Category: Flagship Event

His Excellency President Sebastian Piñera Echenique

The tenth annual Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards honored President of the Republic of Chile Sebastián Piñera, introduced by Kristine Tompkins, President, Tompkins Conservation; UN Patron of Protected Areas.

Anna Deavere Smith

Adrienne Arsht, Atlantic Council Executive Vice Chair and Chairman Emerita, TotalBank announced Actress, Playwright, Teacher, and Author, Anna Deavere Smith, as the Atlantic Council’s first Artist in Residence.

Angolan foreign minister outlines the “new Angola”

By Africa Center

On Monday, August 19, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a public discussion with Angolan Foreign Minister H.E. Manuel Domingos Augusto. Atlantic Council Vice President and Africa Center Director Dr. J. Peter Pham opened the event by welcoming the Minister back to the Council for his second visit since 2017. US-Angola Chamber of Commerce President and CEO […]

2019 Global Citizen Awards Partnership Opportunities

Energizing conversations on oil at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi

By David A. Wemer

A look back at the highlights from the Global Energy Forum.

OPEC production cuts defended

By Ashish Kumar Sen

OPEC’s secretary general and its former president on January 13 defended the group’s decision to cut oil production by 1.2 million barrels per day from criticism that the cut is insufficient to address the slowdown in the market.

Can the US shale revolution maintain its momentum?

By David A. Wemer

The key to extending the rapid growth of US shale will be harnessing new technologies to make harder-to-reach shale deposits more accessible and raising the success rate of shale recovery.

Taking stock of energy security risks in the twenty-first century

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Energy transitions around the world have been fueled in large part by concerns about the dire consequences of climate change.