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New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2024

Risky business: How to save the G7 deal to mobilize $50 billion for Ukraine

By Charles Lichfield

The deal announced in Italy in June is at risk of getting caught between how the EU enacts sanctions and what the Biden administration is willing to bring before Congress.

Conflict Economic Sanctions

UkraineAlert

Sep 2, 2024

The United States needs a long-term approach to Ukraine aid

By Doug Klain

It’s time the United States matched its allies by passing meaningful long-term support for Ukraine. If executed properly, the Blumenthal-Graham proposal could soon make that a reality, writes Doug Klain.

Conflict Freedom and Prosperity

UkraineAlert

Sep 1, 2024

Key Ukrainian front line city evacuates as Russian offensive gains pace

By Maria Avdeeva

Evacuation efforts are accelerating in Pokrovsk as Russian troops draw closer amid fears the city will soon become the latest in a growing list of Ukrainian urban centers reduced to rubble by Putin’s invading army, writes Maria Avdeeva.

Civil Society Conflict

New Atlanticist

Aug 30, 2024

Dispatch from Kyiv: How Ukraine’s incursion into Russia has changed the war

By John E. Herbst

On an Atlantic Council trip to Kyiv, Ambassador John E. Herbst takes stock of how Ukrainians view the war now that their forces have seized more than 460 square miles of Russian territory.

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Aug 30, 2024

Algeria has never seen a smooth transfer of power. It won’t in this election, either. 

By Andrew G. Farrand

A weak slate of alternative candidates and the near certainty of Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s victory will do little to inspire participation.

Civil Society Democratic Transitions

New Atlanticist

Aug 30, 2024

Europe’s new defense commissioner: Game-changer or procurement manager?

By Piotr Arak

It remains to be seen how much power the new commissioner will have to boost the bloc’s defense capabilities.

Defense Industry Defense Policy

New Atlanticist

Aug 30, 2024

What Germany’s upcoming state elections reveal about the far right, Scholz’s future, and more

By Atlantic Council experts

The German states of Thuringia and Saxony are holding elections on September 1, and polls show that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could finish first.

Elections Germany

EnergySource

Aug 29, 2024

The US government should build a Resilient Resource Reserve for wartime and peacetime

By Gregory Wischer and Morgan Bazilian

China currently dominates critical mineral supply chains, putting American security needs at risk. Congress should both incentivize domestic mineral production and mitigate supply disruptions to the US military in a potential conflict with China by building a physical stockpile of strategic minerals that would last for five years.

China Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Aug 29, 2024

Xi wants to enlist the Global South in his anti-American movement

By Michael Schuman

The Chinese leader’s approach to the developing world has become consumed by Beijing’s geopolitical competition with the United States and its allies and partners.

Africa China

IranSource

Aug 29, 2024

Which side will Arabs take in an Iran-Israel war?

By Arash Azizi

Despite building a Resistance Axis, Iran will not enter with a good hand in any conflict that pulls in its Arab neighbors.

Conflict Iran