EFFECTIVE JURISDICTIONAL APPROACHES TO FOREST CONSERVATION - There is a growing consensus that there will be a rapid increase in forest-based carbon credit trading and that if done right, these credits would incentivize forest protection, decrease deforestation, and could lead to significant amou...

VENEZUELA: A PLAYBOOK FOR DIGITAL REPRESSION - The report is a comprehensive study of how Venezuela has become a model for digital authoritarianism and an exporter of democratic backsliding to the rest of the Americas in the last twenty-five years and is a crucial resource for understanding the d...

A CROSS-STRAIT AND BEYOND SEMINAR: BOLSTERING TAIWAN’S RESILIENCE - Please join the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security for a seminar on bolstering Taiwan’s resilience against PRC aggression.

This event is part of IPSI’s Cr...

MH17: TEN YEARS LATER, ARE THE SKIES ANY SAFER? - Ten years ago, on July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines passenger flight MH17 was downed by a Russian-made surface-to-air missile over Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine. In the years following the ongoing international investigation, the Kremlin has c...

BEYOND THE SUMMIT: OUTCOMES AND THE PATH FORWARD TO UKRAINE’S NATO MEMBERSHIP - This month’s NATO Summit was a historic one, marking seventy-five years for the Alliance that is currently faced with unprecedented challenges threatening democracy and stability across the globe. Bolstered by the new...

TURKEY’S EMERGING DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE FUTURE OF NATO - Turkey’s experience and prowess in defense technologies, particularly in robotic warfare, can strengthen collective capabilities and enhance the Alliance’s strategic edge with an eye to current and future threats. Through our event, ...

THE NORDIC-BALTIC REGION: COOPERATION IN NATO’S NORTHEAST - Since last year’s Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, the security landscape in NATO’s northeast has shifted significantly. New defense plans and strong defense spending, coupled with the historic accession of Sweden and Finland, has reshaped ...

A CONVERSATION WITH MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE OF MOROCCO RYAD MEZZOUR - Morocco is a major hub for international investments, representing one of Africa’s largest economies. Strategically located at the intersection between major waterways, Morocco prides itself on being the “gateway to Afri...

EXECUTING DISTRIBUTED OPERATIONS IN A CONTESTED MARITIME ENVIRONMENT - Distributed maritime operations (DMO) is the warfighting concept at the heart of the US Navy’s planning for current and future operations. How well is the Navy poised for executing this concept? Our report delves into the spec...

BRETTON WOODS AT 80: EVOLVING FOR THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMY - On July 1, 1944, even as the Second World War raged on across Europe and the Pacific, delegates from forty-four nations led by the United States and the United Kingdom met in New Hampshire to begin the Bretton Woods Conference, officially...

WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE EU? - Following the European Parliament elections in early June, the European Union (EU) will undergo a period of transition. Over the summer, the heads of the EU’s member states will meet to debate the bloc’s political priorities and direction, and decide on key leadership po...

WHO’S A NATIONAL SECURITY RISK? THE TRANSATLANTIC GEOPOLITICS OF DATA TRANSFERS - The US government this year has taken two major steps altering its long-held commitment to unrestricted transfers of personal data from the United States. In February, the Biden administration issued an Executive Or...

WARSAW WEEK 2024: A TRANSATLANTIC AGENDA FOR AN ERA OF CONFLICT AND CONFRONTATION - As Europe bands together to fend off the rise of authoritarianism and growing insecurity on Europe’s eastern front, Central and Eastern European countries such as Poland have voiced their support for greater EU in...

ARE ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN ON THE VERGE OF PEACE? - Dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan may be improving, but bilateral relations and each country’s relations with their many partners remain wrapped in contradiction. Yerevan and Baku appear closer than ever to agreeing a long-awaited peace de...

PRODUCTION DIPLOMACY FOR INDO-PACIFIC DETERRENCE, READINESS, AND RESILIENCE - The Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security hosted a discussion on production diplomacy for Indo-Pacific deterrence, readiness, and resilience.

While...

WAR IN SUDAN: ETHNIC CLEANSING AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN WEST DARFUR - After nearly sixteen months of fighting in Sudan, the country is facing the world’s largest internal displacement. Civilians remain caught in the middle of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the para...

NEW TRENDS IN AFRICAN MIGRATION: CASE STUDIES FROM MOROCCO AND NIGERIA - Over the past twenty years, African migration experienced a sharp upwards trend with significant impacts on both sending and receiving countries. Most Africans choose to move to destinations within the African continent. For...

REPORTERS AT RISK: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - Threats to press freedom across Latin America and the Caribbean are on the rise. Mexico remains one of the deadliest countries for journalists outside of active war zones, with more than 150 reporters killed and dozens missing over the past two...

2024 FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY INDEXES LAUNCH - 2024 is set to shape the global trajectory of freedom and prosperity for years to come, as nearly half of the world’s population is voting in elections in sixty-four countries, representing over half of the global gross domestic product.

According to...

WARSAW WEEK 2024: A TRANSATLANTIC AGENDA FOR AN ERA OF CONFLICT AND CONFRONTATION - Europe’s relationship with defense has fundamentally shifted from a more cautious approach to one focused on developing greater capacity to both support Ukraine and prepare for potential conflict on the continent....

ANOTHER BATTLEFIELD: TELEGRAM AS A DIGITAL FRONT IN RUSSIA’S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE - Join the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRL) for a conversation surrounding the launch of “Another battlefield: Telegram as a digital front in Russia’s war against Ukraine.” Since Russia’s full-...

FROM HISTORY TO HOPE: THE SANKOFA APPROACH TO JUNETEENTH - A transformative Juneteenth panel centered around the powerful theme of Sankofa, a word from the Akan people of Ghana, that embodies the idea of looking back to move forward. Understanding that our history holds the keys to our future, th...

THE ART OF DIPLOMACY: HISTORIC AGREEMENTS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD - Over the past fifty years, major international agreements forged by American diplomats and negotiators— from the opening to China to the Abraham Accords— have transformed the world. Through war and peace, diplomacy has been an ess...

BOOK LAUNCH | “BATTLEGROUND UKRAINE: FROM INDEPENDENCE TO THE WAR WITH RUSSIA” - Praised as an “authoritative” and “important addition to the literature” by Kirkus Reviews, Adrian Karatnycky’s book Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia, to be published by Yale University ...