In-depth research and reports

Our programs and centers deliver relevant, policy-focused research that matters to inform debate and action. Our focus is always on moving debate forward, integrating analysis with active, relevant conclusions throughout our published work.

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Feb 22, 2018

Boon, Not Burden: How Successful Refugee Integration Might Contribute to Host Nation Economies

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Read the Publication (PDF) This report analyzes four country-level case studies to examine the factors that have shaped countries’ ability to react to a sudden influx of asylum seekers or refugees, and demonstrates a spectrum of success in integration. The paper looks at three Arab countries—Lebanon, Tunisia, and Egypt—that have hosted large numbers of asylum […]

Issue Brief

Feb 20, 2018

Shaping strategy for comprehensive and effective Western policy in Eastern Europe

By Maksym Khylko

“The West’s failure to respond to Russia’s breaches of international law demonstrates weakness and undermines US credibility,” writes Dr. Maksym Khylko, in “Shaping Strategy for Comprehensive and Effective Western Policy in Eastern Europe,” a new issue brief by the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. In the past ten years, Russia has invaded Georgia and Ukraine, illegally […]

Crisis Management Eastern Europe

Issue Brief

Feb 20, 2018

Shaping strategy for comprehensive and effective Western policy in Eastern Europe

By Maksym Khylko

This issue brief examines the strategies that the West can employ to combat the Kremlin's challenges to regional security and the rule of law in Eastern Europe.

Crisis Management Eastern Europe

In-Depth Research & Reports

Feb 20, 2018

Power and influence in a globalized world

By Mathew Burrows

Power and Influence in a Globalized World outlines the strategic framework of the international system's capabilities and interactions amongst the global community.

Africa China

Issue Brief

Feb 13, 2018

Unlocking US-India trade

By Hon. Paula Stern

The Trump administration’s vision of an Indo-Pacific where democracy and open seas can flourish, needs sharpening. India can aid in the optimization of this objective by using bilateral and sectoral lenses to find where the they can best cooperate in order to offset bellicose incursions in the region from aggressive foreign powers. An agreement that […]

India Trade and tariffs

Issue Brief

Feb 13, 2018

Unlocking US-India trade

By Hon. Paula Stern

An agreement that focuses just on the technical sector minimizes the risks of a broader bilateral accord and opens the door for the geostrategic cooperation that India seeks.

India Trade and tariffs

Issue Brief

Jan 8, 2018

Asian energy transition: Moving the oil market one step closer to peak demand

By Robert J. Johnston and Lily Ghebrai

While the United States and Europe are considered the pioneers of renewable energy, Asia is emerging as a major player in the renewable energy transition.

East Asia Energy & Environment

Issue Brief

Jan 8, 2018

Asian energy transition: Moving the oil market one step closer to peak demand

By Robert “RJ” Johnston

While the United States and Europe are considered the pioneers of renewable energy, Asia is emerging as a major player in the renewable energy transition.

East Asia Energy & Environment

Report

Jan 8, 2018

Renewable energy in the Middle East

By Jean-François Seznec

Across the Middle East and North Africa, population growth is driving demand for air conditioning, water, and infrastructure, which has in turn led to more demand for electricity. While oil and gas technologies are notably developed across the Middle East and North Africa, renewable deployment and the development of a renewable technology sector, is a relatively new—and rapid—development.

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

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Jan 8, 2018

Shaping Iraq’s oil and gas future

By Ellen Scholl

Oil production already provides much-needed revenue and economic development and underwrites the Iraqi federal budget. Meanwhile, gas development could also play a key role in Iraq’s future by fostering broad based economic development, improving electric service provision, and fostering value-added industries.

Energy & Environment Iraq

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Jan 8, 2018

Energy: Driving force behind increasing female participation in the Gulf

By Bina Hussein

When global oil and gas prices fell in 2014, many oil-producing countries, including those in the Gulf, felt the consequences and began to face the stark reality that oil revenue-based economies must diversify in order to continue prospering. Due to the dominant role that energy plays in the region’s economies, the energy sector is in a position to make tremendous progress in increasing female workforce participation through their planned reforms and thus set an example for others.

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

Report

Dec 21, 2017

Flood Management Infrastructure in a Changing Climate

By Salem Afeworki, Kate Judson, Sadya Ndoko, and Axum Teferra

Read the Publication (PDF) As climate change increases the vulnerability of communities to major natural disasters, cities are taking on leadership roles in climate adaptation planning and implementation. This requires deep coordination between leaders across jurisdictions and significant infrastructure investment. Many cities have already begun planning for current and future climate threats, often with the […]

Issue Brief

Dec 18, 2017

Iran’s long game in Bahrain

By Bilal Saab

Iran is becoming more meddlesome in Bahraini politics by co-opting narratives of frustrated political reformers while simultaneously supporting aggressive militant elements with weapons and training via the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Issue Brief

Dec 18, 2017

Iran’s long game in Bahrain

By Bilal Saab

Bilal Saab, senior fellow and director of the Defense and Security Program at the Middle East Institute, cautions in a new issue brief, Iran’s Long Game in Bahrain, that analysts should not overstate the strength of Iran’s influence among the Bahraini opposition. However, he warns that Iran’s destabilizing activities in Bahrain are increasing, even as its […]

Issue Brief

Dec 12, 2017

Water innovation in the face of a changing climate

By Fidan Karimova

One of the most fundamental challenges created by climate change is managing the developing global water crisis. Whether it is controlling floodwaters and rising sea levels, or maintaining potable water access during a drought, governments and individuals worldwide are forced to find new ways to mitigate the impact of this crisis. In “Water Innovation in […]

Issue Brief

Dec 12, 2017

Water innovation in the face of a changing climate

By Fidan Karimova

Fidan Karimova examines the creative methods employed by London, Rotterdam, and the state of California as they navigate different water-related challenges and provides successful models to be used by other local governments in their own water management strategies.

Issue Brief

Dec 12, 2017

Shaping the Asia-Pacific economic order

By Robert A. Manning and Olin Wethington

Twenty years after the Asian Financial Crisis, Asian economies are buoyant, working with a smartly reformed IMF to brace for future crises, and rhetoric aside, it will a while before China’s RMB challenges the US dollar as the world’s first reserve currency.

Australia China

Issue Brief

Dec 12, 2017

Shaping the Asia-Pacific economic order

By Robert A. Manning and Olin Wethington

Twenty years after the Asian Financial Crisis, Asian economies are buoyant, working with a smartly reformed IMF to brace for future crises, and rhetoric aside, it will a while before China’s RMB challenges the US dollar as the world’s first reserve currency.

Australia China

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Dec 11, 2017

Whither America

By John Raidt

The United States faces threats from outside its borders, but also from within. The political system that once created a strong, prosperous, and united nation now sows division. This report, written by John Raidt, unpacks how the fuel—money—drives the cartel’s machinations as it interacts with and exploits amplifying forces—legal, structural, media, technological, and social.

Political Reform Politics & Diplomacy

Issue Brief

Dec 4, 2017

Iran in Iraq

By Kenneth M. Pollack

Geographic proximity and shared religion, specifically Shia Islam, give Iran deep influence in Iraq, as shown in a new Atlantic Council issue brief entitled  Iran in Iraq, by American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Kenneth M. Pollack. Despite advantages in geography and demography, Pollack argues that Iranian influence in Iraq is not insurmountable. The United States should […]

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