Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

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.

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.