Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

A Conversation with Valiollah Seif, Governor of Iran’s Central Bank

On April 14, 2016, the Atlantic Council hosted the Honorable Valiollah Seif for a private roundtable discussion. Mr. Seif, who has served as Governor of the Central Bank of Iran since September of 2013, adressed Iran’s economic and financial reform agenda following the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

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 […]

Jones Testifies Before Senate Appropriations Committee on Violent Extremism and the Role of Foreign Assistance

By James L. Jones

Read the full testimony here.

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 […]