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New Atlanticist

Aug 5, 2024

Monday’s market rout is a painful but fundamentally healthy correction

By Hung Tran

The global market selloff has been driven by the normalization of outsized expectations for the high-tech sector and one-way betting for low Japanese interest rates and yen exchange rates.

Economy & Business
International Markets

New Atlanticist

Aug 5, 2024

Behind the market turmoil: Why a bad jobs report and the risk of war are shaking the financial world

By Josh Lipsky

A geopolitical crisis and disappointing economic news at the same time create a haze that can make each situation appear more threatening than it actually is.

Economy & Business
Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2024

Turkey’s linchpin role in the Russia prisoner swap offers a lesson

By Rich Outzen

Turkey’s role in facilitating the prisoner swap that freed Evan Gershkovich demonstrates how Ankara’s diplomatic balancing act can be an asset to its Western allies.

Politics & Diplomacy
Russia

New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2024

As sixteen of Putin’s prisoners come home, don’t forget the millions of hostages who remain

By Mikhail Zygar

Thousands of Russians are sitting in Putin’s prisons. And over the years, he has successfully turned the whole country into a gulag.

Human Rights
Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2024

A violent crackdown has put Bangladesh at a crossroads

By Ali Riaz

At least two hundred people have been killed and thousands more injured in protests that included law enforcement firing on protestors.

Bangladesh
Conflict

New Atlanticist

Aug 1, 2024

France has sided with Morocco on the Western Sahara. How might Algeria respond?

By Sarah Zaaimi

France’s endorsement of a Moroccan autonomy plan follows similar positions expressed by the United States in 2020 and Israel in 2023, along with a growing list of Arab and African nations.

Africa
France

New Atlanticist

Aug 1, 2024

Dispatch from the Paris Olympics: The African sports movement is about to take off, if leaders help fuel it

By Rama Yade

The surge in athletic talent is evidence that its people are committed to a new era for Africa.

Africa
Civil Society

New Atlanticist

Aug 1, 2024

Experts react: What to know about the release of Evan Gershkovich and others held by Russia

By Atlantic Council experts

A prisoner swap has freed American journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, former US Marine Paul Whelan, and Russian political dissidents Vladimir Kara-Murza and llya Yashin, among others.

Human Rights
Media

New Atlanticist

Aug 1, 2024

Can citizens’ assemblies help counter a rising populist tide in the West?

By Moritz Ludwig and Joely Virzi

Germany’s initial steps at participatory democracy deserve a close look as one way to address rising populism that could threaten liberal democracies in the West.

Civil Society
Elections

Experts react

Jul 31, 2024

Experts react: Two top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders have been killed. What’s next for Israel, Iran, and the war in Gaza?

By Atlantic Council experts

What will these two assassinations mean for the broader regional conflict in the Middle East? Our experts delve into the possibilities.

Crisis Management
Defense Policy