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Sep 24, 2018

Contaminated fuel is poisoning global shipping

By Dr. David Soud, Dr. Ian Ralby, and Rohini Ralby

At least 200 merchant ships around the world have suffered serious, sometimes complete engine failure in recent months. Some of these vessels have been left helplessly adrift in the open sea. Others have run aground. Many have been carrying cargoes—crude oil, fuel, chemicals, containers—that could cause human or environmental catastrophes if the vulnerable ships were […]

Oil and Gas

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Sep 23, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Sputnik Misleading in Macedonia

By Kanishk Karan

Macedonia’s information environment is becoming clouded with distorted and polarizing narratives by some Russian media outlets, especially from Sputnik .

Disinformation Elections

Article

Sep 22, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Trumped Up and Down in Macedonia

By Vladimir Petreski

Ahead of Macedonia’s naming referendum on September 30, the boycott proponents attempted to disparage similar nationalist sentiment in the United States.

Disinformation Elections

Event Recap

Sep 21, 2018

Roundtable with Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

By Global Business & Economics Program

On September 21, 2018 Atlantic Council’s Global Business and Economics Center along with the Eurasia Center co-hosted a roundtable with Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

EnergySource

Sep 20, 2018

Low-carbon fuel innovation and the California policy environment

By Randolph Bell

The transportation sector, and particularly aviation and maritime transport, pose unique challenges in the transition to lower-carbon energy sources. However, California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard has ushered in significant investment and innovation and the state is leading the way in advanced fuels. In an interview with Randolph Bell, director of the Atlantic Council Global Energy […]

Americas Energy Transitions

Article

Sep 19, 2018

#ElectionWatch: Fast and False in Brazil

By Luiza Bandeira

Brazil will elect a new president, new state governors, and a new Congress in two rounds of voting  —  the first on October 7 and the second on October 28.

Brazil Disinformation

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Sep 18, 2018

A Letter to the Citizens of Macedonia from President George W. Bush

By President George W. Bush

English | Macedonian | Albanian September 17, 2018 To the Citizens of Macedonia: From the day of your nation’s independence, the United States of America has been your steadfast friend. The American people have admired your peaceful emergence from the ashes of Yugoslavia. We have respected your courage in upholding democratic values and free institutions. And […]

The Balkans

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Sep 18, 2018

SURGING SHORES – Adrienne Arsht Center for Resilience Tabletop Discussion

By Adrienne Arsht Center for Resilience

On September 18th, the Adrienne Arsht Center for Resilience convened a private, senior-level tabletop exercise in Newport, Rhode Island, to explore ways of better building resilience into our systems before the next disruption. The discussion, entitled SURGING SHORES and enabled by a simulation tool developed by Dutch digital infrastructure modeling company SIM-CI, elicited from participants […]

Event Recap

Sep 18, 2018

Hacker-Powered Security: Voices on Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure

By Sarah Anne Aarup

The event “Hacker-Powered Security: Voices on Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure” hosted at the Atlantic Council’s headquarters on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, celebrated the launch of the comic book, It Takes a Village: How Hacktivity Can Save Your Company—an endeavor of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative supported by HackerOne, a company that connects ethical, white-hat hackers […]

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Sep 18, 2018

Reporting from the Front Lines of Energy Innovation

By Atlantic Council

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