Category: Dispatches

Country-based AI controls are failing. The spyware industry demonstrates why.

By Jen Roberts

Verifying who is really on the other end of an account is not a new problem—it is a classic spyware industry challenge.

Experts react: Reading between the lines of the new US-Saudi nuclear agreement

By Atlantic Council experts

Our experts share their insights on the reported deal, under which the US would send nuclear technology, material, and equipment to the kingdom.

Upcoming Venezuela negotiations are an opportunity for the US to lock in a victory

By Jason Marczak, Geoff Ramsey

As Venezuela’s interim government and opposition representatives prepare for talks, the Trump administration can help to steer the course.

Ukraine is winning. Here’s what it needs to finish the job.

By Leslie Shedd

A recent trip to Kyiv, Dnipro, and Pavlohrad reveals that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is reaching a turning point.

Washington is pushing Brazil toward China

The current trajectory raises the odds that over time more Brazilian firms will prefer partnering with Chinese suppliers and financiers.

The Houthis just announced a blockade on Saudi Arabia. What does it mean for the global economy?

By Allison Minor

Three factors will determine how disruptive the new Houthi campaign will be to global oil markets and Gulf economic stability.

How to secure the flow of fertilizers? Let’s talk about potash.

By Melanie De Vincentiis

Washington should advance an internationally minded policy approach toward mined nutrients, paying special attention to potash.

على رئيس وزراء العراق أن يقنع واشنطن المتشككة بجدوى الشراكة مع بغداد

By Victoria J. Taylor 

Ali al-Zaidi faces an administration that is prepared to walk away from the relationship if it is not satisfied that it delivers for the US.

Dispatch from Ankara: Turkey is establishing its own role in ‘NATO 3.0’

By Riccardo Gasco and Alissa Pavia

Turkey is becoming more important to NATO because the current security environment has made its disagreements with the West easier to compartmentalize

Remembering Lindsey Graham

By Atlantic Council experts

After the longtime US senator's sudden passing, Atlantic Council experts offer their thoughts on Graham's legacy.