Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

The Smartest Places on Earth – Why Rustbelts are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

“The Smartest Places on Earth- Why Rustbelts are the emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation” Exploring how the rustbelts form yesterday can be the “brainbelts” of tomorrow, Antoine van Agtmael and Fred Bakker counter recent conventional wisdom that American and northern European economies have lost their initiative in innovation and their competitive edge. Their book, The Smartest […]

Strategy Breakfast with Greek Cypriot Negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis

By Susan Haigh

On April 20, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative and Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a private strategy breakfast with Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis, chief negotiator for the Greek Cypriots in the UN-facilitated intercommunal talks on the Cyprus problem. Ambassador Mavroyiannis briefed the group on progress in the intensified settlement talks, Cyprus’s trajectory […]

EXPERT ANALYSIS Beyond Riyadh: Breaking Down the US-GCC Summit

EXPERT ANALYSIS Beyond Riyadh: Breaking Down the US-GCC Summit with Zalmay Khalilzad President; Board Director Gryphon Partners; Atlantic Council Barry Pavel Vice President, Arnold Kanter Chair, and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Atlantic Council Ali Tulbah Managing Director McLarty Associates

A Conversation with the Finance Minister of Argentina, Alfonso Prat-Gay. April 14

By Benjamin Knudsen

Guests convene in the Atlantic Council lobby prior to the event   On April 14 the Finance Minister of Argentina, Alfonso Prat-Gay, came to the Atlantic Council to speak about Argentina’s new economic agenda under the nascent Macri administration. For the last decade Argentina has been exiled from the international economic community over a dispute […]

Europe’s Staying Power, with European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis

By Benjamin Knudsen

On April 15 Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission Vice President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, discussed the state of the European economy, citing its resilience under difficult circumstances and stressing the need for improvement in three areas: increasing investments, deepening structural reforms, and consolidating responsible fiscal policies. Vice President Dombrovskis also addressed current migration and […]

Motley’s law: The new age of legal representation

By South Asia Center

On April 18, the South Asia Center’s Afghanistan Rising Initiative hosted Kimberley Motley for a conversation about her experiences as an international litigator in Afghanistan and around the world, as well as her advocacy for rule of law and human rights worldwide. In her remarks, she emphasized how the rule of law means little if […]

Briefing by Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Toby Lanzer

By Africa Center

On Friday, April 15, the Africa Center hosted Toby Lanzer, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, for a luncheon roundtable on peace and security in the Sahel region.

Launch of ‘Embracing Impact’

By Africa Center

On Thursday, April 14, the Africa Center hosted a panel discussion occasioned by the publication of the new Atlantic Council issue brief, Embracing Impact: How Africa Can Overcome the Emerging Market Downturn, by Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham and Senior Fellow Aubrey Hruby.