Your primer on the Slovak elections

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
Your primer on the Slovak elections

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
Your primer on the Slovak elections

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.
Elections Politics & Diplomacy

Transatlantic Horizons

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

Your primer on the Slovak elections

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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Your primer on the Slovak elections

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
Your primer on the Slovak elections

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

Content

Eye on Europe's elections

Sep 22, 2023

Your primer on the Slovak elections

By Emma Nix, Jacob Paquette, Katherine Schauer, and Leonie Müller

Ahead of the Slovak elections, the Europe Center is breaking down the leading parties and issues to know.

Central Europe Elections

UkraineAlert

Sep 19, 2023

What would it take to hold elections in Ukraine?

By Peter Erben, Gio Kobakhidze

Calls for elections in Ukraine are premature and do not take into consideration the extremely unfavorable wartime conditions that make it virtually impossible to stage a free, fair, and safe vote, write Peter Erben and Gio Kobakhidze.

Conflict Democratic Transitions

In the News

Sep 19, 2023

Cynkin quoted in VOA regarding Republican presidential candidates’ North Korea policy

On September 18, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Thomas Cynkin spoke to VOA Korea about Republican presidential candidates’ stances on North Korea. He explained that it is too early on the campaign trail to predict how candidates would direct North Korea policy if elected, as candidates are focusing mostly on domestic policy at this stage.

Elections Indo-Pacific

Inflection Points

Sep 17, 2023

On China, grant the US the wisdom to distinguish between what it can and cannot change

By Frederick Kempe

In crafting its strategy on managing its relations with China, the United States should begin with a geopolitical serenity prayer.

China Elections

UkraineAlert

Sep 12, 2023

Russia seeks to legitimize occupation of Ukraine with sham elections

By Mercedes Sapuppo, Olivia Yanchik

In early September, Russia staged sham parliamentary elections in occupied regions of southern and eastern Ukraine as Moscow attempted to legitimize its earlier illegal annexation of five Ukrainian provinces.

Conflict Disinformation

In the News

Sep 8, 2023

Lipsky cited by NBC News on the effect of Trump’s possible return on the G20

Read the full piece here.

Elections G20

In the News

Sep 6, 2023

Lipsky quoted by the Financial Times on the political nature of CBDCs

Read the full piece here.

Digital Currencies Elections

UkraineAlert

Sep 4, 2023

Jewish president picks Muslim defense minister: Ukraine’s diverse leadership debunks Russia’s “Nazi” slurs

By Peter Dickinson

Ukraine now has a Jewish president and a Muslim minister of defense, underlining the diversity of the country's leadership while exposing the absurdity of Russia's “Nazi Ukraine” propaganda, writes Peter Dickinson.

Civil Society Conflict

New Atlanticist

Aug 23, 2023

Bernardo Arévalo’s against-the-odds rise in Guatemala is chance to improve US relations

By María Fernanda Bozmoski, Eva Lardizábal

The candidate’s landslide victory in the August 20 presidential runoff election marks a new path for Guatemala and invites deeper US engagement.

Americas Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Aug 22, 2023

Ecuador’s presidential runoff will be about more than tackling violence

By Isabel Chiriboga, Diego Area

Luisa Gonzalez and Daniel Noboa will now go head-to-head in a runoff election on October 15 to determine the next leader of the Andean nation.

Americas Economy & Business
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Experts

Staff

Nitansha Bansal

Assistant director

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity
Graham Brookie

Staff

Graham Brookie

Vice President and Senior Director

Atlantic Council Technology Programs

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation National Security

Staff

Eto Buziashvili

Research Associate

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Eastern Europe

Staff

Peter Dickinson

Editor, UkraineAlert

Eurasia Center

Ukraine Civil Society

Millennium fellow

Angelika Dorvel

Global Public Policy Lead, Google

Millennium Leadership Program

Elections European Union

Fellow

Daniel Fried

Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative Eurasia Center

Eastern Europe Democratic Transitions
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