TRANSMISSION 2025: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM IN US GRID PERMITTING AND PLANNING - 2024 has been a consequential year in US grid policy, with developments including FERC’s Order 2023 on generator interconnection and Order 1920 on transmission planning and cost allocation, DOE’s National Transmission Ne...

THE FUTURE OF BIODIVERSITY FUNDING: KEY FINANCIAL MECHANISMS FOR 2025 - Climate change is placing the ecological processes that make up the foundation of Earth in great peril. To halt and reverse these damages, the world must increase its investment in biodiversity and nature protection. This wil...

THE FUTURE OF US AND GERMAN POLICY TOWARD BEIJING - The United States and its European partners, in particular the European Union, have worked closely on de-risking from China and strengthening supply chain resilience. However, the relationship must confront new questions on cooperation regarding...

CONGRESSMAN MICHAEL MCCAUL ON RUSSIA AND THE AUTHORITARIAN CHALLENGE - The Atlantic Council hosted an #ACFrontPage conversation featuring Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX-10), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to discuss the threat to US interests from Russian aggression in Ukraine...

A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH JOSU JON IMAZ, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF REPSOL - The conversation was moderated by Frederick Kempe, president and chief executive officer of the Atlantic Council, and explored the evolving landscape of transatlantic energy security, climate policy, and competitiveness under...

CELEBRATING CHAIRMAN BEN CARDIN’S BIPARTISAN FOREIGN POLICY ACCOMPLISHMENTS - The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center invites you to a celebration in recognition of retiring Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and his bipartisan a...

ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION ON VENEZUELAN MIGRANT INTEGRATION - Venezuela’s crisis has fueled the largest wave of mass migration in this hemisphere’s recent history, with nearly eight million Venezuelans fleeing in the last decade. With Nicolás Maduro preparing to assume another illegiti...

DEBRIEFING THE US ELECTIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR EUROPE - On November 5, Americans voted for the next President of the United States at a critical moment in transatlantic relations. The change in leadership and return of Donald Trump to the White House in Washington carries significant impl...

HONG KONG’S RULE OF LAW REGRESSION: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE - Join the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub to launch Hong Kong Watch’s forthcoming report, In the Name of National Security: How Hong Kong’s National Security Laws Dismantle the Rule of Law in Comparative Perspective.

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PUTTING AI TO WORK FOR NATIONAL SECURITY - Please join the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Forward Defense program for the next event in the Captains of Industry series, “Putting AI to work for national security.” The event features keynote remarks by Justin Fanelli, Acting CTO for t...

AVOIDING ENTANGLEMENT: G20 RESPONSES IN A TAIWAN CRISIS - Nearly 18 months ago we began this research with the question: in the event of a Taiwan crisis, what type of economic sanctions could emerge? In June 2023, we published a major study analyzing possible G7 sanctions against China, modeling ...

ASSESSING THE HALFWAY POINT OF COLOMBIA’S 2016 PEACE ACCORD IMPLEMENTATION - This year, Colombia reached the halfway point of the fifteen-year implementation timeline for the 2016 Peace Accord, marking a critical juncture for the country’s path to peace. While some progress has been achieved towa...

CAPTURE THE (RED) FLAG: AN INSIDE LOOK INTO CHINA’S HACKING CONTEST ECOSYSTEM - In this report, Hub Nonresident Fellow Dakota Cary and Center for Security Studies Senior Researcher Eugenio Benincasa explores how the Chinese government fosters a robust talent pipeline and ecosystem for cybersecuri...

VETERANS IN CYBER: TRANSITION PATHWAYS FROM SERVICE TO CYBER - Please join the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, within the Digital Forensic Research Lab, for a panel discussion focusing on transitioning veterans who are looking to pursue careers in cyber and cyber policy. The sessi...

ELECTIONS 2024: CONGRESSMAN MIKE TURNER ON GEOPOLITICS AND THE NEXT US PRESIDENT - Since World War II, the United States has played a leading role on the world stage. Now, the United States confronts major challenges across the globe—from competition with an increasingly aggressive China and revi...

ELECTIONS 2024: REP. WALTZ ON LEADERSHIP AND THE FUTURE OF US FOREIGN POLICY - The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security hosted a conversation with Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL-6) to discuss the future of Republican foreign policy, alongside his new book Hard Truths: Think...

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT CHRISTINE LAGARDE ON EUROPE’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK - On Wednesday, October 23, at 10:00 a.m. ET, the Atlantic Council will host a virtual #ACFrontPage event featuring Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB). Lagarde will offer insights into the ...

In part two of this special NATO episode of "So What’s the Strategy?", host Matthew Kroenig sits down with NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, General Christopher Cavoli, to discuss the Alliance’s new defense strategies following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. What is NATO’s plan to defend its mem...

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER OLEKSANDRA MATVIICHUK ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND RUSSIAN AGGRESSION - Since Russia’s large-scale invasion, Matviichuk has worked to document Russia’s war crimes and spread global awareness of the Kremlin’s wider illegal actions in Ukraine and beyond. And as the Russian military contin...

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...

US TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY JAY SHAMBAUGH ON THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - The Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center is pleased to invite you to a speech and conversation with Jay Shambaugh, Under Secretary for International Affairs at the US Department of the Treasury, mo...

ELECTIONS 2024: SEN. MARK WARNER ON THE GLOBAL RISKS FACING THE NEXT PRESIDENT - The Atlantic Council hosted an #ACFrontPage conversation featuring United States Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), an Atlantic Council GeoTech Commission Co-Chair, to discuss the biggest global risks and opportunities awai...

END OF THE LINE: THE COST OF FALTERING REFORMS - In July 2024, China unveiled a long-awaited slate of reforms following a year of disappointing growth, mounting property sector troubles, and increasing global pushback. How far will these reforms go in addressing China’s deep-rooted economic chall...

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...