SAIC CEO TONI TOWNES-WHITLEY ON MISSION INTEGRATION IN THE DEFENSE ECOSYSTEM - Join the Atlantic Council will for an #ACFrontPage conversation with SAIC CEO Toni Townes-Whitley on mission integration in the defense ecosystem, a part of the Captains of Industry series of the Scowcroft Center’s For...

GERMANY’S DIGITAL MINISTER ON EUROPE’S DIGITAL COMPETITIVENESS - Join the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center for a conversation with German Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and State Modernization Karsten Wildberger.

At the helm of Germany’s newly established and first-ever dedicated di...

DIGITAL OCCUPATION: INSIDE RUSSIA’S TELEGRAM BATTLE IN UKRAINE - The Digital Forensic Research Lab and Eurasia Center, and OpenMinds launches a report uncovering a covert digital influence campaign targeting Ukrainians living under Russian occupation.

From January 2024 to April 2025, a network ...

WHY THE UN’S INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM STILL MATTERS TWENTY YEARS ON - Join the Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative for a conversation on the importance of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the role it has played for the past twenty years in providing an open, inclusive, and dive...

REPORT LAUNCH: CONFRONTING RUSSIA’S CYBER POWER - Join the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and Cyber Statecraft Initiative for a hybrid event launching the newest report in the Eurasia Center’s pathbreaking Russia Tomorrow series on Moscow’s cyber warfare capabilities and lessons learned from t...

GENERAL JOHN RAYMOND ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE FUTURE OF SPACE COMMERCE - Join the Atlantic Council for an #ACFrontPage conversation with the first chief of space operations of the US Space Force, General (ret.) John W. Raymond, on leveraging commercial space capabilities for national security...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH JOSU JON IMAZ, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF REPSOL - The conversation was moderated by Frederick Kempe, president and chief executive officer of the Atlantic Council, and explored the evolving landscape of transatlantic energy security, climate policy, and competitiveness under...

PUTTING AI TO WORK FOR NATIONAL SECURITY - Please join the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Forward Defense program for the next event in the Captains of Industry series, “Putting AI to work for national security.” The event features keynote remarks by Justin Fanelli, Acting CTO for t...

CAPTURE THE (RED) FLAG: AN INSIDE LOOK INTO CHINA’S HACKING CONTEST ECOSYSTEM - In this report, Hub Nonresident Fellow Dakota Cary and Center for Security Studies Senior Researcher Eugenio Benincasa explores how the Chinese government fosters a robust talent pipeline and ecosystem for cybersecuri...

VETERANS IN CYBER: TRANSITION PATHWAYS FROM SERVICE TO CYBER - Please join the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, within the Digital Forensic Research Lab, for a panel discussion focusing on transitioning veterans who are looking to pursue careers in cyber and cyber policy. The sessi...

FORGING THE 5G FUTURE: STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES FOR THE US AND ITS ALLIES - As China rapidly emerges as the global leader in 5G tech, it is critical for the United States to regain its historical technological edge in the critical communications field. The stakes are high, as nations that lead in 5G...

HIGHLIGHTS FROM "AN ALLIED APPROACH IN THE AGE OF AI" AT THE AWS SUMMIT IN WASHINGTON, DC - Across four panels and associated remarks, this event, co-hosted by the GeoTech Center and Amazon Web Services, focused on activating AI to advance diplomacy and balancing innovation and ideals amidst the ...

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...

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...

EXPLORING THE MYTHS, MISCONCEPTIONS AND DANGERS OF AI - Are you curious about AI's capabilities, its potential dangers, or simply want to understand how it works?

Philip L. Frana, associate professor of interdisciplinary liberal studies and independent scholars at James Madison University, delv...

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-...