Category: Content Series

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Experts

Fellow

Michael Callender 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

Fellow

Jasper Camacho

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

Staff

Alisha Chhangani

Associate 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

Fellow

Eric Davids 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment
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Content

Middle East Strategy Task Force

Dec 1, 2016

A Two-Pronged US Strategy for the Middle East

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The United States must develop a two-pronged strategy for the Middle East that prioritizes ending the civil wars and unlocking untapped human potential, according to a new report from the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force. This is a matter of urgency, not least of all because the West has borne some of the […]

In the News

Dec 1, 2016

Atlantic Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force Featured by USNI News

By Atlantic Council

Read the full article here.

Defense Industrialist

Dec 1, 2016

Are Canada’s interim fighters obsolete-on-order?

By Danny Lam

The DND must ensure that the RCAF’s replacement for the CF-18s can defend North America against emerging threats. The Liberal Government of Canada has announced that it intends to swiftly sole-source 18 F/A-18E Super Hornets to fill a perceived capability gap. The need flows from Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan’s views of existing treaty obligations under NORAD and NATO. The Royal Canadian […]

Defense Industry Korea

Middle East Strategy Task Force

Nov 30, 2016

Trump Must Not Rip Up the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President-elect Donald Trump must honor the terms of a deal that prevents Iran from making a nuclear weapon, said Madeleine K. Albright, a former US secretary of state and an honorary director of the Atlantic Council’s board, in a meeting with reporters this week. “I happen to think that it’s a good deal, it […]

Iran

Event Recap

Nov 30, 2016

Release of Albright/Hadley Middle East Strategy Task Force Co-Chairs’ Report: A New Approach for the Middle East

By Hariri Center

On November 30, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center launched the Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) co-chairs’ final report with an event featuring former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former US National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley. The discussion was moderated by Ayman Mohyeldin of MSNBC and NBC with opening remarks by […]

Middle East

Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Nov 30, 2016

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Software Liability—the Good, the Bad, and the Uncomfortable

By Jack Detsch, CSM Passcode

With more cars and medical devices connecting to the internet, what happens if automakers and health care companies don’t start prioritizing digital security? Many cybersecurity experts worry that faulty code in the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) won’t just cause systems to malfunction and freeze. Instead, they say, flaws inside connected cars or pacemakers could […]

Cybersecurity Internet

Middle East Strategy Task Force

Nov 30, 2016

Atlantic Council Launches the Final Report of Co-Chairs Madeleine K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council releases today the Middle East Strategy Task Force: Final Report of the Co-Chairs by former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley. The report presents: A Strategic Approach for the Middle East: a middle course between occupation and disengagement to break the debilitating cycle of […]

Demographic Dividends - Img

Report

Nov 30, 2016

Middle East Strategy Task Force: Final report of the co-chairs

By Madeleine K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley

The final report of Middle East Strategy Task Force Co-Chairs Madeleine K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley proposes nothing short of a paradigm shift in how the international community and the Middle East interact.

Middle East Resilience & Society

Defense Industrialist

Nov 28, 2016

Advice to the Trump Administration on the evolution of war

By James Hasik

Technological developments and actual financial constraints demand top-to-bottom rethinking of the business of defense. As I wrote earlier this month, Donald Trump’s unpredicted electoral victory has brought the possibility for real change in the enterprise of national security. To borrow Paul Ryan’s phrase, thoroughly rethinking the business of defense could create a military that moves closer to […]

China Defense Industry

Middle East Strategy Task Force

Nov 22, 2016

Atlantic Council Releases Video on Middle East Youth as an Opportunity Ahead of Nov. 30 Report Launch

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council releases today “Youth in the Middle East: Liability or Opportunity?” discussing the potential for youth in the region to be an opportunity to bring the region out of chaos given particular conditions. The video is part of the Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force, a bipartisan initiative under Co-Chairs […]

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Events

Public Event Mon, April 13, 2026 • 9:00 am ET

Admiral Daryl Caudle on the strategic vision for the US Navy
Defense Policy Maritime Security National Security
Public Event Mon, April 13, 2026 • 12:30 pm ET

The IEA’s Fatih Birol on global energy market resilience in a moment of crisis

AN AC FRONT PAGE EVENT—Fatih Birol discusses how the International Energy Agency is guiding governments and markets through a complex energy landscape.

Energy & Environment Geopolitics & Energy Security Iran