Category: News

Atlantic Council Taps Media Leader David Ensor

By Atlantic Council

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council today named David Ensor – a seasoned media executive and longtime journalist with business and diplomatic background – as its new Executive Vice President for External Relations, further strengthening its top management team at a time of historic growth in the organization’s size and influence.

Slavin on the Saudi-Iran Confrontation

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joined the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington to moderate a panel discussion on the Saudi-Iran confrontation and what lies ahead:

Sloan: Defense of the West

On January 6, Stan Sloan addressed a standing-room-only audience at the Isley LIbrary in Middlebury Vermont on “Defense of the West” as part of the Vermont Humanities Council “First Wednesdays” program. His talk focused on issues addressed in his forthcoming book, Defense of the West: NATO, the European Union and the Transatlantic Bargain.

Brzezinski Joins McCain Institute for Debate: Is It Time for the United States to Pivot Back to Europe?

By Ian Brzezinski

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski joined the McCain Institute for a debate, “Is It Time for the United States to Pivot Back to Europe?”:

Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Finalizes Totimaidan Exploration Negotiations with Turkiye Petrolleri, Bayat Energy, and Calik Enerji Consortium

By Atlantic Council

Kabul, Afghanistan and Istanbul, Turkey – The Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum announced today the successful conclusion of Hydrocarbon Tender Agreement negotiations with a consortium of energy companies: Türkiye Petrolleri, Bayat Energy and Calik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., (the “Consortium”). Upon approval of the agreement by Afghanistan’s Cabinet, the Consortium may begin natural […]

World War Z Author Max Brooks to Join the Atlantic Council’s Art of Future Warfare Project

By Atlantic Council

WASHINGTON, DC – The Atlantic Council announced today the appointment of Max Brooks as a Nonresident Senior Fellow for the Art of Future Warfare Project, which is an initiative of the Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. Brooks is the acclaimed author and screenwriter of works such as World War Z: An Oral History […]

Pham on Morocco’s Green March

By J. Peter Pham

Agence Marocaine de Presse quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the significance of the fortieth anniversary of Morocco’s Green March: