A CONVERSATION WITH UK FOREIGN SECRETARY JAMES CLEVERLY - The Atlantic Council hosted Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly for an AC Front Page event on May 9, 2023, in Washington, DC.

“We are now in a period of heightened risk and volatility that i...

ARE ALLIES ALIGNED ON ECONOMIC STATECRAFT? US-UK COOPERATION ON RUSSIA & BEYOND - The Group of Seven (G7) took on a new role in February last year. As the United States, United Kingdom and other G7 allies united to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, their response involved coordinated ec...

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS: LESSONS FOR UKRAINE AND NATO - Throughout Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian forces have proven highly adaptive and innovative in their use of emerging technologies and concepts on the battlefield. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) especially have been essential in Ukraine’s ba...

A CONVERSATION WITH PRIME MINISTER OF POLAND MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI - The Atlantic Council hosted a Front Page event featuring Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki on April 13, 2023.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has unleashed a scale of violence and destruction not ...

SPECIAL EVENT WITH PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK GROUP DAVID MALPASS - The Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center hosted an AC Front Page event featuring David Malpass. Malpass participated in this keynote event at the Atlantic Council studios one week before the world’s finance ministers and central...

A CONVERSATION WITH ITALIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE ADMIRAL GIUSEPPE CAVO DRAGONE - The Atlantic Council’s Europe Center and Middle East Programs hosted Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Italy’s Chief of Defense, on April 19, 2023, for a conversation assessing Italy’s defense posture in light of Russia’s c...

A CONVERSATION WITH AYESHA JALAL: PAKISTAN DAY AND THE PATH FORWARD FOR THE COUNTRY - The Atlantic Council’s Pakistan Initiative, in collaboration with the APPAC Foundation, hosted a conversation with Dr. Ayesha Jalal, Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University, on Pakistan Day and ...

HOW CAN KAZAKHSTAN AND CENTRAL ASIA HELP POWER AND FEED THE WORLD? - Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has produced economic and political repercussions across the globe, including energy shortages and growing food insecurity. The war has forced Central Asian countries to seek opportunities...

US LEADERSHIP IN THE FUTURE OF MONEY: A CONVERSATION WITH UNDER SECRETARY NELLIE LIANG - March 2023 marked the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring the Responsible Development of Digital Assets, which addressed both the risks and the potential benefits of digital ...

EU PERSPECTIVES ON FOOD SECURITY: A CONVERSATION WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR AGRICULTURE JANUSZ WOJCIECHOWSKI - This conversation took place at the approach of the one-year mark of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In addition to the horrific toll Russia’s brutality has taken on Ukraini...

A CONVERSATION WITH BORIS JOHNSON: SUSTAINING SUPPORT TO UKRAINE - Vladimir Putin’s invasion brought mass destruction to Ukraine and its people and has dealt a blow to Europe’s security. While Ukraine stands firm, the West has displayed unprecedented unity and support for Ukraine and against Russ...

THE NEAR CRISIS PROJECT: WHY WHAT YOU DONT KNOW CAN HURT YOU - The Scowcroft Center’s Forward Defense program hosted a public conversation on “The Near Crisis Project: Why What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You” on January 27, 2022. This event featured a panel of distinguished speakers from the researc...

A CONVERSATION WITH FUAD HUSSEIN, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ - H.E. Fuad Hussein shared insights from his trip to Washington and discussed several issues that the new Iraqi government aspires to implement in its government programs, including ref...

A CONVERSATION WITH POLAND’S MINISTER OF FINANCE MAGDALENA RZECZKOWSKA - The Minister discussed the opportunities and challenges for by the Polish economy in 2023 and beyond. As the war in Ukraine continues, the Minister shared her perspectives on how the war is impacting the Polish economy.

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A CONVERSATION WITH EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT MARGRETHE VESTAGER - Since 2019, the European Commission has prioritized Europe’s green and digital transitions as major priorities, for which Vestager has a leading responsibility among the College of Commissioners. Much has changed for Europe, the tr...

A CONVERSATION WITH PRIME MINISTER OF CROATIA ANDREJ PLENKOVIĆ - The Atlantic Council hosted an #ACFrontPage event with Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia Andrej Plenković on February 22, 2023.

On January 1, 2023, Croatia joined the eurozone and Schengen area of the European Union (EU), b...

AC FRONT PAGE: BLACK TRAILBLAZERS IN FOREIGN POLICY - Since its founding sixty-two years ago, the Atlantic Council’s mission has been inclusion in a fundamental sense: helping Americans understand that they are part of a broader international community. This year during Black History Month, the A...

A CONVERSATION WITH TÁNAISTE MICHEÁL MARTIN, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE OF IRELAND - As the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement approached, Tánaiste Micheál Martin reflected on the legacy of this important peace agreement and future opportunities for the island of ...

FREEING BELARUS FROM TYRANNY: A CONVERSATION WITH SVIATLANA TSIKHANOUSKAYA - The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center hosted a discussion with the national leader of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the head of the United Transitional Cabinet, is recognized as the leader ...

A CONVERSATION WITH BELÉN GARIJO, CEO OF MERCK KGAA, DARMSTADT, GERMANY - The Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center and Europe Center hosted a conversation with Belén Garijo, CEO of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany—a science and technology company.

This conversation explored the convergence of biotec...

A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA ALEKSANDAR VUČIĆ - The Atlantic Council’s Europe Center hosted a conversation with President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić on April 22, 2021.

Serbia is a central actor in the future of the Western Balkans and a Europe whole, fr...

A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO VJOSA OSMANI - More than a decade after its declaration of independence, the Republic of Kosovo continues to face a set of challenges, both at home and on its path toward integration in the Euro-Atlantic community and its core institutions o...

REPORT LAUNCH: THE FUTURE OF NATO C4ISR - C4ISR, which stands for Command and Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, is referred to as the nervous system of the military and is crucial to any mission. As the war in Ukraine has shown, the relevance of su...

AS LONG AS IT TAKES: THE EUROPEAN UNION’S SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE - One year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (EU) and its member states are jointly standing for the people of Ukraine as “a true inspiration for Europe,” as European Commission President Ursula von der ...