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Assistant Director

GeoEconomics Center

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

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August Cole

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Industry Defense Policy

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Timothy Crowder

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

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Eric Davids 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

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Haydee Dijkstal

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Africa Corruption

Fellow

Kevin Doffing

Nonresident Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy
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Jun 2, 2025

Q&A with Haluk Bayraktar

By Atlantic Council Turkey Programs

The CEO of Baykar discusses his company's pioneering role in the drone industry.

Defense Industry Defense Technologies

Report

Jun 2, 2025

Q&A with Dov Zakheim

By Atlantic Council Turkey Programs

Defense Journal Honorary Advisory Board Member Dov S. Zakheim discusses the recent tensions between US allies Israel and Turkey, and the potential role of the US as a mediator.

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

Report

Jun 2, 2025

Transatlantic relations and a region in flux

By Atlantic Council Turkey Program

The fifth issue of the Defense Journal by Atlantic Council IN TURKEY assesses key dynamics as we enter a new era.

Central Asia Conflict

Report

Jun 2, 2025

Hyperwar, artificial intelligence, and Homo sapiens

By Can Kasapoğlu

With the rise of autonomous weapon systems in distributed battlegrounds, the neuroanatomical outlook of warfare may be evolving into a new reality.

Artificial Intelligence Defense Technologies

Report

Jun 2, 2025

Why the Middle Corridor matters amid a geopolitical resorting

By Karel Valansi

As an influence war is intensifying over transit routes, the West must immediately recognize the strategic importance of the Middle Corridor.

Central Asia Economy & Business

Report

Jun 2, 2025

Turkish-American defense and energy partnerships suit the new transatlantic landscape

By Gregory Bloom

In the new transatlantic landscape, a stronger US-Turkey partnership in many ways has become a strategic necessity.

Europe & Eurasia Middle East

Report

Jun 2, 2025

In Syria’s fragile transition there’s a glimmer of a more stable Middle East

By Charles Lister

Despite the risks and unknowns, prioritizing on shaping a stable and capable central government in Syria should be the only option on the table for the US and NATO.

Democratic Transitions Middle East

Eye on Europe's elections

May 29, 2025

Your primer on the Polish presidential election

By Aaron Korewa

Poland will vote for its next president on June 1. This election could kick off a period of political stability—or further cement a gridlock that could lead to the government collapsing.

Elections Europe & Eurasia

Fast Thinking

May 29, 2025

Will Trump’s tariffs survive US courts?

By Atlantic Council

On Wednesday, a federal court blocked the US president from imposing his “liberation day” tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

May 29, 2025

How the Taliban is using law for gender apartheid, and how to push back

By Wesna Saidy and Iavor Rangelov

To combat the Taliban’s institutionalization of gender apartheid, international actors must document the system of lawmaking that underpins the regime's human rights abuses.

Afghanistan International Norms
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