The biggest election year in history

With over seventy countries slated to have elections in 2024, this year is set to shape the state of democracy worldwide.

Unloved but indispensable: Political parties in Europe

New Atlanticist Sep 11, 2024

Experts react: What the presidential debate revealed about how Trump and Harris would conduct foreign policy

On Tuesday night in Philadelphia, the two candidates often presented sharply contrasting visions on a range of foreign policy issues, from tariffs to energy and immigration, and from China to the Middle East.

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Unloved but indispensable: Political parties in Europe

New Atlanticist Jul 24, 2024

What Kamala Harris’s record in Central America and the Caribbean reveals about her foreign policy approach

By Jason Marczak

There are ample clues to what US foreign policy would look like with Harris as president in her work in the Americas over the past three-and-a-half years.
Americas Elections
Unloved but indispensable: Political parties in Europe

Inflection Points Jul 23, 2024

Biden’s legacy depends most of all on Ukraine

By Frederick Kempe

The US president has recognized that the world is at an inflection point. Now comes the part he cannot control.
Conflict Elections

Transatlantic Horizons

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

Unloved but indispensable: Political parties in Europe

New Atlanticist Jul 18, 2024

What to expect from Ursula von der Leyen’s second term

The European Parliament has given European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen a second term, but it will be different from her first in several important ways.

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Unloved but indispensable: Political parties in Europe

New Atlanticist Jul 7, 2024

Experts react: French voters beat back the far right in an election surprise. What’s next for France and Macron?

By Atlantic Council experts

The left-wing alliance New Popular Front and centrist parties aligned with President Emmanuel Macron emerged ahead of the far-right National Front on Sunday.

Elections France
Unloved but indispensable: Political parties in Europe

New Atlanticist Jul 5, 2024

Experts react: Labour is back. Here’s what to expect from the new UK government.

By Atlantic Council experts

Our experts outlined incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s priorities and the party’s vision for the UK’s role in the world.
Elections Politics & Diplomacy

Content

Issue Brief

Aug 30, 2024

Unloved but indispensable: Political parties in Europe

By Paul McCarthy, Thibault Muzergues, Patrick Quirk

The experience of the past decade has shown that despite their unpopularity, political parties remain indispensable for the functioning of democracies in Europe—when they are present, plural, and organized, democracy is doing well. To prove this assertion, this paper will look at four telling examples in recent European history.

Democratic Transitions Elections

MENASource

Aug 30, 2024

Algeria has never seen a smooth transfer of power. It won’t in this election, either. 

By Andrew G. Farrand

A weak slate of alternative candidates and the near certainty of Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s victory will do little to inspire participation.

Civil Society Democratic Transitions

New Atlanticist

Aug 30, 2024

What Germany’s upcoming state elections reveal about the far right, Scholz’s future, and more

By Atlantic Council experts

The German states of Thuringia and Saxony are holding elections on September 1, and polls show that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could finish first.

Elections Germany

Balkans Debrief

Aug 29, 2024

What are the challenges for Mickoski’s North Macedonia? | A Debrief with Malinka Jordanova, Branimir Jovanovic and Lura Pollozhani

PM Hristijan Mickoski's new government in North Macedonia has a strong mandate but faces key challenges. Resident Senior Fellow Ilva Tare speaks with Malinka Jordanova, Branimir Jovanovic, and Lura Pollozhani to discuss.

Elections European Union

In the News

Aug 29, 2024

McCord quoted in BNN Bloomberg on Trump’s revised indictment claims

By Atlantic Council

Elections United States and Canada

Atlantic Debrief

Aug 28, 2024

#AtlanticDebrief – What did the DNC mean for Europe? | A debrief from Ed Owen

Rachel Rizzo sits down with Ed Owen to discuss his impressions from the Democratic National Convention and implications of a potential Harris presidency on transatlantic relations.

Elections Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Aug 26, 2024

Charai in the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune: Out of Division, Strength

By Atlantic Council

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 23, 2024

McCord quoted in Raw Story on Trump win in avoiding pre-election mini-trial

By Atlantic Council

Elections United States and Canada

In the News

Aug 23, 2024

McCord quoted in Bloomberg on Trump Special Counsel opting against mini-trial before election

By Atlantic Council

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Aug 20, 2024

Amid rising insecurity in Venezuela, the US and its partners must prepare for a new wave of migration

By Lucie Kneip

With the Maduro regime cracking down after a fraudulent presidential election, many Venezuelans who held out hope for political change are preparing to leave their country.

Americas Elections
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Morgan McMurray

Associate Director, Capacity Building

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Digital Forensic Research Lab

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Staff

Nika Aleksejeva

Resident Fellow, Baltics

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Belarus Disinformation

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Lukas Andriukaitis

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

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Nitansha Bansal

Assistant director

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity
Graham Brookie

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Graham Brookie

Vice President and Senior Director

Atlantic Council Technology Programs

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Peter Dickinson

Editor, UkraineAlert

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