The British-American Project (BAP) is an organisation intended to strengthen links between the United Kingdom and the United States. BAP operates on a not-for-profit basis, funded through its membership and support from corporate partners. It was originally named the British-American Project for the Successor Generation.
Goals
Established in 1985, BAP was created to help maintain and enrich the long-standing relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States. The Project was the brainchild of Nick Butler, an economist at BP, who at that time was also a prospective Labour Party parliamentary candidate.
Organisation
The British-American Project is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). BAP is a non-profit, funded by its members and donations from corporate partners.
Nick Cohen, writing in The Observer in 1999, criticised the scheme on the grounds that it encouraged the adoption in Europe of policy from the United States.
- Stephen Dorrell, former Conservative MP and Liberal Democrat
- Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, trade unionist and Labour life peer
- Daniel Franklin, The Economist
- Isabel Hilton, The Independent, The Guardian, BBC
- Trevor Phillips, BBC
- Caroline St John-Brooks, The Times Educational Supplement, The Sunday Times
Arts and media
- Margaret Hill, BBC current affairs producer
- Shami Chakrabarti, Former director, Liberty
- Caroline, Lady Dalmeny, former defence policy analyst
- Julia Hobsbawm, writer and public speaker
References
External links
- British-American Project (official website)
- Transatlantic Elite - British American Project for the successor generation collection of articles from various publications