THE IRAN WAR FALLOUT FOR FINANCIAL MARKETS, CAPITAL FLOWS, AND SOVEREIGN RISK - Join the Atlantic Council’s MENA Futures Lab for the second edition of its virtual event series, GCC economies amid the Middle East war: Geopolitics, financial markets, and structural transformation.

This discussion ...

IMEC DURING A TIME OF WAR - Join the Atlantic Council’s Project on Middle East Integration for a panel discussion on the Iran war and its associated threats to Middle East energy, digital, and trade infrastructure.

The Iran war threatens to undermine the investment climate for ambitious new infr...

GCC FISCAL RESILIENCE AND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY DURING THE IRAN WAR - Join the Atlantic Council’s MENA Futures Lab for the first session of its virtual series: GCC Economies Amid the Middle East War: Geopolitics, Financial Markets, and Structural Transformation.

This discussion will examine th...

THE US-SYRIA ENERGY SYMPOSIUM - Join the Atlantic Council’s Syria Project and the US Syria Business Council for a public discussion on Syria’s evolving energy landscape, featuring Yousef Qiblawy, CEO of the Syria Petroleum Company.

As Syria navigates a critical transition from prolonged conflic...

WHAT ROLE SHOULD EUROPE PLAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST? - Join the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center and Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East Programs for a discussion that will explore the repercussions of the conflict in the Middle East on Europe and the transatlantic relationship.

The war in Iran and it...

THE IMPACT OF THE IRAN CONFLICT ON GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS - Join the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and Middle East Programs for a virtual discussion on the impact of escalating tensions in the Middle East on global energy markets.

US and Israeli strikes on Iran, and Tehran’s subsequent ...

IRAQ’S ECONOMIC AGENDA FOR THE NEXT GOVERNMENT - The Atlantic Council’s Iraq Initiative will examine the economic challenges and opportunities confronting Iraq’s incoming government.

Iraq’s next government will assume office amid a less favorable economic environment than in recent years. The e...

THE SDF-DAMASCUS AGREEMENT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN SYRIA AND THE REGION - The Atlantic Council will convenes experts to examine the implications of the Syrian Democratic Forces’ (SDF) recent integration agreement with Syria’s interim government for governance, security, and regional stability in ...

IRAN AT A CROSSROADS: PROTESTS AND WHAT COMES NEXT - Join he Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative for a discussion focused on the evolving protest movement in Iran and what it signals for the country’s political future, regional dynamics, and international policy debates.
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EUROPEAN AND US APPROACHES TO MENA: CONVERGENCES AND DIVERGENCES - Join the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Project for a conversation with Julien Barnes-Dacey, director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

The session will explore how Eur...

WHAT TO EXPECT IN IRAQ’S 2025 ELECTIONS - Join the Iraq Initiative for an event examining the dynamics surrounding Iraq’s upcoming elections, how electoral outcomes will shape the government formation process, and how the elections could impact Iraqi policy.

As Iraq heads to the polls on Novembe...

IRAQ’S CONSTITUTION AT TWENTY YEARS - Join the Atlantic Council’s Iraq Initiative for an event examining the legacy of the Iraqi constitution and its impact on Iraq’s democracy.

Nearly twenty years after its ratification, the 2005 constitution continues to shape, yet also constrain, Iraq’s gov...

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...

​​ELEVEN YEARS ON: THE YEZIDI GENOCIDE AND THE ROAD TO RECOVERY - Join the Atlantic Council’s Iraq Initiative, in partnership with the Free Yezidi Foundation, for an event to mark the eleven-year commemoration of the Yezidi genocide.

This conversation will focus on what remains to be done after ...

ISRAEL’S NOACH HACKER ON THE RESILIENCE OF THE ISRAELI ECONOMY IN TIMES OF WAR - Join the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative and GeoEconomics Center for a conversation with Minister of Economic Affairs at the Israeli Embassy Noach Hacker on the resilience of the Israeli ...

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...

On Wednesday, June 18, the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative hosted a conversation examining the fast-moving developments between Iran and Israel and the broader implications for regional stability.

The conversation will bring together former ambassadors to Iran and th...

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...

MENA’S GROWTH PROSPECTS AMID GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY WITH CITI’S MEA CEO EBRU PAKCAN - Join the Atlantic Council’s empowerME Initiative–MacroMENA as it hosts Citi’s Chief Executive Officer for the Middle East and Africa, Ebru Pakcan.

Pakcan will discuss the 2025 growth outlook for the MENA region, an...

TRUMP 2.0 AND THE MIDDLE EAST: ADAPTING TO A SHIFTING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE - Join the North Africa Initiative as it hosts a public event with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies on US President Donald Trump’s first one hundred days in office, analyzing his policies toward the...

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 2.0: IMPLICATIONS FOR GCC ECONOMIES - The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Initiative would like to invite you for a timely public online conversation on “Trump administration 2.0: Implications for GCC economies.” The panel discussion aims to explore the future of tra...

REALIGN FOR PALESTINE: REDEFINING PRO-PALESTINE ADVOCACY - The Atlantic Council is excited to announce the launch of Realign For Palestine (RFP), a first-of-its-kind project that elevates pragmatic Palestinian voices committed to nonviolence, coexistence, and a two-nation solution.

RFP aims to ...

THE ROLE OF AI IN TRANSFORMING SAUDI ARABIA’S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE - The economic potential of AI in Saudi Arabia is immense. PwC predicts that AI could contribute up to $320 billion to the regional economy by 2030, with Saudi Arabia and the UAE poised to reap the greatest benefits. Specifically, S...

PUTIN LOSES IN SYRIA, IS RUSSIA IN RETREAT?
The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East Programs will host a discussion exploring the situation in Syria and the outcome for Russia and its interests.

The quick collapse of the Assad regime in Syria and takeover by t...