Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

Anti-LGBT Facebook Posts Proliferate in Georgia Before Tbilisi Pride

By Eto Buziashvili

Anti-Western and far-right Facebook pages began to disseminate anti-LGBT content following the announcement of Georgia’s first-ever large-scale pride event.

Strengthening the Global Trading Architecture

By GLOBAL BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

On May 3, the Atlantic Council’s Global Business and Economics Program’s EuroGrowth Initiative hosted a roundtable discussion on the future of the global trading architecture featuring Ambassador Alan Wm. Wolff, Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Armenia Assailed by Deceptive “Fact-Checking” Groups, Part 2: The Coordination

By Zarine Kharazian, Eto Buziashvili, and Yulia Reshitko

Two Armenian Facebook pages masqueraded as impartial fact-checking organizations to discredit the government of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Armenia Assailed by Deceptive “Fact-Checking” Groups, Part 1: The Players

By Zarine Kharazian, Eto Buziashvili, and Yulia Reshitko

The DFRLab has uncovered a sophisticated influence operation with the aim of discrediting Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters under the hashtag #SutNikol.

Fried Testifies Before House Foreign Affairs on Countering a Resurgent Russia

By Atlantic Council

Ambassador Daniel Fried appears before House Committee on Foreign Affairs during a hearing on “Countering a Resurgent Russia” on May 1, 2019.

Atlantic Council’s 2019 Distinguished Leadership Awards

Atlantic Council 2019 Distinguished Leadership Awards  

Atlantic Council’s Distinguished International Leadership Award for International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde

Atlantic Council 2019 Distinguished Leadership Awards Distinguished International Leadership Award

Atlantic Council’s Distinguished Business Leadership Award for FedEx Corp. Chairman and CEO Frederick W. Smith

Atlantic Council 2019 Distinguished Leadership Awards Distinguished Business Leadership Award