CHUCK HAGEL FORUM IN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP - The fifth installment of the Chuck Hagel Forum in Global Leadership, hosted in partnership with the Atlantic Council’s Millennium Leadership Program, featured Former Washington Executive Editor of the Wall Street Journal, Gerald F. Seib and Former Secretar...

A CONVERSATION WITH EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT MARGRETHE VESTAGER - Since 2019, the European Commission has prioritized Europe’s green and digital transitions as major priorities, for which Vestager has a leading responsibility among the College of Commissioners. Much has changed for Europe, the tr...

A CONVERSATION WITH STEPHEN J. HADLEY | HAND-OFF: THE FOREIGN POLICY GEORGE W. BUSH PASSED TO BARACK OBAMA - Over the past two years, former national security advisor Stephen J. Hadley has spearheaded a project to make accessible a collection of nearly thirty previously classified transition memo...

A CONVERSATION WITH TÁNAISTE MICHEÁL MARTIN, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE OF IRELAND - As the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement approached, Tánaiste Micheál Martin reflected on the legacy of this important peace agreement and future opportunities for the island of ...

AC FRONT PAGE: BLACK TRAILBLAZERS IN FOREIGN POLICY - Since its founding sixty-two years ago, the Atlantic Council’s mission has been inclusion in a fundamental sense: helping Americans understand that they are part of a broader international community. This year during Black History Month, the A...

2023: A PIVOTAL MOMENT TO CELEBRATE 200 YEARS OF US-CHILE RELATIONS - The US-Chile partnership has long been taken for granted. Having just celebrated 200 years of bilateral relations, strengthening the alliance with Chile is an important opportunity for the United States to reinforce its regiona...

FREEING BELARUS FROM TYRANNY: A CONVERSATION WITH SVIATLANA TSIKHANOUSKAYA - The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center hosted a discussion with the national leader of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the head of the United Transitional Cabinet, is recognized as the leader ...

A CONVERSATION WITH BELÉN GARIJO, CEO OF MERCK KGAA, DARMSTADT, GERMANY - The Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center and Europe Center hosted a conversation with Belén Garijo, CEO of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany—a science and technology company.

This conversation explored the convergence of biotec...

A CONVERSATION WITH US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY J. BLINKEN - The Atlantic Council hosted a special edition of Atlantic Council Front Page celebrating Pride Month, “Pressing for Equality: Engaging on LGBTQI Issues Around the World,” with US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on June 21, 2021, i...

HOW FREE MARKETS SHAPE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT - One of the defining questions of our time is whether free markets or economies controlled by authoritarian regimes are better at delivering prosperity for their people.

A panel of distinguished experts held a discussion on free markets and development ...

AS LONG AS IT TAKES: THE EUROPEAN UNION’S SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE - One year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (EU) and its member states are jointly standing for the people of Ukraine as “a true inspiration for Europe,” as European Commission President Ursula von der ...

RUSSIA’S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA, A SECURITY PERSPECTIVE - On Tuesday, February 21, 2023, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center and the Policy Center for the New South, in collaboration with the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center, hosted a twin report launch event for Russia’s influence in Africa on the...

A CONVERSATION WITH JUDD DEVERMONT, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - On February 16, the Africa Center hosted Special Assistant to the US President and National Security Council Senior Director for African Affairs, Judd Devermont, for a conversation on the next steps in U...

PRIORITIZING RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FOR US PERSONS WRONGFULLY DETAINED ABROAD - Terrorist and other transnational criminal organizations are no longer the only culprits of hostage-taking. Americans are now just as likely to be wrongfully detained by foreign governments to gain political leverage. ...

FIRESIDE CHAT WITH MAROŠ ŠEFČOVIČ - The European Union has demonstrated firm commitment to Ukrainian sovereignty through political, humanitarian, and financial support–as well as military assistance—throughout the war. In February 2023, the European Commission pledged an additional €450 million d...

FIRESIDE CHAT WITH VP OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION DUBRAVKA ŠUICA - This conversation took place in the lead up to the second Summit for Democracy happening in March, which brought together a broad swath of pro-democracy allies and partners from around the world to demonstrate progress on strengthe...

2023 EDELMAN TRUST BAROMETER: A CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD EDELMAN - In an age marked by increasing polarization, institutional distrust, media echo chambers, and deepening divides across political and ideological lines, global leaders are faced with unique challenges as they seek to find common g...

THE REAL IMPACT OF WESTERN SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA
- In 2022, sanctions formed a critical element of the West’s response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Those sanctions led to a contraction of the Russian economy, cut off Putin’s cronies from their lavish lifestyles in the West, and degra...

A CONVERSATION WITH PRIME MINISTER OF THE BAHAMAS & CHAIR OF CARICOM PHILIP DAVIS - The Atlantic Council hosted an #ACFrontPage conversation with the Hon. Philip Davis, prime minister of The Bahamas and chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the trajectory for US-Caribbean relations during...

A CONVERSATION WITH CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MÉLANIE JOLY - Alongside the United States, Canada has played a role in rallying and maintaining Western support for Ukraine, while also confronting and condemning Russia for its illegal, unprovoked, and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine. Canada has c...

PREVIEWING THE NATO SUMMIT WITH AMBASSADOR JULIANNE SMITH - Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the largest war in Europe since 1945 and upended the post-Cold War security order. As Ukraine fights back against the invasion, the United States and NATO ...

A CONVERSATION WITH THE BALTIC PRESIDENTS - Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine will have momentous consequences for the transatlantic community and security and defense architecture in Europe for years to come. Eighteen years after the accession of the Baltic states to NATO, Estonian President Al...

WILL THE US AGAIN BE THE ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY? A CONVERSATION ON LEND-LEASE FOR UKRAINE WITH US SENATORS BEN CARDIN AND JOHN CORNYN - The United States’ efforts to support Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s full-scale invasion have in many ways been driven by support in the US Congress. Military ...

ALLIED RESOLVE: NATO PERSPECTIVES ON THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE - The Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security hosted a conversation on “Allied resolve: NATO perspectives on the Russian invasion of Ukraine” with four former NATO S...