ATCA: The Asymmetric Threats Contingency 
                Alliance is a philanthropic expert initiative founded in 2001 
                to resolve complex global challenges through collective Socratic 
                dialogue and joint executive action to build a wisdom based global 
                economy. Adhering to the doctrine of non-violence, ATCA addresses 
                asymmetric threats and social opportunities arising from climate 
                chaos and the environment; radical poverty and microfinance; geo-politics 
                and energy; organised crime & extremism; advanced technologies 
                -- bio, info, nano, robo & AI; demographic skews and resource 
                shortages; pandemics; financial systems and systemic risk; as 
                well as transhumanism and ethics. Present membership of ATCA is 
                by invitation only and has over 5,000 distinguished members from 
                over 100 countries: including several from the House of Lords, 
                House of Commons, EU Parliament, US Congress & Senate, G10's 
                Senior Government officials and over 1,500 CEOs from financial 
                institutions, scientific corporates and voluntary organisations 
                as well as over 750 Professors from academic centres of excellence 
                worldwide.
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                representative of the views of ATCA, which is neutral. Please 
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