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Nushin Sarkarati

Deputy Director, Strategic Litigation Project

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Corruption Human Rights

Fellow

Joumana Seif

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic English

Fellow

Jordan Shontz

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

Staff

William F. Wechsler

Senior Director, Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

National Security Middle East

Fellow

Alex Yachanin

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

Content

New Atlanticist

Nov 19, 2025

How we women of Afghanistan are defying Taliban repression

By Sara

Recounting her own ordeals with the Taliban, an Afghan woman shares how each new restriction pushes women and girls further into confinement.

Afghanistan
Human Rights

Dispatches

Nov 19, 2025

How we women of Afghanistan are defying Taliban repression

By Sara

Recounting her own ordeals with the Taliban, an Afghan woman shares how each new restriction pushes women and girls further into confinement.

Afghanistan
Human Rights

Inflection Points Today

Nov 13, 2025

Legal immigration is a reliable source of US renewal

By Frederick Kempe

If the United States wants to stay competitive, then the country will need more of what has always made America great.

Economy & Business
Migration

Russia Tomorrow

Nov 13, 2025

Minsk in Moscow’s grip: How Russia subjugated Belarus without annexation

By Hanna Liubakova

The latest report in the Atlantic Council's Russia Tomorrow series examines how Belarus moved from close relations with Russia to full-scale integration under the Kremlin.

Belarus
Conflict

Balkans Debrief

Nov 11, 2025

Is Kosovo heading toward another election crisis? | A Debrief with Adriatik Kelmendi

Ilva Tare from the Atlantic Council's Europe Center speaks with Adriatik Kelmendi to discuss Kosovo's election deadlock nine months after national elections.

Elections
Europe & Eurasia

Inflection Points

Nov 11, 2025

It’s time to reckon with the geopolitics of artificial intelligence

By Frederick Kempe

The world has entered the most consequential tech race since the dawn of the nuclear age, but this time the weapons are algorithms instead of atoms.

Artificial Intelligence
China

Fast Thinking

Nov 5, 2025

How might the Supreme Court reshape Trump’s tariffs? 

By Atlantic Council

The Supreme Court expressed skepticism of the Trump administration’s sweeping tariff authority during oral arguments on Wednesday.

Economy & Business
International Markets

Fast Thinking

Oct 30, 2025

Trump and Xi brokered a truce in the trade war. Will it hold?

By Atlantic Council

The Chinese and US presidents met on October 30 in South Korea, where it appears tensions over tariffs and other economic measures have calmed.

China
Economy & Business

Balkans Debrief

Oct 29, 2025

The Hague vs. KLA leaders: Justice or tragedy? | A Debrief with James Rubin

Ilva Tare, Atlantic Council Senior Fellow, speakers with James Rubin about the Hashim Thaci war crimes trial in The Hague.

Democratic Transitions
Europe & Eurasia

Fast Thinking

Oct 27, 2025

Milei just got a midterm boost. What’s next for Argentina?

By Atlantic Council

The party of Argentine President Javier Milei grew its share of seats in Congress in Sunday’s midterm elections.

Argentina
Economy & Business
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