A VIEW FROM THE RIGHT: REPUBLICAN PERSPECTIVES ON US- AFRICA POLICY - The Africa Center is pleased to welcome former House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce and former US Special Envoy for the Sahel Region J. Peter Pham, hosted by Africa Center Senior Director Rama Yade, for an event on...

A DEBRIEF FROM JOHN HENLEY — To what extent are we witnessing the rise of the far-right in Europe? What is driving European voters to support far-right candidates? As we gear up for the European Parliament elections next year, what do these political shifts mean for the European project as a whol...

US-ROMANIA ENERGY AND CLIMATE COOPERATION — Romania has been a strategic partner of the United States for over 25 years and is a reliable ally in the fight against Russia’s energy warfare. The country’s gas and nuclear energy generation play an important role in regional supply security as Europe...

A CONVERSATION WITH ALICIA BÁRCENA: MEXICO'S NEWLY APPOINTED SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Celebrating over two centuries of robust bilateral ties, the US-Mexico partnership remains a pivotal cornerstone for North American and regional progress. Spearheading these efforts is Mexico’s newly confi...

UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL FOR DIGITAL TWINS IN THE FEDERAL ENTERPRISE - For decades, the automotive, aviation, and other advanced manufacturing industries have invested in digital modeling technologies to help reduce time to market, lower the cost of physical prototyping, and improve manufacturing ...

CHARTING ITALY'S DIPLOMATIC COURSE - Italy’s recent foreign policy decisions have reflected the new government’s dynamic and resurgent approach to its global engagement. Italy is reassessing its Belt and Road Memorandum with China, having been the only Group of Seven country to join the initiativ...

AFTER VILNIUS: WHAT'S NEXT ON UKRAINE'S PATH TO NATO - On several accounts, the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius was an historic occasion, marking Finland’s participation as a full member for the first time, announcing Turkey’s agreement to ratify Sweden’s membership application, and explicitly recogn...

HOW CAN THE UNITED STATES COUNTER NORMALIZATION WITH ASSAD IN THE MIDDLE EAST? - On May 11, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced the ‘Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act’ which could bar the U.S. government from normalizing relations with any Syrian government led by Bashar Assad and e...

VISIONS OF CHANGE: A CONVERSATION WITH DELSA SOLÓRZANO - Delsa Solórzano is a lawyer and politician who will represent her party, Encuentro Ciudadano, in Venezuela’s opposition primary elections on October 22. Solórzano founded Encuentro Ciudadano in 2018 in the hope of bringing a new perspective...

HOW CAN THE US SUPPORT MOLDVA'S WESTERN ASPIRATIONS? - In June 2022, Moldova officially received European Union candidate status alongside Ukraine, placing it on a clear trajectory towards the West and Euro-Atlantic institutions. Chișinău continues to reinforce this trend through continued deep e...

AFTER VILNIUS: A VIEW FROM WARSAW ON THE NATO SUMMIT - Taking place immediately after the Vilnius NATO Summit, this event examined the outcomes of the summit from a US, Polish, and Swedish perspective including views from two analysts visiting Warsaw.

The conversation covered issues such as whet...

GUATEMALA'S CHOICE: WHAT'S AT STAKE AHEAD OF THE RUNOFF ELECTION? - On August 20, Guatemalans will return to the ballot box to decide who will lead northern Central America’s largest economy for the next four years. Following a surprising and often polarizing first round, whoever holds the presid...

Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama sat down in Vilnius with Rachel Rizzo, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Europe Center, on the first day of the NATO Public Forum. They discussed Russia’s war in Ukraine, transatlantic security, China, and much more.

Held on the sidelines of t...

EU ENLARGEMENT: 20 YEARS SINCE THESSALONIKI - June of this year marks the twenty-year anniversary of the 2003 Thessaloniki Summit, where EU member states and acceding countries from across Central Europe confirmed that “the future of the Balkans is within the European Union.” EU leaders committed...

USAID ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER ON ADVANCING LGBTQI+ INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT - An #ACFrontPage conversation with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power about the United States’ efforts to advance global LGBTQI+ human rights and USAID’s commitment ...

HOW SHOULD THE US RESHAPE ITS RUSSIA POLICY? - Ukrainian forces’ stunning ability to resist Russia’s full-scale invasion has transformed the potential future of both Ukraine and Russia itself. The Kremlin’s large invasion in February of 2022 has left Russia more diplomatically and economically is...

FORMER NSA STEPHEN HADLEY'S PRESIDENTIAL BRIEFING ON WAGNER REBELLION IN RUSSIA - In an exclusive briefing for Atlantic Council global leadership on the Wagner mutiny and what's next for Russia and Ukraine, former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley told Fred Kempe how he would brief the pre...

WILL MONTENEGRO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT? A DEBRIEF WITH PETAR POPOVIC - Following snap parliamentary elections on June 11th, Montenegro finds itself in a new phase of political uncertainty. The Europe Now Movement (PES) won a plurality of the vote but failed to secure enough seats to form a governm...

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan sat down with Wajahat S. Kahn, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Pakistan Initiative, for an interview on June 18, 2023.

In the Atlantic Council interview, Khan, who was ousted from power in April 2022, revealed new details about...

A CONVERSATION WITH GABRIEL ESCOBAR AND MIROSLAV LAJCAK - Recent progress in normalizing relations between Serbia and Kosovo through the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue is threatened by escalating tensions in the north of Kosovo. On June 14, Serbian forces detained three Kosovo police o...

8TH ANNUAL CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY CONFERENCE

Please join the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center for the 8th annual Central and Eastern European Energy Security Conference.

In this second year of Russia’s brutal assault on Ukraine, the conference holds particular signifi...

NATO MEMBERSHIP AND SECURITY GUARANTEES: GETTING UKRAINE RIGHT AT THE VILNIUS SUMMIT - Brave Ukrainians have confronted unrelenting assaults on their homeland since the Russian Federation’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion in February 2022. Although support from the North Atlantic Alliance and its...

THE MECHANISMS OF CORRUPTION IN IRAN - The Atlantic Council’s Iran Strategy Project invites you to a virtual panel discussion featuring a number of distinguished speakers who have extensive experience in the field of corruption and sanctions and provide a unique opportunity to explore and discuss...

VOICES OF CHANGE: A CONVERSATION WITH MARIA CORINA MACHADO - Maria Corina Machado is a Venezuelan opposition politician and presidential candidate who will represent her party, Vente Venezuela, in Venezuela’s opposition primary elections on October 22. Maria Corina’s leadership and widespread sup...