WHAT DID (AND DIDN’T) HAPPEN AT THE EU-CHINA SUMMIT - Join the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center and Global China Hub for an expert discussion outlining the outcomes of the EU-China Summit.

After a tumultuous buildup underscored by Chinese President Xi Jinping initially refusing to attend and an ...

PAKISTAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER ON TENSIONS WITH INDIA AND THE FUTURE OF US TIES - Join the Atlantic Council for an #ACFrontPage conversation with Pakistani Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar as he visits Washington amid heightened tensions in South Asia and renewed focus on the vol...

GERMANY’S DIGITAL MINISTER ON EUROPE’S DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS - Join the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center for a conversation with German Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and State Modernization Karsten Wildberger.

At the helm of Germany’s newly established and first-ever dedicated di...

WHAT NEW GEOPOLITICAL SHIFTS MEAN FOR THE SOUTH CAUCASUS - Join the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center for a discussion examining recent developments in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as changing dynamics with power players in the region.

New winds are blowing in the always-turbulent S...

BOOK TALK: A PORTRAIT OF ‘THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING’ - Join the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative for a discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning editor and reporter Karen House about her new book, The Man Who Would be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Sa...

PRESIDENT UMARO SISSOCO EMBALÓ ON THE FUTURE OF US-AFRICA TRADE AND SECURITY - Join the Atlantic Council for an #ACFrontPage conversation with President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau.

Embaló will be joining the Atlantic Council while he is in Washington, DC for a summit between West Af...

FINNISH PRESIDENT ALEXANDER STUBB ON EUROPE’S SECURITY AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT - Allies concluded the NATO Summit in The Hague on June 25, at one of the most consequential moments for European security in a generation. In the face of Russia’s enduring war in Ukraine and growing uncertainty over the...

HOW TO BRIDGE THE TRUST GAP TO DRIVE THE WESTERN BALKANS’ EU INTEGRATION - As leaders convene in Skopje for a summit on the EU’s new Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, this public event explores the implications of the Growth Plan and assesses its potential to deepen regional cooperation and re...

BOLSTERING THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP AT A GLOBAL INFLECTION POINT - Join the Atlantic Council in celebration of the launch of its Romania Office with a discussion on the future of the transatlantic partnership.

The transatlantic community is navigating a moment of profound global change, def...

WHAT THE EU’S GROWTH PLAN FOR THE WESTERN BALKANS MEANS FOR THE REGION - Join the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center for a discussion on the European Union’s (EU) Growth Plan for the Western Balkans and what it means for EU enlargement in the region.

As the latest flagship EU policy toward the Wes...

SWEDEN’S FOREIGN MINISTER ON THE 2025 NATO SUMMIT AGENDA - On Friday, June 20 at 4:00 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Council will host a conversation with Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard.

In just a few days, NATO allies will gather for the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, which ...

2025 FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY INDEXES LAUNCH - Join the Atlantic Council’s Freedom and Prosperity Center for the launch of its 2025 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes.

After a year in which nearly half of the world’s population voted in national elections, the 2025 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes provi...

As countries increasingly turn to economic levers in strategic competition, it’s critical for policymakers to be able to visualize the on-the-ground impact of their decisions. The new G7-China Economic Radar, launched in partnership between the Atlantic Council and MITRE, helps them do just that,...

WHY THE UN’S INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM STILL MATTERS TWENTY YEARS ON - Join the Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative for a conversation on the importance of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the role it has played for the past twenty years in providing an open, inclusive, and dive...

THE RT HON LORD MANDELSON ON BRITAIN IN AN ENDURING TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP - Join the Atlantic Council for the 2025 Christopher J. Makins Lecture featuring British Ambassador to the United States The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson on the role of the United Kingdom (UK) in maintaining robust transatlan...

SAUDI ARABIA IN 2025: VISION 2030 PROGRESS UPDATE AND US-SAUDI RELATIONS - Join the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative for a panel event exploring the current trajectory of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 reform agenda, particularly in the context of recent high-level diploma...

NAVIGATING A NEW ERA OF NATO - Join the Atlantic Council—in partnership with the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence—for the fourth iteration of its high-level NATO Summit curtain raiser discussion to preview priorities ahead of the summit in The Hague.

The NATO Alliance faces unprecedented ...

BELGIUM’S DEFENSE MINISTER ON EUROPE’S EVOLVING SECURITY LANDSCAPE - Join the Atlantic Council for a conversation with Belgian Minister of Defense and Foreign Trade Theo Francken.

The future of transatlantic security is increasingly uncertain. Concerns about the future of US leadership in Euro-A...

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM GERMANY’S NEXT GOVERNMENT - Join the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center for a discussion on what to expect from the new government in Germany, under the leadership of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

On May 6, the German Bundestag will vote to confirm Friedrich Merz as the next Germa...

RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE: WHERE ARE NEGOTIATIONS TODAY? - Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine has now surpassed the three-year mark and has upended millions of lives and wrought serious destruction on much of Ukraine. Since President Trump came into office, his administration has conducted separate...

FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN-NOËL BARROT ON EUROPE AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER - Join the Atlantic Council for an #ACFrontPage conversation featuring French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot on Europe and the new world order.

France has worked to shore up transatlantic unity a...

NAVIGATING THE US-PRC TECH COMPETITION IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH - Join the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub and Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security for the launch of a new report from Cole McFaul and Peter Engelke on “Navigating the US-PRC tech competition in the Global South.“

In their rep...

RUSSIA RESET REDUX: BUSINESS BONANZA OR BUST? - The Trump administration has spoken out about the opportunities awaiting US businesses if it can secure peace in Ukraine and a reset of US-Russia relations. However, there remain many challenges to the president’s vision of leveraging diplomacy for ...

EUROPE’S TERESA RIBERA ON THE EU’S CLEAN TRANSITION AND US-EU RELATIONS - Join the Atlantic Council for an #ACFrontPage conversation featuring Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition Teresa Ribera on the future of European competitiveness a...