MENA’S GROWTH PROSPECTS AMID GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY WITH CITI’S MEA CEO EBRU PAKCAN - Join the Atlantic Council’s empowerME Initiative–MacroMENA as it hosts Citi’s Chief Executive Officer for the Middle East and Africa, Ebru Pakcan.

Pakcan will discuss the 2025 growth outlook for the MENA region, an...

TRUMP 2.0 AND THE MIDDLE EAST: ADAPTING TO A SHIFTING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE - Join the North Africa Initiative as it hosts a public event with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies on US President Donald Trump’s first one hundred days in office, analyzing his policies toward the...

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 2.0: IMPLICATIONS FOR GCC ECONOMIES - The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Initiative would like to invite you for a timely public online conversation on “Trump administration 2.0: Implications for GCC economies.” The panel discussion aims to explore the future of tra...

REALIGN FOR PALESTINE: REDEFINING PRO-PALESTINE ADVOCACY - The Atlantic Council is excited to announce the launch of Realign For Palestine (RFP), a first-of-its-kind project that elevates pragmatic Palestinian voices committed to nonviolence, coexistence, and a two-nation solution.

RFP aims to ...

GOVERNING EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA - The Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative launches the report, “Emerging technology policies and democracy in Africa: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Zambia in focus.”

This report examines how five African countries are navigating the c...

THE RAMIFICATIONS OF RENEWED CONFLICT IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosts a discussion on the deteriorating security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). There has been a dramatic deterioration of the situation in eastern Congo....

RESHAPING US ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA - The African continent is experiencing major economic and societal shifts. With South Africa’s presidency of the G20, the pending implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, the election of the new presidents for the African Union Commiss...

THE ROLE OF AI IN TRANSFORMING SAUDI ARABIA’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE - The economic potential of AI in Saudi Arabia is immense. PwC predicts that AI could contribute up to $320 billion to the regional economy by 2030, with Saudi Arabia and the UAE poised to reap the greatest benefits. Specifically, S...

SUDAN, ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA, DJIBOUTI: SHIFTS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA - After nearly two years of fighting and genocidal acts committed in Sudan, continued instability in Ethiopia, and questions about territorial integrity in Somalia, civilians in these countries remain caught in the middle of conflic...

SECRETARY BLINKEN ON AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AND THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST - Join the Atlantic Council as it hosts US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken for an #ACFrontPage conversation. In his final speech as America’s top diplomat, Secretary Blinken will deliver remarks on the Middle East. F...

PUTIN LOSES IN SYRIA, IS RUSSIA IN RETREAT?
The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East Programs will host a discussion exploring the situation in Syria and the outcome for Russia and its interests.

The quick collapse of the Assad regime in Syria and takeover by t...

THE FUTURE OF US COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY - The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, as part of its Counterterrorism Project, will host a hybrid all-day conference featuring a variety of current and former national security professionals who will address the current and em...

COP29 TAKEAWAYS FOR AFRICA: LESSONS, CHALLENGES, AND THE PATH FORWARD - Dubbed by some as “the Finance COP,” the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference will place a heavy focus on climate finance as a solution to the conference’s goal of ensuring global warming remains under 1.5C. Africa’s...

THE TRAJECTORY OF IRAQ’S RECOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS - The conference convenes a diverse group of leading experts, scholars, and policymakers from both the United States and the Republic of Iraq, including current and former senior officials. It tackles the significant challeng...

THE FUTURE OF US STRATEGY TOWARD IRAN: A BIPARTISAN ROADMAP FOR THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION - The first anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack is a reminder of how the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to be a destabilizing force in the Middle East, having provided at least some of the fu...

SENATOR JONI ERNST ON ENHANCING SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION AMONG N7 COUNTRIES - Join the N7 Initiative, a partnership between the Jeffrey M. Talpins Foundation and the Atlantic Council, for a conversation with Senator Joni Ernst on her upcoming legislation supporting the Abraham Accor...

Please watch this event marking the launch of a new report by nonresident senior fellows Jonathan Fulton and Michael Schuman titled, “From hedging to wedging: China’s changing approach to the Middle East.”

Beijing’s diplomacy on the Gaza crisis has been unusually active, and gradually, the inte...

Meet Chiney Ogwumike, a Nigerian-American powerhouse redefining the intersection of sports and media and highlighting the important role of the diaspora in shaping the future of the African continent.

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Ogwumike is a graduate of Stanford University and was the f...

YEZIDI GENOCIDE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR RECOVERY - In August 2014, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) unleashed a genocidal campaign, committing atrocities against various religious and ethnic groups, particularly the Yezidis. Within days, the violence resulted in the mass killing, abduction...

A CONVERSATION WITH MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE OF MOROCCO RYAD MEZZOUR - Morocco is a major hub for international investments, representing one of Africa’s largest economies. Strategically located at the intersection between major waterways, Morocco prides itself on being the “gateway to Afri...

WAR IN SUDAN: ETHNIC CLEANSING AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN WEST DARFUR - After nearly sixteen months of fighting in Sudan, the country is facing the world’s largest internal displacement. Civilians remain caught in the middle of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the para...

NEW TRENDS IN AFRICAN MIGRATION: CASE STUDIES FROM MOROCCO AND NIGERIA - Over the past twenty years, African migration experienced a sharp upwards trend with significant impacts on both sending and receiving countries. Most Africans choose to move to destinations within the African continent. For...

CULTURAL CURATOR ABDUL ABDULLAH ELEVATES AFRICAN CULTURE FROM THE BRONX TO GHANA - Meet Abdul Karim Abdullah, a Ghanaian-American creative and entrepreneur who is bringing together the diaspora to shift the narrative about the African continent and provide a space to celebrate African music, food...

SERVING COMMUNITIES WITH DISABILITY IN CONFLICT CONTEXTS - In 2022, the Syrian American Medical Society completed its first long-term research project on disability and accessibility at its facilities across northwest Syria, which included surveying both its staff and beneficiaries. The discussio...