{"id":1808640,"date":"2023-01-17T15:05:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T20:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808640"},"modified":"2023-01-17T15:08:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T20:08:44","slug":"the-uae-has-donated-millions-to-the-atlantic-council-they-just-got-a-glowing-op-ed-from-the-think-tanks-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-uae-has-donated-millions-to-the-atlantic-council-they-just-got-a-glowing-op-ed-from-the-think-tanks-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"The UAE Has Donated Millions to the Atlantic Council. They Just Got a Glowing Op-Ed From the Think Tank&#8217;s Chief."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-uae-has-donated-millions-to-the-atlantic-council-they-just-got-a-glowing-op-ed-from-the-think-tanks-chief%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808640&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<\/p>\n<p>Fred Kempe didn&#8217;t disclose millions of Emirati funds in gushing article Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe\/Getty Images    <\/p>\n<p>Fred Kempe, chief executive officer of the Atlantic Council, praised this month the organization. &#8220;resource-rich, renewables-generating&#8221; United Arab Emirates in Jan.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/01\/14\/climate-change-oil-ceo-sultan-al-jaber-is-ideal-person-to-lead-cop-28.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">op-ed<\/a> CNBC praises the oil-rich Gulf nation &#8220;utopian&#8221; Plan to combat climate change.<\/p>\n<p>What he failed to mention were the Middle Eastern monarchy&#8217;s sizable donations\u2014which have in some years topped $1 million\u2014to the Atlantic Council. He also ignored the most troubling aspects in the UAE&#8217;s governance. There are documented human rights violations in the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices\/united-arab-emirates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> The State Department. &#8220;undue restrictions on free expression and the press.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the piece, Kempe celebrated the United Nations&#8217; decision to hold its annual climate change summit in Abu Dhabi and praised the UAE\u2019s selection of Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, an Emirati government minister and the head of the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, to oversee the global summit. Kempe called Al Jaber a &#8220;senior citizen&#8221;. &#8220;ideal choice&#8221; Al-Jaber will be the conference&#8217;s leader, in defiance of climate activists who criticised his selection for his role as head at one of the largest oil producers of the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>After the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> CNBC sent an editor&#8217;s note to CNBC after they had contacted Atlantic Council. &#8220;the obvious conflict of interest&#8221; Was &#8220;not disclosed&#8221; It is important to note that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is a sponsor of the Atlantic Council\u2019s annual energy conference. According to donor information, the UAE embassy gave $1 million to Atlantic Council in 2021, while the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave between $100,000 and $250,000. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/in-depth-research-reports\/report\/2021-annual-report-honor-roll-of-contributors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">records<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to <em>Free Beacon<\/em>A spokesperson for the Atlantic Council stated that the think tank was being supported by the organization. &#8220;regret[s] that proper disclosures were not made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was an oversight. The piece has been updated to clarify the nature of the relationship,&#8221; The spokesman stated that.<\/p>\n<p>Kempe was paid by the Atlantic Council. <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.irs.gov\/pub\/epostcard\/cor\/520742294_201912_990_2021022217742759.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$700,000<\/a> The UAE was promoted in other ways in 2019. The think tank sponsored a trip for congressional aides to Abu Dhabi in October to meet with Emirati officials as well as executives from the energy sector. <em>Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/atlantic-council-helps-the-united-arab-emirates-peddle-influence-in-washington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. The Atlantic Council has hosted Emirati officials in forums and other events in Washington, D.C. as well as Abu Dhabi. Kempe interviewed Al-Jaber in an Atlantic Council interview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlantic Council&#8217;s chief executive officer, Fred Kempe, this month lavished praise on the &#8220;resource-rich, renewables-generating&#8221; United Arab Emirates in a Jan. 14\u00a0op-ed for CNBC praising the oil-rich Gulf nation&#8217;s &#8220;utopian&#8221; plan to fight climate change.<br \/>\nThe post The UAE Has Donated Millions to the Atlantic Council. They Just Got a Glowing Op-Ed From the Think Tank&#8217;s Chief. appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":1808643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[4192,4092,5772,8641,7406,15323,4961,15322,12824,14872],"class_list":["post-1808640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-atlantic","tag-beacon","tag-chief","tag-council","tag-donated","tag-glowing","tag-millions","tag-op-ed","tag-tanks","tag-uae"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1808640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1808643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1808640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1808640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1808640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}