SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI ON CLIMATE AND RESILIENCE AT COP27 - From the Resilience Hub at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined US Representative Kathy Castor in a conversation with Kathy Baughman McLeod, director of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Cen...

A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL ISAAC HERZOG - The Atlantic Council, in partnership with the Jeffrey M. Talpins Foundation, presented an N7 Initiative public event with President of Israel Isaac Herzog on October 25, 2022.

Following the second anniversary of the signing of the Abraham...

A CONVERSATION WITH CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MÉLANIE JOLY - Alongside the United States, Canada has played a role in rallying and maintaining Western support for Ukraine, while also confronting and condemning Russia for its illegal, unprovoked, and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine. Canada has c...

A CONVERSATION WITH US SECRETARY OF COMMERCE GINA RAIMONDO - The Global Tech Security Commission (GTSC)—a joint partnership between the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub and Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue—hosted a conversation with the US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, on Se...

US ROLE IN THE NATO ALLIANCE WITH SENATORS JEANNE SHAHEEN AND THOM TILLIS - The war in Ukraine has ushered in a sea change in transatlantic security. In response to Russia’s illegal and unprovoked war, the United States and its NATO allies have provided unprecedented military and political suppor...

A CONVERSATION ABOUT TAIWAN WITH THE 27TH US SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MARK T. ESPER - The Atlantic Council’s Asia Security Initiative, housed within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, and the Global China Hub hosted a conversation with the 27th US Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper on Ju...

A CONVERSATION WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE OF UKRAINE OLEKSII REZNIKOV - Moscow continues its full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. However, the nature of the war has changed for the third time. In the east, Russia, using its dramatic advantages in artillery, tanks, and manpower, continues t...

A CONVERSATION WITH DUTCH MINISTER OF DEFENSE KAJSA OLLONGREN - The Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative, housed within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, held a public conversation with Minister of Defense for the Kingdom of the Netherlands H.E. Kajsa Ollongren, on J...

A CONVERSATION WITH PRIME MINISTER OF LITHUANIA INGRIDA ŠIMONYTĖ - On the frontlines of democracy in Europe, Lithuania has proven to be a key power in rallying global support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war to wipe out Ukrainian independence and identity. Working together with the other c...

ALLIED RESOLVE: NATO PERSPECTIVES ON THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE - The Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security hosted a conversation on “Allied resolve: NATO perspectives on the Russian invasion of Ukraine” with four former NATO S...

A CONVERSATION WITH PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO ALBIN KURTI - The Atlantic Council’s Europe Center hosted a conversation with Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Albin Kurti.

At a time of unprecedented turmoil, questions about EU enlargement are once again dominating discussio...

WILL THE US AGAIN BE THE ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY? A CONVERSATION ON LEND-LEASE FOR UKRAINE WITH US SENATORS BEN CARDIN AND JOHN CORNYN - The United States’ efforts to support Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s full-scale invasion have in many ways been driven by support in the US Congress. Military ...

SPECIAL ADDRESS BY US TREASURY SECRETARY JANET L. YELLEN - United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen spoke at the Atlantic Council on April 13, 2022, on the way forward for the global economy in the wake of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Secretary Yellen delivered this importa...

A CONVERSATION WITH FOUNDER OF THE OPEN RUSSIA MOVEMENT MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY - Jailed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and exiled from Russia, businessman and philanthropist Mikhail Khodorkovsky has for years been a leading figure in efforts to build a future for Russia that is prosperous and ...

A CONVERSATION WITH THE BALTIC PRESIDENTS - Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine will have momentous consequences for the transatlantic community and security and defense architecture in Europe for years to come. Eighteen years after the accession of the Baltic states to NATO, Estonian President Al...

A CONVERSATION WITH MINISTER OF DEFENCE OF GERMANY CHRISTINE LAMBRECHT - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has catalyzed what German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called a Zeitenwende, a sea change in Germany’s strategic outlook, culminating in a historic shift of Germany’s foreign and defense policy. Within...

PREVIEWING THE NATO SUMMIT WITH AMBASSADOR JULIANNE SMITH - Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the largest war in Europe since 1945 and upended the post-Cold War security order. As Ukraine fights back against the invasion, the United States and NATO ...

2022 CHRISTOPHER J. MAKINS LECTURE: A CONVERSATION WITH UK FOREIGN SECRETARY LIZ TUSS - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked a defining moment of transatlantic unity, and the United Kingdom has played a leading role in the transatlantic response, from implementing sanctions and reinforcing NA...

A NEW CHINA-RUSSIA “ALLIANCE”? FEATURING STEPHEN HADLEY & FORMER PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD - The 5,300-word joint statement from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined an unprecedented cooperative vision for an international order shaped by the world’s two lead...

A CONVERSATION WITH NATO SECRETARY GENERAL JENS STOLTENBERG - The Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative, in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, hosted a conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, on January 28, 2022.

Russia’s military buildup in and a...

A CONVERSATION WITH HEAD OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE ANDRIY YERMAK - Russia has massed over 100,000 troops on or near Ukraine’s borders for months. At the same time, it has demanded negotiations with the United States and European powers with a view towards receiving legal guarantee...

A CONVERSATION WITH INTEL CEO PATRICK GELSINGER - Emerging technologies hold a great degree of promise to make our increasingly fragile global society more resilient. To sustain this progress, investments in research, expansions in digital infrastructures, and an increase in digital literacy are ...

A CONVERSATION WITH PFIZER CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ALBERT BOURLA - The Atlantic Council hosted a high-level conversation with Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, on November 9, 2021. Dr. Albert Bourla’s role has been central in developing the COVID-19 v...

A CONVERSATION WITH BIONTECH CO-FOUNDERS UGUR SAHIN AND ÖZLEM TÜRECI - The Atlantic Council hosted a high-level conversation with BioNTech Co-Founders, Professor Ugur Sahin, M.D., Co-Founder and CEO, and Dr. Özlem Türeci, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, on November 8, 2021.

At the forefron...