Top 10 risks of 2019

MENASource
Nov 8, 2024

Turkey is searching for a way out of Syria’s impasse

By
Ömer Özkizilcik

Turkey has been at a standstill, which, combined with domestic political considerations, led to a reevaluation of its strategy.

Conflict
Europe & Eurasia

Top 10 risks of 2019

UkraineAlert
Nov 7, 2024

The West must respond to Russia’s rapidly escalating hybrid warfare

By
Doug Livermore

Russia’s hybrid war against the West is escalating rapidly and requires a far firmer collective response, writes Doug Livermore.

Conflict
Cybersecurity

Top 10 risks of 2019

New Atlanticist
Nov 1, 2024

How to reform UNRWA to improve Palestinian lives and Israeli security

By
Michal Hatuel-Radoshitzky and Jonathan Panikoff

A three-step plan offers a pathway to reforming the United Nations agency to truly service Palestinians and to no longer pose a threat to Israel and an obstacle to Palestinian statehood negotiations.

Conflict
Israel


War in Ukraine

Experts from across the Atlantic Council are assessing the consequences of Russia’s February 2022 invasion, including what it means for Ukraine’s sovereignty, Europe’s security, and the United States’ leadership.


Israel-Hamas war

Experts from across the Atlantic Council are providing insight and analysis at speed and in depth on the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, Israel’s response, and how the emerging conflict is upending the Middle East and the world.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2018

Top 10 risks of 2019

By Robert A. Manning and Mathew J. Burrows

Unfortunately, 2018 will not go down as a very memorable year in turning the page on the big issues of our time.  Trump is right to claim credit for starting a dialogue with North Korean leader Kim Jung-un, but even that faces tests—as we outline—in the coming year. 

Conflict European Union

New Atlanticist

Dec 19, 2018

US preparing to withdraw troops from Syria: what does it mean?

By David A. Wemer

"This will also have positive repercussions for ISIS that still operates in eastern Syria. By the US' own admission, not enough fighters have been trained to stabilize the region after the victory against ISIS." said Mona Alami, Atlantic Council nonresident senior fellow.

Conflict Defense Policy

New Atlanticist

Dec 12, 2018

The negative consequences of Putin’s strategy

By George Tsereteli

“Building up tension and hysteria is not our way… We are not creating problems for anyone.” Leaving aside the sheer absurdity of this statement, the fact is that [Russian President Vladimir Putin] has created quite a few problems for himself.

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Dec 11, 2018

A path forward in Afghanistan

By Bharath Gopalaswamy and James B. Cunningham

There is an opportunity to bring the conflict in Afghanistan to an end, but doing so will require time, commitment, and an effort commensurate to the task.

Afghanistan Conflict

Inflection Points

Dec 1, 2018

It’s time to stop appeasing Putin—here’s how to deter the emboldened Russian president

By Frederick Kempe

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko this week warned, "The only language [Putin] understands is the solidarity of the Western world. We can't accept Russia's aggressive policies.

Conflict NATO

In the News

Dec 1, 2018

Biberman in Journal of Strategic Studies: Self-Defense Militias, Death Squads, and State Outsourcing of Violence in India and Turkey

By Atlantic Council

Conflict India

New Atlanticist

Nov 26, 2018

Beware the lure of sanctions for Russia’s latest aggression

By Brian O'Toole

While sanctions may be useful to threaten Russia to rectify this situation, any imposition of them needs to be more strategically deployed—ideally with the EU—and lifted only for more strategic gains, vice resolution of this specific incident.

Conflict Economic Sanctions

New Atlanticist

Nov 25, 2018

Russia-Ukraine conflict heats up the Sea of Azov: Echoes of Russia’s war with georgia?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

“For months, Russian forces have been working to make the Azov Sea an internal Russian body of water in order to both cut off Ukraine’s eastern ports and cement Moscow’s hold on Crimea,” said Damon Wilson, executive vice president of the Atlantic Council.

Conflict Maritime Security

Inflection Points

Nov 25, 2018

Saudi war games

By Frederick Kempe

Without its values as a guide, the United States loses its unique attraction as a global power. Yet values alone would have failed to win the Cold War against the Soviet Union – and will likely fail now in the Middle East as well.  

Conflict National Security

Inflection Points

Nov 17, 2018

Preventing World War III

By Frederick Kempe

Angell's "Great Illusion" turned out to be tragic delusion. By failing to anticipate the prospect of war between a rising Germany and a declining United Kingdom, the U.S. and others took too few steps to prevent it.

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Staff

William F. Wechsler

Senior Director, Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

National Security Middle East

Advisory Council member

Andrew Wilson

Member, Freedom and Prosperity Center Advisory Council

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Conflict Corruption

Staff

Samantha Wong

Assistant Director

Global China Hub

China Chinese

Staff

Olivia Yanchik

Assistant Director

Eurasia Center

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Andriy Zagorodnyuk

Distinguished Fellow, Eurasia Center

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Conflict