Category: Event Recap

HRVP Federica Mogherini Addresses the Future of Transatlantic Relations

By Sarah Bedenbaugh

The United States and Europe will continue to find common ground and work together to overcome their foreign policy challenges, H.E. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, said at an event hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative on […]

The Power of Transparency to increase Economic Resilience, with IMF Director Christine Lagarde

On February 8, The Atlantic Council Global hosted International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde at the sixth and final installment of the Power of Transparency Series hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Global Business and Economics program and Thomson Reuters. She later participated in a discussion moderated by Axel Threlfall, editor-at-large at Reuters.

Iran Symposium: Does the Iran Nuclear Deal Help or Harm US Interests in the Middle East

By Future of Iran Initiative

On Monday, January 30, 2017, the South Asia Center’s Future of Iran Initiative co-hosted a half-day symposium with The Iran Project. The event focused on the record of the Iran nuclear deal and its likely fate under the Trump administration. The intent was to help forge a bipartisan path forward that will preserve the non-proliferation gains […]

Weighing the Options: Choices and Challenges in the Middle East

By Hariri Center

The Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted an online discussion on February 1, 2017 with Nonresident Fellow Mohamed Eljarh, Senior Fellow Faysal Itani, and Nonresident Fellow Tarek Radwan to discuss the choices and challenges in the Middle East facing the Trump Administration. Joyce Karam, Washington bureau chief of Al-Hayat, moderated the […]

Iranian Attitudes About US-Iran Relations in the Trump Era

By Future of Iran Initiative

On Wednesday, January 25, the South Asia Center’s Future of Iran Initiative co-hosted a panel discussion entitled Iranian Attitudes on Iran-US Relations in the Trump Era with the University of Maryland’s Center for International and Security Studies, featuring Dr. Ebrahim Mohseni, Research Scholar, Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland, Ms. Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, […]

The Pena Nieto-Trump Relationship: Can Common Ground Be Found?

By Mario Zampaglione

After the abrupt cancellation of the first scheduled meeting between Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and US President Donald Trump in January, the deep security and commercial ties that bind the two countries felt the heat as bilateral cooperation reached new lows. In trying to search for what the future holds for this crucial relationship, […]

Strengthening Atlantic-Pacific Partnerships

By Chloe Hanley

On January 27, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a discussion on strengthening the Atlantic-Pacific partnerships and correlating challenges facing this pursuit with the incoming US administration. Following a welcome and introductory remarks by Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., chairman of the Atlantic Council, Dr. Matthew Kroenig moderated a panel on […]