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...

THE BERLIN PROCESS SUMMIT TEN YEARS ON: LESSONS LEARNED AND NEXT STEPS FOR THE WB6 - Initiated in 2014, the Berlin Process was designed to be an inclusive platform to increase cooperation and regional economic integration across the Western Balkan Six (WB6) countries. Centering around yearly Summ...

KURSK TO POKROVSK: HOW IS THE BATTLEFIELD CHANGING IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA? - Ukraine’s offensive into Russia’s Kursk Oblast has been a success. Ukrainian forces have captured over 1200 kilometers of territory, beaten back a Russian counteroffensive, and fortified their positions south of the Seim ...

2024 VETERANS ADVANCED ENERGY SUMMIT - The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center presents the 2024 Veterans Advanced Energy Summit. While this event has historically been held in Chicago, this year, we are bringing the Summit to Washington, DC, a pivotal hub for government, military, and energy i...

2024 ATLANTIC COUNCIL GLOBAL CITIZEN AWARDS - The Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards is the premier forum for world leaders, diplomats, the C-Suite, and the philanthropic, social, and entertainment communities to celebrate the highest expression of global citizenship. Held on the margins of t...

REPORT LAUNCH | RUSSIA’S WAR ON UKRAINE: MOSCOW’S PRESSURE POINTS AND US STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES - Whichever candidate takes the White House in November, the Russian war on Ukraine will be a major challenge. To handle it successfully, leaders in the West must realize that Moscow is fighting not j...

ADAPTING US STRATEGY TO ACCOUNT FOR CHINA’S TRANSFORMATION INTO A PEER NUCLEAR POWER - China has embarked on an ambitious expansion, modernization, and diversification of its nuclear forces and established a nascent nuclear triad. This nuclear expansion, alongside China’s expanding capabilities i...