Category: Content Series

The Taliban’s violence ‘ignited a fierce resistance within me.’ A protester’s story.

By Nayra Kohestani

Nayra Kohestani recounts the abuse and imprisonment she and her children suffered for resisting the Taliban’s gender apartheid regime.

Stay ahead together: Identifying strategies to compete with China on global 5G

By Ngor Luong

TO: Security and technology community of the United States, its allies, and partners FROM: Ngor Luong DATE: August 22, 2024 SUBJECT: Stay ahead together: Identifying strategies to compete with China on global 5G In May 2024, the Global China Hub of the Atlantic Council convened a group of technology developers, operators, and security experts for a workshop […]

Spring 2024 Young Global Professionals

Meet our Young Global Professionals for the Spring of 2024.

I was imprisoned and tortured by the Taliban for protesting gender apartheid in Afghanistan

By Zholia Parsi

Zholia Parsi describes protesting against gender apartheid in Afghanistan after the Taliban returned and abuse she faced as a result.

The Olympic truce in French politics is ending. What happens next?

By Joely Virzi

Macron is basking in the success of a spectacular Olympics, but that success is unlikely to translate into political gains for the president or lead to compromises in the French Parliament.

How Ukraine’s incursion into Russia could change the war

By Atlantic Council

Ukrainian forces launched a surprise raid into Russia’s Kursk region on Tuesday. Our experts explain how this could affect the course of the war.

A Russia without Russians? Putin’s disastrous demographics

By Harley Balzer

A new Atlantic Council report explores the effect of Putin's politics on domestic Russian demographic change. Is Putin heading towards a Russia without Russians?

Welcome home, Evan

By Frederick Kempe

We at the Atlantic Council are overjoyed and relieved that Evan has been released after 491 days of wrongful imprisonment in Russia, writes Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe.