Rethinking US relations with a changing Egypt

Issue Brief Jun 12, 2025

Building for tomorrow: Preparing US industry to compete in a lower-carbon global economy

By David L. Goldwyn, Andrea Clabough

The question for US policymakers is not whether to compete, but how.
Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance
Rethinking US relations with a changing Egypt

Report Jun 23, 2025

2025 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes: How political freedom drives growth

By Ignacio Campomanes, Nina Dannaoui-Johnson, Annie (Yu-Lin) Lee, Joseph Lemoine

As the Freedom and Prosperity Indexes show political freedom declining worldwide for the twelfth straight year, new data analysis shows its importance for lasting prosperity: Though authoritarians promise economic rewards, democratizing countries gain an 8.8 percent GDP per capita boost over twenty years than their autocratic peers. With democracy on the ropes, what else can the Indexes tell us?
China Civil Society
Rethinking US relations with a changing Egypt

Issue Brief Jun 6, 2025

How Japanese economic statecraft has shifted from promotion to protection

By Charles Lichfield

Japan is in a geopolitically challenging neighborhood and is witnessing the basic tenets of its foreign policy—from alignment with the United States to fostering a rules-based environment—come under unprecedented stress.
East Asia Economic Sanctions

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Issue Brief

Mar 22, 2012

Rethinking US relations with a changing Egypt

By Michele Dunne

With Egypt in the midst of a political transition, this is a crucial time to rethink the US’s relationship with Egypt, argues Atlantic Council Director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East Michele Dunne in this policy brief for the Project on Middle East Democracy. Although the events of the January 2011 revolution […]

North Africa

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Mar 19, 2012

Transatlantic Nations and Global Security: Pivoting and Partnerships

By Franklin D. Kramer

As world leaders prepare for the NATO Summit in Chicago this May, a new Atlantic Council report argues for renewed transatlantic leadership that will allow NATO to better address significant global issues with a unified voice—specifically in the greater Middle East and around cyber security—in order to remain relevant in today’s increasingly interconnected world. Download […]

NATO Security & Defense

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Mar 19, 2012

Iran’s internal politics: The supreme leader grows ever lonelier at the top

By Yasmin Alem and Barbara Slavin

With tensions increasing between Iran and the West, the Atlantic Council’s Iran Task Force of the South Asia Center is releasing a new issue brief highlighting growing political turmoil within the country, and recommending steps the United States can take to boost Iranian political rights while containing advances toward nuclear weapons.

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Mar 6, 2012

The Finance Crisis: Lessons Learned from Canada and the Way Forward

By Atlantic Council

On November 16, 2011 the Atlantic Council, Thomson Reuters, the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and the Embassy of Canada hosted a day-long conference to look at the actions and tools Canada used to so successfully weather the financial crisis. Entitled The Finance Crisis: Lessons Learned from Canada and the Way […]

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

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Mar 1, 2012

The United States and the Global Future

By Uri Dadush, Banning Garrett, David Ignatius, and James B. Steinberg

This piece is co-authored by Uri Dadush, senior associate and director of the Carnegie Endowment’s International Economics Program; Banning Garrett, director of the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative; David Ignatius, associate editor and twice-weekly columnist for the Washington Post; James B. Steinberg, dean and professor at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University.

Economy & Business United States and Canada

Issue Brief

Feb 27, 2012

NATO’s Cyber Capabilities: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

By Jason Healey and Leendert van Bochoven

Jason Healey, director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, and Leendert van Bochoven, NATO and European Defense leader at IBM, argue that NATO must “double down” on a core set of priorities following the recent cyber defense policy, leveraging the best capabilities, policies, and practices from member nations and industry partners. Download the PDF

Cybersecurity NATO

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Feb 22, 2012

Beyond Attribution: Seeking National Responsibility in Cyberspace

By Jason Healey

For more than two decades, cyber defenders, intelligence analysts, and policymakers have struggled to determine the source of the most damaging attacks. This “attribution problem” will only become more critical as we move into a new era of cyber conflict with even more attacks ignored, encouraged, supported, or conducted by national governments according to Jason […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Issue Brief

Jan 27, 2012

Kazakhstan and the United States: Twenty Years of Ambiguous Partnership

By Sean R. Roberts

In the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center issue brief “Kazakhstan and the United States: Twenty Years of Ambiguous Partnership,” Sean R. Roberts, an associate professor of practice in international affairs and director of the International Development Studies Program at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, examines how the US-Kazakhstan relationship has evolved over […]

Central Asia United States and Canada

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Jan 27, 2012

Kazakhstan’s Energy Sector Since Independence

By Katherine Hardin

In the Patriciu Eurasia Center issue brief “Kazakhstan’s Energy Sector Since Independence: Two Decades of Growth and Challenges Ahead?” Katherine Hardin, senior director for Russian and Caspian Energy Research at IHS CERA, looks at the key stages in Kazakhstan’s emergence as a major energy producer while analyzing the challenges ahead as oil and gas production increases. […]

Central Asia Energy & Environment

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Jan 27, 2012

The Path Towards Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy: Convergence of US-Kazakh Interests

By Douglas Townsend

In the Patriciu Eurasia Center issue brief “The Path Towards Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy: Convergence of US-Kazakh Interests,” Douglas Townsend, a UK-based business consultant and former Australian diplomat with extensive experience in the Eurasia region, explores opportunities for bilateral cooperation between the US and Kazakhstan on issues of nuclear non-proliferation. Download the PDF

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