FINNISH PRESIDENT ALEXANDER STUBB ON EUROPE’S SECURITY AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT - Allies concluded the NATO Summit in The Hague on June 25, at one of the most consequential moments for European security in a generation. In the face of Russia’s enduring war in Ukraine and growing uncertainty over the...

BOLSTERING THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP AT A GLOBAL INFLECTION POINT - Join the Atlantic Council in celebration of the launch of its Romania Office with a discussion on the future of the transatlantic partnership.

The transatlantic community is navigating a moment of profound global change, def...

NEW FINDINGS: RUSSIAN AERIAL ATTACKS AMOUNT TO EXTERMINATION AND PERSECUTION - Join Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and Strategic Litigation Project, together with International Partnership for Human Rights and the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, for a hybrid panel disc...

SWEDEN’S FOREIGN MINISTER ON THE 2025 NATO SUMMIT AGENDA - On Friday, June 20 at 4:00 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Council will host a conversation with Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard.

In just a few days, NATO allies will gather for the 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, which ...

On Wednesday, June 18, the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative hosted a conversation examining the fast-moving developments between Iran and Israel and the broader implications for regional stability.

The conversation will bring together former ambassadors to Iran and th...

MARINE ENERGY: HARNESSING THE POWER OF THE ATLANTIC - Join the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, in collaboration with the Policy Center for the New South, in launching the inaugural policy brief of its new programming dedicated to the opportunities of the Atlantic basin.

This new issue brief by...

GENERAL THOMAS BUSSIERE ON GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND’S ROLE IN STRATEGIC DETERRENCE - Join he Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Forward Defense program for a virtual conversation with General Thomas A. Bussiere, commander of the US Air Force Global Strike Command, on the command’s role in ...

REPORTERS AT RISK: HOW EDITORS BALANCE COVERING WAR WITH PROTECTING JOURNALISTS - Join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative for a conversation from leading journalists and editors on the challenges that both face in an increasingly fraught global media lan...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 CRITICAL ROLE OF OPERATIONAL ENERGY IN MILITARY READINESS AND RESILIENCE - Join as the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Forward Defense Program will host a discussion on how operational energy strengthens US military readiness and re...

HOW SHOULD EUROPE STEP UP FOR UKRAINE? - February 24 marked the third year of Ukraine’s fight for survival against Russia’s full-scale invasion. During that time, Ukraine has withstood Russia’s onslaught with the support of its allies around the world—particularly from the United States and its E...

WAR AND PEACE: THE STATE OF THE BATTLEFIELD AND TRUMP’S DIPLOMACY IN UKRAINE - Trump and his national security team appear determined to achieve a durable peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine in the next six months and have taken energetic, but not always consistent, steps to reach this goa...

GEOTHERMAL: UNLOCKING AMERICA’S UNTAPPED ENERGY POTENTIAL - The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center hosted a discussion on geothermal energy advancements and policy pathways. This event was part of a broader initiative supported by ClearPath to promote the development and deployment of enhanced...

HOW LONG CAN RUSSIA SUSTAIN ITS AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE? - The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center hosts a discussion exploring the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine to-date on the Russian Federation and its global standing.

February 24, 2025 marks three years of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukra...

REPORT LAUNCH: WATER INSECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA - Water insecurity in Central Asia threatens more than 82 million people who call the largely arid region home. Climate change, population growth, infrastructure problems, a lack of government foresight, and the unequal distribution of precious wate...