Category: Content Series

Parent for a set of category taxonomy terms to aggregate content that may span other taxonomy terms/types and be part of a recurring topic or series (e.g. content related to a particular election)

Experts

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
Load More

Content

LatAmSource

May 12, 2014

Chile’s education system is the best in Latin America – so why is it being overhauled?

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

For decades, Chile has been at the forefront of education reform in Latin America. The major international rankings conducted over the past decade have shown that, while Chile has some work to do to catch up with the developed world, it is the undisputed leader in Latin America.

Captains of Industry Series

May 8, 2014

Enders’ Game

By James Hasik

Transnational Armaments Development Without the Horror Last week, Airbus CEO Tom Enders spoke in our Captains of Industry series on “The State of European Defense”. Russian misbehavior to the east notwithstanding, it’s a challenging market. Particularly challenging has been trying to manage multinational development projects like those of the NH90 helicopter and the A400M airlifter. After the experience […]

Trade in Action

May 8, 2014

TTIP Action: May 6

By Global Business & Economics Program

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

May 7, 2014

Today: Mexican Energy Reform, Secondary Legislation Conference Call 10:00-10:30 am

Mexican Energy Reform:Secondary Legislation HighlightsDial In: 1-800-311-9404 Passcode: 45889On April 30, President Enrique Peña Nieto presented to Congress the proposed secondary laws and reforms to implement the constitutional energy reforms passed in December 2013. The package of twenty-one laws, including eight new and thirteen modified laws, aim to support the reform’s goals of transparency, competition, and […]

Regional Security Initiative

May 7, 2014

The Gulf rising: Defense industrialization in Saudi Arabia and the UAE

By Bilal Y. Saab

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been quietly but steadily developing their indigenous defense capabilities over the past decade, according to a new report by the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center. In The Gulf Rising: Defense Industrialization in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, senior fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab […]

Defense Industry Middle East

Commanders Series

May 6, 2014

Schissler: The “Transatlantic Link is Under Renovation”

Faced with a coercive Russia, declining defense resources, and additional contingencies in Europe’s east, how can NATO plan, deter against, and form a strategy to deal with these and other challenges? What does the future of NATO look like as it looks to adapt to face the challenges of individual empowerment and other global trends? […]

NATO Security & Defense

LatAmSource

May 6, 2014

“Don’t Look Away”: How Brazil is Combating Sex Trafficking in Advance of the World Cup

By Jair Meneguelli

The number of sexual violence cases on children around the world is alarming. According to UNICEF, they estimate that there are 2 million young victims of sexual exploitation every year. The numbers can be even higher if we consider those who do not report these crimes due to the fear and taboo about the topic in some […]

Brazil

Commanders Series

May 6, 2014

Webcast: NATO and the Ukraine Crisis

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security for the next Commanders Series event with the deputy chairman of NATO’s Military Committee Lt. Gen. Mark O. Schissler, which will take place at the Loews Madison Hotel in Washington, DC on May 6, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Ukraine

Trade in Action

May 1, 2014

TTIP Action: May 1

By Global Business & Economics Program

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

Defense Industrialist

May 1, 2014

Orbital Plus ATK Means Focus for Innovation

By James Hasik

Cost savings and consolidation can’t explain investors’ enthusiasm. Investors love the pending merger between Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and Orbital Sciences (ORB). In overnight trading after Monday’s announcement, NYSE:ATK increased 5 percent, and ORB increased fully 19 percent. Together, that’s an expectation that this tie-up is worth over half a billion dollars to the combined owners. Whence that value is flowing […]

Load More