MICROSOFT’S BRAD SMITH ON DIGITAL RESILIENCE DURING GEOPOLITICAL VOLATILITY - Join the Atlantic Council for a virtual #ACFrontPage conversation from Brussels with Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith on maintaining trust and promoting competitiveness in a time of trade and geopolitical v...

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...

SPEAKING OUT: FORMER WRONGFULLY DETAINED AMERICANS IN VENEZUELA - As Venezuela’s political and economic crisis has worsened, so has its human rights record. The Maduro regime continues to arbitrarily detain individuals as part of its fear and repression campaign, targeting Venezuelans and non-Ven...

TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM WITH NASDAQ CEO ADENA FRIEDMAN - Join the Atlantic Council for an #ACFrontPage conversation featuring Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman on the impact of technology on the modern financial system.

The global financial landscape is undergoing profound chan...

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...

GERMAN GALUSHCHENKO ON THE US ROLE IN UKRAINE’S ENERGY SECTOR - The resilience of Ukraine’s energy sector has been one of the most vital aspects of its ability to counter the ongoing Russian military invasion. While frequent predictions of long-term blackouts and severe energy deficits have been ...

BOOK LAUNCH OF “NIGHT TRAIN TO ODESA: COVERING THE HUMAN COST OF RUSSIA’S WAR” - Join the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center for a book launch of Night Train to Odesa: Covering the Human Cost of Russia’s War by Jen Stout, Scottish journalist, writer, and radio producer.

Jen Stout has spent most o...

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 ...

US TARIFF ANNOUNCEMENTS: LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT COMES NEXT - Join the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, in collaboration with the GeoEconomics Center, for a conversation on what comes next for Latin America after the announcement of the United States’ reciprocal tariffs.

Former r...

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...

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...

A CONVERSATION WITH MIHAI POPȘOI, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF MOLDOVA - In recent years, Moldova has made significant strides, with President Maia Sandu demonstrating strong leadership in steering the country toward European integration, particularly EU membership. Sandu has had to manage the ...

HOW BEIJING LURES TAIWAN’S DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS INTO SWITCHING RECOGNITION - Please join us for an online discussion on this issue featuring keynote remarks from Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United Sta...

EVALUATING THE US-COLOMBIA COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP - Join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center as it hosts a conversation assessing the US-Colombia commercial relationship. This discussion will mark the launch of the issue brief “Trade with Colombia is big business for US ex...

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...

THE 2025 TRANSATLANTIC TECH AND DIGITAL AGENDA - As the United States and the European Union (EU) navigate an era of increased great power competition, rapid technological advancements, and rising geopolitical uncertainty, the transatlantic partnership in the digital and technology policy space r...

SOFTWARE-DEFINED WARFARE: A BLUEPRINT FOR SUSTAINING A COMPETITIVE MILITARY EDGE - China and Russia are adapting to rapid advances in modern technology that could shift military power dynamics. While the United States leads in cutting-edge commercial technology—like low-cost drones, autonomy, and...

THE FUTURE OF VENEZUELA’S DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION COALITION WITH ROBERTO ENRÍQUEZ - Venezuela’s democratic opposition is at a turning point. Following the stolen July 2024 presidential election, the Democratic Unitary Platform, the country’s main opposition coalition, faces an uphill battle in its ...

THE FUTURE OF EU DEFENSE - The Atlantic Council’s Europe Center and Transatlantic Security Initiative hosts a conversation on the European Union’s (EU) defense ambitions.

On March 19, the European Commission released its white paper on the future of defense, outlining how the EU will take forwar...

THE AGE OF ECONOMIC WARFARE: BEHIND US SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA, CHINA, AND IRAN - The United States has leveraged its financial and technological dominance to confront authoritarian regimes such as Russia, China, and Iran. Coercive measures including sanctions have become tools of first resort i...

REPORT LAUNCH: THE ROLE OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - In 2024, the Atlantic Council’s Nuclear Energy Policy Initiative hosted Atoms for Appalachia, a series of private workshops in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia, to identify opportunities and add...

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 ...

GOVERNING EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA - The Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative launches the report, “Emerging technology policies and democracy in Africa: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Zambia in focus.”

This report examines how five African countries are navigating the c...

AFTER THE VOTE: WHAT’S NEXT FOR KOSOVO’S FUTURE? - The outcome of Kosovo’s national elections on February 9 set the stage for a political shake-up that is capturing attention on both sides of the Atlantic. With Prime Minister Albin Kurti emerging from the vote in a weakened position, the big ques...