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Dec 5, 2025

Nate Swanson to head the Atlantic Council’s Iran Strategy Project

WASHINGTON, DC – December 5, 2025 – The Atlantic Council today announced that Nate Swanson has joined its Middle East Programs as resident senior fellow and director of the Iran Strategy Project.  Swanson brings two decades of experience in US policy toward Iran, having served in a series of senior roles at the US Department […]

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Nov 25, 2025

Atlantic Council’s DFRLab delivers the G7 RRM Digital Transnational Repression Detection Academy

TORONTO — November 25, 2025  — The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), a global leader in open-source research and digital capacity building, in partnership with Global Affairs Canada’s Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM Canada), officially launched the 2025 G7 Rapid Response Mechanism (G7 RRM) Digital Transnational Repression (DTNR) Detection Academy—a first-of-its-kind initiative to strengthen […]

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Nov 18, 2025

Atlantic Council launches ReForge Commission to rebuild America’s defense industrial base

Commission headed by leaders across government, industry, and academia to design a blueprint for nation-wide defense industrial mobilization  WASHINGTON, DC – November 18, 2025 — The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and its Forward Defense program announced today the launch of the ReForge Commission.  Building on the legacy of the “Freedom’s Forge” mobilization during World War II, the Commission will assess the defense production demands of modern warfare and develop a roadmap […]

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Nov 5, 2025

Atlantic Council launches GeoTech Commission on Artificial Intelligence 

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 5, 2025 – The Atlantic Council today announced the launch of the GeoTech Commission on Artificial Intelligence, the Council’s flagship initiative to shape the global AI agenda. The Commission brings together bipartisan Congressional leaders, top industry executives, and innovators across the AI ecosystem to ensure the United States maintain its leadership […]

Artificial Intelligence

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Nov 4, 2025

Atlantic Council’s Africa Center announces six new senior fellows 

WASHINGTON, DC — NOVEMBER 4, 2025 —  The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center announced today the appointment of six distinguished experts as senior fellows: Dana Banks, Neil Ford, Rebecca Katz, Rose Keravuori, Deneyse Kirkpatrick and Maisie Pigeon.  These appointments strengthen the Center’s leadership in shaping policy and fostering partnerships across Africa in areas including health security, […]

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Oct 6, 2025

José Manuel Restrepo joins Atlantic Council as nonresident senior fellow 

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 6, 2025 – The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center (AALAC) announced today the addition of José Manuel Restrepo, president of Universidad EIA (Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia) and former Colombia minister of finance and public credit, as nonresident senior fellow.  Restripo will use his expertise on foreign trade, investment […]

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Sep 29, 2025

Atlantic Council and Atlantik-Brücke to cohost fourth annual Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM– SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 – The Atlantic Council and Atlantik-Brücke will cohost the fourth Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics on September 30, 2025, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm in Brussels, Belgium.   Featuring senior policymakers, business leaders, and economics experts, this year’s Forum will focus on the United States – European Union relationship amidst […]

Economy & Business

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Sep 25, 2025

Atlantic Council announces Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense to join the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security  

Move extends the reach of the Commission to other countries threatened by biological weapons, accidents, and epidemics WASHINGTON, DC  – SEPTEMBER 25, 2025  – The Atlantic Council announced today that the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense will join the Council as an initiative within the Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, continuing the commission’s mission […]

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Sep 17, 2025

Atlantic Council launches MENA Futures Lab to harness innovation and human capital, appoints Khalid Azim as inaugural director

WASHINGTON, DC – September 17, 2025 – The Atlantic Council announced today the launch of the MENA Futures Lab, a flagship initiative of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East advancing innovation, entrepreneurship, and human capital to build a more prosperous future for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Council has appointed […]

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Sep 15, 2025

Atlantic Council and Antenna Group announce first ever Alliance for Europe – Gulf Geopolitics & Investments Summit (AEGGIS)

WASHINGTON, DC – September 15, 2025 — The Atlantic Council and Antenna Group, announced the Alliance for Europe – Gulf Geopolitics & Investments Summit (AEGGIS), a unique initiative to strengthen economic relations between European and Gulf countries and enhance consensus on global geopolitical challenges. The Summit will be launched at an exclusive gathering of distinguished […]

Content

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Jan 30, 2023

Atlantic Council launches new Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, names Markus Garlauskas as director

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 30, 2023 – The Atlantic Council announced today the creation of the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI), a new program focused on Indo-Pacific strategy, alliance, and security issues. The initiative, housed in the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, will be led by Markus Garlauskas, a former senior US intelligence […]

Indo-Pacific

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Jan 27, 2023

Atlantic Council, Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands announce new partnership on defense technology innovation

Washington DC – January 27, 2022: The Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative (TSI) has launched a new partnership with the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands to collaborate on key policy issues related to transatlantic cooperation on defense technology innovation.

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Jan 26, 2023

Atlantic Council and DT Institute launch Central America Task Force to accelerate confidence of businesses in the region

The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center (AALAC) and DT Institute convened on January 25th a new Central America Task Force (CATF). Over the next 10 months, the task force will devise action-oriented, locally driven policy recommendations for anti-corruption efforts to unlock economic opportunities and investment. These recommendations will be captured in three country-specific […]

Central America
Latin America

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Jan 23, 2023

Former Tunisian minister and Columbia professor join the Freedom and Prosperity Center

H.E. Khemaies Jhinauoi and Professor Markus Jaeger join the Freedom and Prosperity Center as Distinguished Fellow and Senior Advisor.

Economy & Business
Freedom and Prosperity

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Jan 10, 2023

Atlantic Council survey maps what the world will look like in 2033

From the fate of Russia to the state of the climate, a new Atlantic Council survey previews the decade ahead as part of the Council’s flagship Global Foresight project 

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Jan 5, 2023

Atlantic Council Announces Flagship Freedom and Prosperity Conference

The Atlantic Council Freedom and Prosperity Center announced the convening of the first annual Freedom and Prosperity Research Conference on February 2. Scholars and former policymakers from around the world will present their analysis on the importance of freedom in promoting prosperity in developing countries.

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Jan 3, 2023

Atlantic Council to hold seventh annual Global Energy Forum January 14-15 in Abu Dhabi

One of the most anticipated annual energy gatherings will bring together global leaders in Abu Dhabi with a focus on pathways to net-zero emissions.

Energy & Environment

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Dec 27, 2022

Atlantic Council announces task force focused on Black Sea security

The Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security is pleased to announce the formation of a task force focused on Black Sea security, in partnership with the Romanian National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNPSA).

Europe & Eurasia

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Dec 23, 2022

Atlantic Council announces top global risks and opportunities for 2023 

From a nuclear-armed Iran to waning American influence in Latin America to a disintegrating internet, the Atlantic Council previews the year ahead as part of its 2023 flagship Global Foresight project 

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Dec 12, 2022

Atlantic Council hosts ten African leaders at welcome dinner for US-Africa Leaders Summit

WASHINGTON – DECEMBER 12, 2022 —The Atlantic Council hosted ten African heads of state and government, members of Congress and the administration, business leaders, diplomats, and high-profile civil society leaders at a dinner Monday evening to kick off the White House’s US-Africa Leaders Summit. “Our dinner welcomed some of the most influential figures in Africa […]

Africa