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Fellow

Courtney Spivey Urschel

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Human Rights Middle East

Fellow

Priya Pillai

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Africa Conflict

Fellow

Joshua Hotvet

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

Fellow

Rolando Mattar

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

Fellow

Tom Wotka

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

Fellow

Kalle Meehan

Women Leader in Energy and Climate Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment
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Content

Emerging Defense Challenges

Apr 17, 2014

Leidos CEO Gen. John Jumper Discusses Defense Industry Evolution

In September last year, the Virginia-based government contracting company SAIC split into two. The government-services wing maintained the SAIC name and the newly-created Leidos was created to focus on national security, commercial health, and the engineering sectors. Gen. John P. Jumper, the first chairman and CEO of Leidos, joined the Atlantic Council to discuss this […]

Trade in Action

Apr 17, 2014

What We’re Reading: April 17

By Garrett Workman

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). 

Economy & Business
Trade and tariffs

Captains of Industry Series

Apr 17, 2014

Webcast: Captains of Industry Series with Gen. John P. Jumper, President and CEO, Leidos

Join us on Thursday, April 17 from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. to hear from Gen. John P. Jumper, USAF (Ret.) who will discuss his tenure at SAIC and Leidos, and how the company had to evolve in order to grow.

Defense Industrialist

Apr 17, 2014

It’s Time for a Backup to GPS.

By James Hasik

The recent failure of GLONASS and sightings of Russian navigation jammers in Crimea are cause enough for concern. If you’re not a space geek, you probably didn’t notice the total failure of the Russian satellite navigation system early this month. And if you’re not an electronic warfare geek, you probably didn’t notice those Russian satellite […]

Event Recap

Apr 16, 2014

Looking Ahead: Economic and Social Reforms in China

Mr. Liu Mingkang, former chairman of the Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission and honorary professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Business, highlighted several important areas for Chinese economic and social reform over the next decade. Speaking at the Atlantic Council on April 16, Liu focused on developments from the Chinese Communist Party’s […]

China

Global Aggregation of Cyber Risk

Apr 16, 2014

Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk

By Jason Healey

The Atlantic Council and Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) have released a pioneering report, Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk, to better prepare governments and businesses for the cyber shocks of the future. Through a combination of stable technology, dedicated technicians and, resistance to random outages, the Internet has been resilient to attacks on a […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Apr 15, 2014

The Disruptive Democratization of Space

By James Hasik

Tiny satellites are diffusing remote sensing capabilities around the world The Americans have reconnaissance satellites. The French, Belgians, Spanish, and Greeks share some reconnaissance satellites. The Russians have their reconnaissance satellites. The Ukrainians have Google Earth. It’s not the same thing, but right now, it the best they’ve got. But as technology and the market are developing, […]

Space
Technology & Innovation

LatAmSource

Apr 15, 2014

Brazil’s Digital Laboratory

By Nizan Guanaes

It’s a whole new world this election year in Brazil. Campaigning means communication, and Brazilians today are communicating much more and very differently than during the 2010 presidential election.

Brazil

Trade in Action

Apr 15, 2014

What We’re Reading: April 15

By Garrett Workman

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Economy & Business
Trade and tariffs

LatAmSource

Apr 14, 2014

Transformations: Medellin, Colombia, Latin America

By Rachel DeLevie-Orey

Last week the World Urban Forum was hosted in Medellín, Colombia. Twenty years ago this city was under the thumb of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar and deemed the murder capital of the world. In 2013 it was named most innovative city in the world by the Wall Street Journal, beating out Tel Aviv and […]

Colombia
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Events

Public Event Thu, February 12, 2026 • 11:00 am ET

Congressman John Moolenaar on deterring aggression against Taiwan

AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT—Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, discusses how the United States and Taiwan can strengthen deterrence in the Taiwan Strait.
China Defense Industry Defense Policy Indo-Pacific