Press Releases - WestExec Advisors

The Organization of American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights selects Michael Camilleri to serve as a member of the Expert Group on deliberate disinformation in electoral contexts

"The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR/RFOE) presents the list of members of the Expert Group on deliberate disinformation in electoral contexts. With the support of the Mexican Electoral National Institution (INE), the Group will meet on April 23-24, 2019, at the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City. "28 international experts were selected and invited based on their individual background and on their experience in the implementation of [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:03:48-04:00April 16, 2019|Press Releases|

Michèle Flournoy testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on NATO

Michèle Flournoy testified alongside Douglas Lute, Derek Chollet, and Ian Brzezinski on the benefits of the NATO alliance to the United States, the importance of NATO in securing the peace in Europe throughout the Trans-Atlantic region, the insufficiency of the 2% benchmark for measuring allied and partner contributions, and alternative measurements that paint a more holistic picture of these contributions. Read her written testimony here: Written Testimony

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T16:36:23-04:00March 13, 2019|Press Releases|

Bridge Colby and Ely Ratner testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on China and Russia

Bridge Colby, Ely Ratner, and Damon Wilson testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on January 29, 2019, to examine the implementation of the National Defense Strategy, and the threats posed by China and Russia. Download the written testimony or watch the full hearing here: Full Hearing

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T16:58:35-04:00January 29, 2019|Press Releases|

Michèle Flournoy discussed the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria on NPR

Michèle Flournoy joined host David Greene on NPR's Morning Edition to discuss how the bombing in Syria this week might affect a planned troop withdrawal. Read the full transcript or listen to the audio here: Full Interview

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:01:40-04:00January 17, 2019|Press Releases|

WestExec Welcomes New Senior Advisors Nick Rasmussen and Liz Rosenberg

Washington, DC – WestExec Advisors is pleased to announce that Nicholas “Nick” Rasmussen and Elizabeth “Liz” Rosenberg have joined the firm as Senior Advisors. Nick is the former Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), and has served in senior posts across three administrations, serving on the National Security Council (NSC) staff under Presidents George W. Bush and Obama before being appointed Director of NCTC by President Obama and continuing his tenure at the request of President Trump in 2017. [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:01:28-04:00January 17, 2019|Press Releases|

WestExec Advisors welcomes Ambassador Dennis Ross as a new Senior Advisor

Washington, DC – WestExec Advisors, a Washington, DC-based global strategic advisory firm, is pleased to welcome Ambassador Dennis Ross to the team.

WestExec2018-09-18T11:51:26-04:00May 4, 2018|Press Releases|

Antony Blinken’s latest piece in the New York Times: “To Win a Nobel, Trump Should Look to the Iran Deal”

“President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize.” It is hard to imagine anyone other than Mr. Trump expressing that sentiment. But the quote is from his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, citing Mr. Trump’s work to engineer talks between the two Koreas and the tantalizing prospect of a long-sought peace and denuclearization on the peninsula.

WestExec2018-07-30T13:11:37-04:00May 2, 2018|Press Releases|

WestExec Welcomes Three New Senior Advisors

WestExec Advisors, LLC advises companies on geopolitical risk and emerging opportunities Washington, DC – WestExec Advisors, a Washington, DC-based global strategic advisory firm, is pleased to welcome three new Senior Advisors to the team: Danny Russel, Jamie Smith, and Colin Thomas-Jensen.

WestExec2018-07-01T23:09:28-04:00April 17, 2018|Press Releases|

Michael Camilleri’s Latest in Foreign Affairs

President Donald Trump’s aborted trip to Latin America this week will make him the first U.S. president to skip the triennial Summit of the Americas. Instead, Vice President Mike Pence will join heads of state from across the Western Hemisphere as they try to finalize a declaration on “democratic governance against corruption,” a timely focus in light of Latin America’s recent wave of graft scandals. In selecting the theme, the host government of Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski showed admirable conviction—if little prescience. Kuczynski himself will be absent, having resigned less than a month before the summit amid a corruption scandal of his own.

WestExec2018-07-30T13:13:39-04:00April 13, 2018|Press Releases|

Mike Singh’s Latest in Foreign Policy

President Donald Trump’s unexpected decision to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has elicited sharply divided responses. The White House has presented the proposed summit as a diplomatic coup, while advocates of engagement have greeted it with guarded relief. Skeptics have described it as naive at best, given Kim’s atrocious record of abuses, and a disgrace at worst. Yet history will judge the meeting by a simpler metric — whether it succeeds.

WestExec2018-07-30T13:14:38-04:00March 30, 2018|Press Releases|