Category: Event Recap

The US Navy & Cutting Edge Energy Innovation in the Defense Sector

By Joe Long

On Tuesday, April 12 the Atlantic Council and The Fuse partnered to host a panel discussion on energy technology and innovation in the US defense sector. The demand for energy security and evolving geopolitical risks have already impacted the strategic approach of defense institutions, which are actively developing technology and policy alternatives to respond to […]

Strategic Cyprus in a Better Mediterranean Future

By Megan Poole

The Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative and Strategic Foresight Initiative held a private, off-the-record, lunch discussion on “Strategic Cyprus in a Better Mediterranean Future” with Ambassador Michalis Attalides, Chairman of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at the University of Nicosia, on April 11, 2016. Ambassador Attalides discussed how to leverage a Cyprus settlement to […]

Ukraine v. Russia and the Kleptocrats: The Legal Route to Recover Ukraine’s Losses

Friday, April 8, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center released a new report, Ukraine v. Russia and the Kleptocrats: The Legal Route to Recover Ukraine’s Losses, by Alan Riley. The report and panel discussion focused on the legal avenues Ukraine can take to recover assets lost under the Yanukovych regime and Russia’s occupation […]

The 2016 European Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge

By Cyber Statecraft Initiative

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, in partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), hosted the second annual European Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge in Geneva, Switzerland on April 7-8, 2016. The competition brought together 150 students representing twenty-eight teams of bachelors, masters, and PhD students from eleven different countries across Europe, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The students represented thirty different university or military college affiliations and were judged by panels of experts in the field of cybersecurity.

“Solved?”: Investigating Boris Nemtsov’s Murder

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

One year after the public assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, General Alexander Bastrykin, has announced that the case has been “solved.” However, the legitimacy of the investigation is questionable as the Investigative Committee has refused to qualify Nemtsov’s murder under Article 277 of the Criminal Code as […]

The day after: Preparing to respond to national cyber crises

By J.L. Billingsley

Given that all entities are susceptible to being hacked, how will (not would) a federal government like that of the United States respond to the potential compromise of a critical asset like the Global Positioning System (GPS)? For the fourth year in a row, the Atlantic Council has been at the forefront of proactively tackling […]

Nord Stream 2: Is It a Threat to European Energy Security?

By Global Energy Center

On April 1, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative held a debate on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and how it could affect the geopolitical and geoeconomic future of Europe’s energy security. 

The new Afghanistan: A conversation with Rula Ghani

By South Asia Center

On March 31, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted First Lady of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Rula Ghani for a public and on the record conversation about the progress made under the Ghani Presidency, and the challenges that remain for Afghanistan. The Atlantic Council’s President and CEO Frederick Kempe made welcome remarks, underscoring […]

Discussion on the Brussels Attacks with H.E. Jan Jambon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Security and Homeland Affairs of Belgium

By Future Europe Initiative

The Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative held a private, off-the-record, strategy lunch discussion hosted by H.E. Johan Verbeke, Belgian Ambassador to the United States and H.E. Jan Jambon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Security and Homeland Affairs of Belgium on March 31, 2016, to discuss a way forward after the attacks in Brussels.