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Flagship event

The Global Energy Center presents

Global Energy Forum

The Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum is the premier international gathering of government, industry, and thought leaders to set the energy agenda for the year and examine the longer-term geopolitical and geoeconomic implications of the changing energy system. The event will take place March 28-29, 2022 in Abu Dhabi (starting the night of March 27 in US time zones).

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Read the Global Energy Agenda

Global Energy Agenda

Jan 19, 2022

The 2022 Global Energy Agenda

By Randolph Bell, Jennifer T. Gordon, Ameya Hadap, and Paul Kielstra (Editors)

The second edition of the Global Energy Agenda provides context for the year that has passed. It features a survey of thought leaders in the energy sector, as well as a series of essays by the leading figures in energy, to set the energy agenda for 2022.

Energy & Environment Geopolitics & Energy Security

Spotlight

Security and Defense

Confrontation in Eastern Europe

As Russia builds up its military presence near Ukraine and escalates its demands for a new security order, the confrontation is becoming a defining test for the United States, the European Union, NATO, and Russia.

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New Atlanticist

SpeedRead: The military steps Biden can take to force Putin to back off

by Jorge Benitez

The White House should deal with the Kremlin-manufactured crisis with the bipartisan strategy that successfully won the Cold War: deterrence.

New Atlanticist

How Europe can reclaim its voice in the Russia crisis

by Ana Palacio

“There will be no peace in Europe if the States are reconstituted on the basis of national sovereignty.” This warning by Jean Monnet sums up the crisis Europe is currently experiencing nearly eighty years later.

Celebrating our 60th anniversary

We’re taking stock of six decades of work to promote US cooperation with allies on the world’s defining challenges, deliver relevant insight at speed to policymakers and the public, and shape a peaceful and prosperous global future.

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About us

The Atlantic Council galvanizes US leadership and worldwide engagement, in collaboration with allies and partners, to shape solutions to global challenges.

The Atlantic Council at 60

Enriched by its past, energized by its present, and equipped for the future.

By John F.W. Rogers and Frederick Kempe

650+

Staff and fellows worldwide

We generate ideas, foster debates, and leverage innovative approaches to develop practical solutions for today’s most pressing issues. By building consensus and mobilizing durable coalitions, we transform ideas into action.

The Atlantic Council at 60

2020/2021 Annual Report

We are fortunate that the Atlantic Council our founders created six decades ago has never been more robust, but the array of challenges we face has never been more daunting. Here’s how we are shaping the global future together.

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Celebrating 60 years