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Event Recap

Sep 6, 2018

Rethinking human rights and Islam

By Erin A. Neale

On Thursday, September 6th, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East held a conference to discuss the universe of Islamic tradition and the reality on the ground for people who exist in the human rights discourse, including the abuses of it. The panel coincided with the launching of a report, “The Islamic […]

In the News

Sep 6, 2018

Fried Testifies Before the Senate Banking Committee on “Russia Sanctions: Current Effectiveness and Potential for Next Steps”

By Daniel Fried

Read the full testimony here.

Russia

In the News

Sep 5, 2018

Sloan Testifies Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on NATO

Stanley R. Sloan Visiting Scholar, Middlebury College Nonresident Senior Fellow, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Atlantic Council of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing: September 5, 2018 Thank you, Chairman Corker, Ranking Member Menendez, and members of the Committee, for calling today’s hearing. I am happy to have the opportunity to talk […]

Event Recap

Sep 5, 2018

Roundtable Discussion with Ambassador Daniel Fried on Russia Sanctions:

By Global Business & Economics Program

On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, the Atlantic Council’s Economic Sanctions Initiative hosted a private roundtable discussion on US Sanctions towards Russia with the Ambassador Daniel Fried.

Economy & Business Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

EnergySource

Sep 4, 2018

US-Denmark energy cooperation: A “win(d)-win(d) situation”

By Becca Hunziker

When President Trump announced that his goal for American energy was not just energy independence, but “energy dominance,” he outlined six steps his administration would pursue with that goal in mind: reviving and expanding the nuclear energy sector, addressing barriers to financing highly efficient overseas coal energy plants, constructing a new pipeline to Mexico, negotiating […]

Energy Transitions Northern Europe

EnergySource

Aug 30, 2018

Puerto Rico chooses concession: Two strikes to date

By Branko Terzic

This piece is the second by the author on Puerto Rico’s electricity system. You can read the first piece here. The government of Puerto Rico has selected “concession” as the method of privatizing the transmission and distribution assets of the commonwealth’s electric system, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA). This privatization through “concession” of transmission […]

Energy Markets & Governance Latin America

2018 Elections in Latin America

Aug 30, 2018

#ElectionWatch: URSAL, Illuminati, and Brazil’s YouTube Subculture

By Luiza Bandeira

YouTube played an important role in the spread of the ­­United Socialist Republics of Latin America (URSAL) conspiracy theory in Brazil.

Brazil Disinformation

2018 Elections in Latin America

Aug 28, 2018

#ElectionWatch: As Colombia votes again, misinformation flows

By Jose Luis Peñarredonda

On Sunday, August 26, Colombians went to the polls again. A significant share of the campaigning involved spreading misinformation  —  or countering it.

Colombia Disinformation

Event Recap

Aug 28, 2018

Conference call: US-Mexico trade deal: Implications and next steps

By Valentina Sader

On Monday, August 27, 2018, President Trump announced that the United States and Mexico reached a deal on several contentious issues in NAFTA, calling it the United States-Mexico Trade Agreement. The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, in partnership with the Atlantic Council’s Global Business and Economics Program held a conference call the following […]

Americas Latin America

2018 Elections in Latin America

Aug 17, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Bots Around Brazil’s First Presidential Debate

By Marco Ruediger, Director of the Department of Analyses and Public Policy, Fundação Getúlio Vargas

A piece published by the website República de Curitiba claimed Twitter “removed” mentions of right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro during the debate.

Brazil Disinformation