The New Atlantic Initiative (NAI) was an international nonpartisan organization dedicated to revitalizing and expanding the Atlantic community of democracies. NAI was based at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington, DC-based think tank.

The NAI's central objective was to strengthen Atlantic cooperation in the post-cold war world by bringing together Americans and Europeans to work toward common goals, including:

The NAI also sponsored conferences, debates, and roundtable discussions in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere.

In 2005 NAI was shut down and merged into the "European Studies" program at AEI.

New Atlantic were an early 1990s British rave band from Southport, Merseyside. They were made up of Richard Lloyd and Cameron Saunders, and best known for their UK #12 hit "I Know" in March 1992. The CD single of "I Know" contained an alternate mix, which was performed by the group onstage on the UK television programme, The Hitman And Her. New Atlantic were signed to Liverpool's 3 Beat Records, which in turn signed the track to Pete Waterman's PWL Records; a remix was done by Love Decade, which became the most recognizable version. "I Know" also crossed over to the United States, where it reached number 15 on Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart in June 1992, where it was released on Tommy Boy Records. "I Know" would later be sampled by Chase & Status in their 2013 single "Count on Me."

New Atlantic also produced Berri's Top 5 UK hit, a dance cover of Elkie Brooks', "Sunshine after the Rain". New Atlantic released a number of other records (including the UK #70 chart hit, "Into the Future") and an album before fading into obscurity.

New Atlantic was an alternative rock band from New Jersey signed to Eyeball Records / Warner Bros. Records.

History

New Atlantic started in 2004, they released many EPs independently before signing with Eyeball Records / Warner Bros. Records. They released the "Wire and Stone" single (featuring backup vocals by Will Pugh of Cartel) online in 2006 and their debut album The Streets, The Sounds, and The Love was released on April 10, 2007. The group's video has been in rotation on MTVU, and the band was named a "featured artist" by the television station. The group has toured with Cartel, Cobra Starship, Boys Like Girls, Waking Ashland, An Angle, The Starting Line, Daphne Loves Derby, Liam and Me, Cute Is What We Aim For, The Spill Canvas and Copeland. They were managed by The Starting Line's guitarist, Matthew Watts.

On April 29, 2010 New Atlantic lead singer, Giovanni Gianni announced the breakup of New Atlantic.

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