations about U.S. leadership of NATO and the free world, the consequences for America’s friends and allies in Europe and Asia of the launching of a global trade war in a time of geopolitical competition are profoundly troubling.

The Honorable James P Rubin has joined the EuroAtlantic Institute as Chairman after a distinguished four decades at the highest levels of the United States Government, in the field of international affairs and U.S. national security as a diplomat, commentator, professor and broadcaster and most recently as a top strategist for Secretary of State Antony Blinken until late January 2025.

From the war in Ukraine, to the growing U.S.-China confrontation — not to mention the chaos and ongoing warfare in the Middle East, James P. Rubin also led U.S. government efforts from 2022 to 2024 to combat the growing information warfare from Russia and China and will offer a frank net assessment of the new information challenges faced by the West and democratic governments around the world.


Individual Freedom manifests itself through physical and intellectual freedom of thought and

being able to think and speak nothing but the whole truth.

The Honorable James P Rubin

Board Members

James P. Rubin

Chairman

Dr. August Hanning

Vice-Chairman

Alfred Herrhausen Freedom Prize

The EuroAtlantic Institute was inspired by the former Chairman of Deutsche Bank. Dr. Alfred Herrhausen on the founders of EuroAtlantic Institute for his contribution to German and European unity. In his memory, the EuroAtlantic Institute is awarding the Alfred Herrhausen Freedom Prize to outstanding personalities for their contribution to guard and defend freedom. Dr Alfred Herrhausen was assassinated by the enemies for freedom before he could witness German unity. He was a philosopher - banker, a student of Karl Popper and leaves a legacy with the quote that is inscribed on his grave:

"Freedom - and the openness that comes with it - is not given to us as a gift. People have to fight for it, time and time again”

Dr. Alfred Herrhausen