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GeoTech Cues

Feb 13, 2026

The road to the AI Impact Summit: How to build AI infrastructure from the ground up

By Ryan Pan, Coley Felt, Raul Brens Jr.

The central question for AI in 2026 is not whether governments have an AI strategy—it’s whether they can operationalize it and quickly deliver the benefits to their citizens.

Artificial Intelligence
Digital Policy

GeoTech Cues

Feb 12, 2026

The AI Impact Summit must focus on pathways, not pilots, to scale up AI adoption

By Trisha Ray, Keyzom Ngodup Massally, and Shalini Kapoor

The AI Impact Summit should bring together tech companies, government agencies, researchers, civil society, and funders to focus efforts on scaling up AI adoption.

Artificial Intelligence
Digital Policy

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Feb 9, 2026

Six ‘snow leopards’ to watch for in the decade ahead

By Uliana Certan, Nikita Shah, Ginger Matchett, Sarah Wallace, Dominique Ramsawak, Tatevik Khachatryan

Our scholars scan the horizon for the underappreciated phenomena that could have outsize impact on the world, driving global change and shaping the future.

Artificial Intelligence
Climate Change & Climate Action

GeoTech Cues

Jan 30, 2026

How India’s AI talent playbook can provide a blueprint for aspiring AI powers

By Trisha Ray

As host of the AI Impact Summit, India has the opportunity to build a framework that can help enable emerging economies tap the benefits of AI adoption.

Artificial Intelligence
Digital Policy

Dispatches

Jan 15, 2026

Eight ways AI will shape geopolitics in 2026

By Atlantic Council experts

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

Report

Jan 14, 2026

A three-billion-person challenge: The rising global market for financial leaders

By Ruth Goodwin-Groen

Financial-sector policymakers and financial service providers are facing both a real challenge and unique opportunity to drive economic inclusion for about three billion people and spur growth toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Africa
Digital Currencies

Report

Jan 14, 2026

Digital sovereignty: Europe’s declaration of independence?

By Frances Burwell, Kenneth Propp

In Brussels, "digital sovereignty" may be the new "strategic autonomy": a push for Europe to go its own way and depend less on the United States. As US tech companies and EU regulators clash, catch up on a policy debate with consequences playing out online and in the halls of power.

Digital Policy
Economy & Business

Issue Brief

Jan 14, 2026

Transatlantic cooperation on protecting minors online

By Michèle Ledger

There is widespread agreement among US and EU officials on the need to protect children online. US-EU dialogue on areas of commonality could facilitate a more efficient rollout of services and technologies to protect users.

Digital Policy
European Union

Issue Brief

Dec 18, 2025

Engaging generative artificial intelligence in African development

By William Yancey Brown

From classrooms to farming communities, generative artificial intelligence holds great potential for Africa. The question is whether its promise of abundance will reach everyone—or only those already well-connected.

Africa
Artificial Intelligence

Issue Brief

Dec 4, 2025

Improving transatlantic cooperation on digital competition

By Zach Meyers

Greater dialogue between US and EU regulators would reveal similar priorities on digital competition, mergers, and antitrust issues, and could lead to greater alignment on key digital competition issues.

Digital Policy
Economy & Business

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