PRIORITIES FOR THE NATO SUMMIT AND SECURITY IN EUROPE - The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Transatlantic Security Initiative, in partnership with the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense, hosted the hybrid conference "Priorities for the NATO Summit and Security in Europe." This p...

TRANSATLANTICISM IN A TIME OF CRISIS: THE VIEW FROM PRAGUE - The Atlantic Council’s Europe Center hosted a virtual public event on “Transatlanticism in a time of crisis: The view from Prague,” featuring Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Jan Lipavský. This virtual event took place ...

THE CHUCK HAGEL FORUM IN GLOBAL LEADERSHIP - Former US Secretary of Homeland Security and former Governor of Arizona Janet Napolitano discussed the role of US leadership in a changing world with former US secretary of defense and former US senator from Nebraska, and University of Nebraska at Omah...

A CONVERSATION WITH FOUNDER OF THE OPEN RUSSIA MOVEMENT MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY - Jailed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and exiled from Russia, businessman and philanthropist Mikhail Khodorkovsky has for years been a leading figure in efforts to build a future for Russia that is prosperous and ...

A STATE-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE ON BRAZIL'S PATH AHEAD: A CONVERSATION WITH GOVERNOR EDUARDO LEITE - In October, 2022, Brazilians elected their next president, Congressional representatives, and governors as part of a consequential year for Brazilian democracy. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, state governo...

2022 CHRISTOPHER J. MAKINS LECTURE: A CONVERSATION WITH UK FOREIGN SECRETARY LIZ TUSS - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked a defining moment of transatlantic unity, and the United Kingdom has played a leading role in the transatlantic response, from implementing sanctions and reinforcing NA...

A CONVERSATION WITH NATO SECRETARY GENERAL JENS STOLTENBERG - The Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative, in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, hosted a conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, on January 28, 2022.

Russia’s military buildup in and a...

A NEW CHINA-RUSSIA “ALLIANCE”? FEATURING STEPHEN HADLEY & FORMER PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD - The 5,300-word joint statement from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined an unprecedented cooperative vision for an international order shaped by the world’s two lead...

IS IT TIME FOR AN ALLIANCE OF DEMOCRACIES? - On December 9–10, President Joe Biden hosted a Summit for Democracy, a virtual event to which the leaders of more than one hundred democracies worldwide have been invited. The Summit convened as the world entered what Biden has framed as a broad global...

A CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR KEN SALAZAR AND AMBASSADOR ESTEBAN MOCTEZUMA ON THE FUTURE OF US-MEXICO TIES - The North American Leaders’ Summit in 2021 focused on opportunities for deepened collaboration on issues such as health security, equitable economic growth, and migration. The Leaders’ me...

360/STRATCOM: PROTECTING AN OPEN DIGITAL WORLD - Since its very early days, the internet has been an unparalleled tool both for democracy and repression. As the pace of digitalization accelerates, work, education, healthcare, civic engagement, and more is increasingly online. Yet, half of humanit...

A CONVERSATION WITH THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN GREGORY MEEKS - Just days before the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 and the opening of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Atlantic Council hosted Congressman Gregory Meeks, chairman of the United St...

A CONVERSATION WITH LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION IN BELARUS SVIATLANA TSIKHANOUSKAYA - The democratic movement in Belarus has shown remarkable resolve and garnered international admiration after standing against authoritarianism for months on end. Bolstered in response to Alyaksandr Lukash...

IDEAS TO IMPLEMENTATION: PRIORITIES FOR NATO’S VILNIUS SUMMIT - More than a year after Russia’s brutal, illegal, and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the transatlantic community remains at a critical juncture. Looking towards the Vilnius Summit in July 2023, NATO must urgently deliver on its reaff...

GUATEMALA'S CHOICE: A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BERNARDO ARÉVALO - The raid of the Movimiento Semilla party headquarters on Friday was the latest controversial move in a closely watched Guatemalan election. Bernardo Arévalo, who will contend in the second round on August 20, will r...

GUATEMALA'S CHOICE: A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SANDRA TORRES - Guatemalans will vote in less than one month for their next president. Sandra Torres, who will contend in the second round on August 20, will represent her party, Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE). Torres is a vete...

The Africa Center brings together leading African experts in Washington for a conversation examining Africa’s growing role on the geopolitical landscape, its increased agency in impacting global events, and the future of US-Africa relations in light of these advances. This event took place again...

COMMANDING THE ALLIANCE: PERSPECTIVES FROM SACEURS
Today’s global security landscape is the most volatile and contested it has been since the end of the Cold War. Deepening cooperation between the “axis of aggressors” threatens the shared values of democracy and peace on which the Alliance was fo...