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Jan 29, 2026

What the Indo-Pacific thinks of the new US National Defense Strategy

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council experts</span>

Our Indo-Pacific experts share how US allies and partners in the region are reacting to the United States’ latest National Defense Strategy, which calls for them to take on a more active role in their own security.

Conflict Defense Policy

Dispatches

Jan 15, 2026

Eight ways AI will shape geopolitics in 2026

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council experts</span>

Experts from the Atlantic Council Technology Programs share their perspectives on what to expect from AI around the globe in the year ahead.

Artificial Intelligence China

New Atlanticist

Dec 18, 2025

Can US leaders convince Americans that Taiwan is worth fighting for?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Phillip M. Ramirez</span>

If elected leaders in the United States want to continue to deter Chinese military action, they must work to convince Beijing that Americans would be willing to fight for Taiwan.

China Conflict

New Atlanticist

Dec 18, 2025

South Korea and Europe are stepping up on security cooperation. Here’s why.

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">David F. Helvey</span>

The growing ties reflect a shared understanding that deterrence in the twenty-first century is global.

Defense Industry Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Dec 17, 2025

To curb violence in Nigeria, the US should offer Abuja carrots, not sticks

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Haleigh Bartos, John Chin, and Julien Derroitte</span>

If the Trump administration wants to help Nigeria address violence and terrorism, it should offer the country incentives, not threaten punitive actions against it.

Conflict Extremism

New Atlanticist

Dec 10, 2025

China’s overcapacity problem ‘doesn’t mean we can’t trade together,’ says US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Katherine Golden</span>

Greer spoke at an Atlantic Council Front Page event, where he unpacked a year in which US President Donald Trump implemented an aggressive trade strategy that resulted in clashes with China.

China European Union

New Atlanticist

Dec 5, 2025

The cost of an unjust peace in Ukraine? An emboldened China.

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Phillip M. Ramirez</span>

A peace deal aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that favors Russia could embolden China to take military action of its own.

China Conflict

New Atlanticist

Dec 5, 2025

Experts react: What Trump’s National Security Strategy means for US foreign policy

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council experts</span>

Atlantic Council experts delve into the newly released document outlining the Trump administration’s principles and priorities for US foreign policy.

Defense Policy Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Dec 5, 2025

After Maduro

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Jason Marczak</span>

Opposition leaders have a plan for a democratic transition when Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro leaves power.

Corruption Democratic Transitions

New Atlanticist

Dec 4, 2025

How the United States can harness its sports diplomacy moment, as the FIFA World Cup nears

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Katherine Golden</span>

Foreign diplomats, US officials, and figures from the world of soccer gathered at our studios to talk about the power of sports diplomacy.

Politics & Diplomacy United States and Canada