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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

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

Inflection Points

May 28, 2025

Dispatch from Dayton: What Trump can learn about ending war

By Frederick Kempe

A recent visit of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to Ohio—thirty years after the Dayton Accords ended the Bosnian War—raised important questions about what lessons can be applied to ending Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Conflict Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Event Recap

May 21, 2025

Southeast Europe Transatlantic Economic Forum 2025

On May 21, 2025, the Atlantic Council's Europe Center hosted the annual Southeast Europe Transatlantic Economic Forum - Five sessions convening leaders and stakeholders from business and government across SEE, the US, and the Western Balkans.

Economy & Business Geopolitics & Energy Security

EnergySource

May 21, 2025

Replace the Inflation Reduction Act with FUEL-AI

By Joseph Webster

To compete in the global AI race, the United States must dramatically expand its power supply. Replacing the Inflation Reduction Act with the FUEL-AI Act would reorient energy policy toward national security, fast-tracking domestic energy production and infrastructure to power America’s AI future.

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

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