Program Impact Stories

Peering Around the Corner: The Geopolitics of Coronavirus

By Atlantic Council

On February 11, 2020 the DFRLab hosted "Peering Around the Corner: The Geopolitics of Coronavirus," a timely series of panels on the potential geopolitical and economic consequences of Coronavirus, and how misinformation about the crisis may influence its impact.

Graham Brookie in the Washington Post

By Atlantic Council

Absent direct evidence, researchers said Sanders’s comments threaten to foment further doubt about a campaign that has been buffeted by confidence-shaking missteps, beginning with the technical glitches that marred the Iowa caucuses earlier this month. “We have seen no evidence in open sources during this election cycle that an online community of Sanders supporters, known […]

The Global Business and Economics Center Hosts Dame Carolyn Fairbairn

January 31 marks the day the UK will officially leave the European Union and begin its transition period. This will set up an 11 months negotiation to define the future UK-EU relationship. Dame Carolyn offered remarks to open the discussion on the UK’s new role on the global trading stage and the future of the US-UK relationship ahead of […]

Stephen Rodriguez in The Wall Street Journal

By Board Team

Stephen Rodriguez, senior adviser at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, said his research echoes the findings of the Cognilytica report. He said China is known for widespread adoption of consumer-facing AI, such as facial-recognition systems used in retail, but the country “does lag when it comes to commercial enterprise adoption of […]

Cameron Hudson in Foreign Policy

“By allying itself with the country’s civilian leaders, Sudan’s military leaders may well be playing the strategic long game that marginalizes the Rapid Support Forces, secures their survival under a new political dispensation, and advances the revolution’s overall goal of reforming the state and coming in from the cold.”

Diego Area on Univision

“Rosneft is among the two largest oil companies on the planet, and the consequences will not only be seen in Venezuela, but we will see how the world’s forces move around this sensitive issue.” “Rostnef está entre las dos compañías petroleras más grandes del planeta, y las consecuencias no solo se verán en Venezuela, sino […]

Jason Marczak on CNN

[On US sanctions against Rosneft related to Venezuela] “It is an important step […] I don’t expect Rosneft just to go off into the night. I think the next step is going to be how Rosneft seeks to get around those sanctions — what kind of new companies might be set up, what kind of […]

Abbas Kadhim in the Associated Press

The Iranians “don’t want another al-Sistani … They don’t want somebody who is strong, who overshadows their own supreme leader,” said Abbas Kadhim, director of the Iraq Initiative at the Atlantic Council. While none of al-Sistani’s potential successors are “in Iran’s pockets,” Tehran can benefit from a weak figure. “If this person is silent and […]