Fri, Sep 20, 2019
Securing Northern Europe: Toward a comprehensive approach
As Northern Europe finds itself on the front line of systemic great-power competition it has the consider three main challenges: an assertive Russia, changing dynamics in the transatlantic link and the development of a European defense. This present a unique window of opportunity to develop a comprehensive regional approach, bringing together the Baltic Sea, the North Atlantic and the Arctic.
Issue Brief by Anna Wieslander and Elin Shiffer
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
Assessing blockchain’s future in transactive energy
There are compelling reasons for energy markets, and their governance, to move in the direction of a more transactive energy system. Is blockchain a suitable platform for the transactive electricity market of the future, enabling distributed energy resources to transact with each other and capture value, while collectively helping balance the grid?
Report by Ben Hertz-Shargel and David Livingston
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
Secondary sanctions’ implications and the transatlantic relationship
The term secondary sanctions provokes strong reactions from allies and markets. Due to the power of the US dollar, breadth of the US market, and dominance of the US financial system, even the threat of secondary sanctions prompts many non-US companies to change their behavior to avoid the risk of such sanctions. Although this approach has furthered US policies, it has resulted in transatlantic political divergence and enhanced compliance uncertainty among private sector actors.
Issue Brief by Samantha Sultoon & Justine Walker
Wed, Sep 18, 2019
A transatlantic agenda for the new European Commission
The new European Commission will take office on November 1, 2019, at a time of intensifying great power competition and new strain for transatlantic relations. This memo gathers the contributions of several Atlantic Council experts on a variety of issues such as defense, foreign policy, trade, and energy policy
Issue Brief by Benjamin Haddad and Jörn Fleck (Eds)
Mon, Sep 16, 2019
Key principles for economic policy and judiciary in Ukraine
Ukrainian business leaders commit to principles of rule of law and economic policy in Ukraine.
In-Depth Research & Reports by Eurasia Center
Thu, Sep 12, 2019
US surveillance on trial in Europe: Will transatlantic digital commerce be collateral damage?
In this issue brief, Kenneth Propp, non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative, examines the existing transatlantic data-transfer mechanisms, the landmark court case that could invalidate them, and the divergent US and EU approaches to data transfers across borders and privacy standards. On July 9, 2019, Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems challenged […]
Issue Brief by Kenneth Propp
Thu, Sep 12, 2019
Russia’s intervention in Venezuela: What’s at stake?
Venezuela is suffering one of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in recent memory, Russia has become a key actor that has provided a lifeline of support to Maduro and his cronies. Today, Russia’s efforts to prop up Nicolás Maduro have been a relatively low-cost, but high-reward strategy for Moscow to sow further instability in the United States’ own hemisphere.
Report by John E. Herbst and Jason Marczak
Tue, Sep 10, 2019
Dynamic stability: US strategy for a world in transition
We have entered a new era in world history, a post-post-Cold War era that holds both great promise and great peril for the United States, its allies, and everyone else. We now can call this a “Westphalian-Plus” world, in which nation-states will have to engage on two distinct levels: dealing with other nation-states as before, […]
Report by By Barry Pavel, Peter Engelke, and Alex Ward
Fri, Sep 6, 2019
Alternate Cybersecurity Futures
If the national security community continues to focus on immediate threats and managing current emergencies, it will never escape a cycle of crises, nor manage to impose a strategy to shape tomorrow’s environment.
Report by John Watts, Ben Jensen, JD Work, Nina Kollars, and Chris Whyte
Wed, Aug 21, 2019
Repeal of Article 370: Implications for India, Pakistan, and the United States
The articles have institutionalized a unique constitutional relationship between Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and the Central Government since 1954.
Issue Brief by Kyra Kocis, Nidhi Upadhyaya, and Irfan Nooruddin
Tue, Aug 13, 2019
The future of northeast Syria
Executive Summary The future of northeast Syria is unsettled after eight years of civil war and the US intervention to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). It also faces the various divergent interests of powerful external actors, including Russia and Turkey. In mid-April 2019, the Atlantic Council, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, and the Foreign Policy […]
Report by Aaron Stein and Emily Burchfield
Wed, Aug 7, 2019
Spotlight: President Bukele’s first six months
As Bukele continues to settle into office, what policies from his proposed Plan Cuscatlán should his administration prioritize?
Issue Brief by María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila and Domingo Sadurní
Tue, Jul 16, 2019
Trade at a crossroads: A vision for the US-India trade relationship
Both countries should prioritize efforts to manage current tensions, reach an early agreement and build on successes to initiate a series of cooperative projects in areas such as intellectual property rights, digital trade and regulatory coherence, mirroring previous successes on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.
Report by Mark Linscott, Trevor Cloen, and Nidhi Upadhyaya
Thu, Jun 27, 2019
INFOGRAPHICS – Disinformation in democracies: Strengthening digital resilience in Latin America
2018 saw political tides turn in three of Latin America’s largest democracies. These elections also saw deep polarization and distrust in institutions among Brazilians, Mexicans, and Colombians in an information environment ripe with disinformation. And while disinformation and misinformation are nothing new, the spread of false information at alarming rates is more effective and worrisome […]
2018 Elections in Latin America by Roberta Braga
Thu, Feb 21, 2019
The Putin exodus: The new Russian brain drain
Human capital is fleeing Russia. Since President Vladimir Putin’s ascent to the presidency, between 1.6 and 2 million Russians – out of a total population of 145 million – have left for Western democracies.
Report by John E. Herbst, Sergei Erofeev
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
Does money grow on trees? Restoration financing in Southeast Asia
Given its unique role as both a potential source of emissions—as well as storage—for carbon, the land use sector may play a crucial role in the world’s success or failure in avoiding dangerous levels of climate change over this century. Nowhere is the pivotal role of land use more apparent than in tropical forests.
Report by Prajwal Baral, Mikkel Larsen, Matthew Archer, PhD
Sat, Jan 5, 2019
Navigating the energy transition: International oil company diversification strategies
As energy markets and technologies rapidly change, international oil companies (IOCs) are facing a set of interconnected challenges that will fundamentally affect their business models. From changes in the supply and demand picture, to shifts in how energy is produced and consumed, to public pressure to decrease greenhouse gas footprints, companies have a wide range of issues to consider as they decide how to prepare for an unpredictable future.
Global Energy Forum by David Koranyi
Fri, Sep 7, 2018
Breaking Ghouta
This report offers a record of serial violations of international norms and a basis for holding the perpetrators accountable for their atrocities.
Report by Lukas Andriukaitis, Emma Beals, Graham Brookie, Eliot Higgins, Faysal Itani, Ben Nimmo, Michael Sheldon, Elizabeth Tsurkov, Nick Waters
Wed, Jun 7, 2017
Turkey’s European journey
Turkey, a NATO ally, bridges a region spanning from Central Asia to Central Europe and the Levant that is marred by centuries of division and conflict, but whose nations and people are also bound together. Following an attempted military coup in 2016 and widespread government crackdowns across Turkish society, where Turkey is headed is uncertain. […]
Books by Sir Peter Westmacott
Tue, Jun 25, 2019
Diplomacy surrounding the Korean peninsula
For more than half a century, the US-Japan and US-ROK alliances have played critical roles for maintenance and enhancement of peace and security in Northeast Asia, the entire Asia-Pacific region, and even the world. The future course of US-North Korea and inter-Korea negotiations over denuclearization and building a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula is […]
Report by Taisuke Mibae and James L. Schoff