Category: Content Series

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Inflection Points

Jan 21, 2019

Davos edition: China-US contest ‘problem of our time’

By Frederick Kempe

In short: What's needed are unprecedented means to navigate unprecedented times.

China United States and Canada
Facebook likes in Oaxaca

2018 Elections in Latin America

Jan 17, 2019

#ElectionWatch: Likes from Afar in Oaxaca

By Fernando Meneses Romero, Kanishk Karan, and Jose Luis Peñarredonda

South Asian Facebook accounts artificially inflated the number of Facebook “likes” on social media content for and about the State of Oaxaca in México.

Disinformation Elections

2018 Elections in Latin America

Jan 17, 2019

#ElectionWatch: Cuentas de Asia que dan likes al gobierno de Oaxaca

By Atlantic Council

Un número inusual de cuentas provenientes del sureste asiático están reaccionando a publicaciones hechas en las páginas oficiales de Facebook de autoridades e instituciones mexicanas. El principal beneficiario de esta actividad aparentemente inauténtica es Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, gobernador del estado de Oaxaca en el sur de México. Estas reacciones sospechosas se pueden encontrar en la página […]

Bremain vs Brexit

Jan 16, 2019

Compromising Brexit: The challenge for May – and Corbyn

By John M. Roberts

So far, the focus has been on the idea that somehow, with just seventy two days left to go before Britain is scheduled to leave the EU, Corbyn and May might find a positive way to cooperate for the good of the country.

European Union United Kingdom

EnergySource

Jan 16, 2019

The time is right for energy transformation in Puerto Rico

By Joe Bryan

Late last year, a group of us from the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center had the opportunity to travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico for a series of meetings on hurricane recovery and the future of the island’s electric grid.  It was an interesting time for a visit. While the remnants of the storm were […]

Energy Markets & Governance Energy Transitions

Inflection Points

Jan 13, 2019

The five historic shifts that will shape 2019

By Frederick Kempe

The treacherous year ahead that we confront – littered with political, economic and security risks – presents all the challenges of a double black diamond ski run.

International Norms Macroeconomics

2018 Elections in Latin America

Jan 7, 2019

Jair Bolsonaro’s first one hundred days

By Atlantic Council

In one of the most consequential presidential elections in the country’s recent history, Brazilians elected Jair Messias Bolsonaro their next president on October 28, 2018, after two highly contested rounds of voting that left Brazilians deeply divided. In this Spotlight, we ask: What are the four of the top action items President Bolsonaro might prioritize […]

Brazil

Inflection Points

Jan 5, 2019

Atlantic Council top ten of 2018

By Frederick Kempe

As has been our practice, at the end of each year, the Atlantic Council staff and leadership select our colleagues’ work undertaken in the past year that has had the most impact.

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Inflection Points

Dec 22, 2018

Defense Secretary Mattis’ resignation letter is a must-read warning about the future

By Frederick Kempe

Read Mattis’ words closely and they serve to both define and narrow the range of his possible successors to those who better embrace President Trump’s world view.

Defense Policy National Security

Rebuilding Syria

Dec 20, 2018

Act in haste, repent at leisure

By Frederic C. Hof

An American president impetuously overrules his national security team with a sudden decision on Syria; one that pleases the Kremlin, undermines US policy, and damages his own credibility. Essentially unmoored to the national security apparatus over which he presides, the president—strongly influenced by the views of a foreign leader—thinks he knows best in any event. […]

Syria