LUCIAN KIM ON “PUTIN’S REVENGE” AND RUSSIA’S WAR ON UKRAINE - Lucian Kim’s journalistic career spans over twenty-five years, during which time he has reported from North Korea, Afghanistan, and Moscow, spending the majority of his life studying Russia, Ukraine and the other nations that emerged f...

CRITICAL MINERALS AND THE PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY, PEACE, AND SECURITY IN THE DRC - With the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) discussing a potential agreement on critical minerals, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center will host a series of conversations on the key issues th...

GUATEMALA’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: A CONVERSATION WITH GABRIELA GARCÍA QUINN - Join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center for a conversation with Guatemalan Minister of Economy Gabriela García-Quinn to explore the country’s economic outlook and priorities for sustainable, long-ter...

NAVIGATING A NEW ERA OF NATO - Join the Atlantic Council—in partnership with the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence—for the fourth iteration of its high-level NATO Summit curtain raiser discussion to preview priorities ahead of the summit in The Hague.

The NATO Alliance faces unprecedented ...

BELGIUM’S DEFENSE MINISTER ON EUROPE’S EVOLVING SECURITY LANDSCAPE - Join the Atlantic Council for a conversation with Belgian Minister of Defense and Foreign Trade Theo Francken.

The future of transatlantic security is increasingly uncertain. Concerns about the future of US leadership in Euro-A...

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM GERMANY’S NEXT GOVERNMENT - Join the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center for a discussion on what to expect from the new government in Germany, under the leadership of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

On May 6, the German Bundestag will vote to confirm Friedrich Merz as the next Germa...

RUSSIA’S WAR IN UKRAINE: WHERE ARE NEGOTIATIONS TODAY? - Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine has now surpassed the three-year mark and has upended millions of lives and wrought serious destruction on much of Ukraine. Since President Trump came into office, his administration has conducted separate...

UNDERWATER MAYHEM: COUNTERING NATO ENERGY & CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THREATS - Join the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and Eurasia Center are co-hosting a hybrid discussion on the challenges of countering Russian hybrid warfare and protecting critical and energy infrastructure in the wate...

FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN-NOËL BARROT ON EUROPE AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER - Join the Atlantic Council for an #ACFrontPage conversation featuring French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot on Europe and the new world order.

France has worked to shore up transatlantic unity a...

REVITALIZING US SHIPBUILDING: CONGRESS, INDUSTRY, AND THE SHIPS FOR AMERICA ACT - Join the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security‘s Forward Defense initiative for a discussion on revitalizing US shipbuilding.

This conversation focuses on the SHIPS for America Act, featuring the bill’s author...

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...