Roundtable Discussion with Moïse Katumbi

New Atlanticist May 7, 2025

What will Labor’s landslide mean for Australia’s foreign policy?

By Peter J. Dean

While Australian voters clearly rejected the Trump administration, both the country’s leaders and electorate still support close US ties.
Australia Elections
Roundtable Discussion with Moïse Katumbi

New Atlanticist May 6, 2025

Is Merz’s double-take chancellor vote a sign of things to come in Germany?

By Jörn Fleck and Jurek Wille

It took two rounds of voting in the Bundestag to elect Friedrich Merz chancellor, a sign of division unprecedented in modern German history.
Defense Policy Elections
Roundtable Discussion with Moïse Katumbi

New Atlanticist May 1, 2025

Foreign policy was a hot topic in Canada’s election. Now it’s on Carney to make it last.

By Imran Bayoumi, Maite Gonzalez Latorre

The campaign is over. Now, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faces several important choices, from how to increase defense spending to what a new relationship with the United States should look like.
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Transatlantic Horizons

Charting an ambitious agenda for the United States and Europe for 2025 and beyond.

Roundtable Discussion with Moïse Katumbi

Inflection Points Today Feb 24, 2025

History’s clock is ticking (again) in Germany

Likely incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s election-night mention of the need for “independence” from Washington signals the stakes of this moment for Germany and Europe.

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Roundtable Discussion with Moïse Katumbi

New Atlanticist Feb 4, 2025

The next German chancellor must lead from the front, not the middle, on European security

By Rachel Rizzo, James Batchik

From support for Ukraine to defense spending, German leaders would be wise to take the phrase Führung aus der Mitte permanently out of their vocabulary.
Elections Germany
Roundtable Discussion with Moïse Katumbi

New Atlanticist Feb 19, 2025

Germany’s economy has gone from engine to anchor. Here’s what the next chancellor faces.

By Piotr Arak

Revitalizing growth in Germany’s economy, which appears increasingly mired in stagnation, will demand urgent action from the next chancellor.
Economy & Business Elections

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Event Recap

Feb 16, 2017

Roundtable Discussion with Moïse Katumbi

By Africa Center

On Thursday, February 16, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted Moïse Katumbi, joint opposition candidate for the presidency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and former governor of Katanga Province, for a roundtable discussion on the evolving political situation in the country. Vice President and Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham welcomed participants […]

Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the News

Feb 10, 2017

Polyakova Joins VOA to Discuss Russia, European Elections, and Populism

By Alina Polyakova

Watch full interview here

Elections Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Feb 7, 2017

Montanino Quoted by Foreign Policy on Upcoming Elections in Italy

By Andrea Montanino

Read full article here.

Elections Italy

In the News

Feb 3, 2017

Polyakova Quoted by WJLA on 2017 European Elections and the Rise of Populism

By Alina Polyakova

Read full article here.

Elections Europe & Eurasia

Event Recap

Jan 18, 2017

DRC’s CENCO agreement: a foundation for real political transition?

By Africa Center

On Wednesday, January 18, in partnership with the Enough Project, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a discussion on the political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the impact of the recent political deal brokered by the National Episcopal Conference of the Congo (CENCO). Discussants included Atlantic Council Vice President and […]

Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the News

Jan 2, 2017

Prunier Quoted by OZY on 2017’s Most Import African Elections

By Gerard Prunier

Read full article here.

East Africa Elections

UkraineAlert

Dec 20, 2016

Russia’s War on the West Is Real. Why Aren’t We Fighting Back?

By Stephen Blank

Russia’s systematic attack on America’s political system dominates the headlines. Nobody besides President-elect Donald Trump denies that Russia attacked the US political system and electoral institutions. Moreover, Russia did so with impunity and, according to the Central Intelligence Agency and the White House, it did so under Russian President Vladimir Putin’s direct guidance to discredit […]

Cybersecurity Elections

Event Recap

Dec 13, 2016

Roundtable discussion with Noah Manyika

By Africa Center

On Tuesday, November 29, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted Noah Manyika, convenor of the Build Zimbabwe Alliance, for a roundtable discussion on Zimbabwe’s opposition parties and the political landscape in the country ahead of the 2018 presidential elections. Africa Center Visiting Fellow Chloë McGrath welcomed participants, introduced Manyika, and moderated the discussion. In his […]

Africa Democratic Transitions
European Central Bank Chief Mario Draghi at a press conference on December 8

EUSource

Dec 9, 2016

Uncertainty in Italy after referendum and Renzi resignation

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS Future of Italian banks after referendum in limbo German company caught in crosshairs of US-China spat EU accuses US of violating Open Skies agreement European Central Bank opts for longer but lower QE

Economy & Business Elections

Defense Industrialist

Dec 8, 2016

Negotiating with the deal-guy-in-chief

By James Hasik

On surviving those UCAs, finding that $125 billion, and becoming the monopsonist’s apprentice. The mood at the Aerospace Industries Association luncheon this week, Tony Bertuca reported for Inside Defense, was grim. As AIA CEO Dave Melcher put it, it’s a “relatively new phenomenon” for the president-elect to call out the country’s largest aerospace company on a big program like the new Air […]

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