Kyrgyzstan gripped by political chaos again: What comes next?

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.
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Kyrgyzstan gripped by political chaos again: What comes next?

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.
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Kyrgyzstan gripped by political chaos again: What comes next?

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

Kyrgyzstan gripped by political chaos again: What comes next?

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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Kyrgyzstan gripped by political chaos again: What comes next?

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.
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Kyrgyzstan gripped by political chaos again: What comes next?

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.
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New Atlanticist

Oct 8, 2020

Kyrgyzstan gripped by political chaos again: What comes next?

By Eurasia Center

For the third time in fifteen years, citizens in Kyrgyzstan rose up in protest, as opposition groups took over government buildings amidst charges of vote rigging in the recent parliamentary elections. Atlantic Council experts respond to the recent instability in Kyrgyzstan and what it means for the region and the international community.

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Elections 2020

Oct 6, 2020

Five big questions as America votes: The geopolitical impacts of technology

By GeoTech Center

Rapid developments in technology impact social, political, and economic issues both locally and globally. As the US presidential election nears, it is critical for Americans to consider the ways technology can both provide solutions and create challenges in the future.

Elections Internet

BelarusAlert

Oct 6, 2020

The West finally imposes sanctions on Belarus

By Anders Åslund

After weeks of delays, the US and EU have finally imposed sanctions on the Lukashenka regime in response to the flawed August 2020 Belarus presidential election and crackdown on protests.

Belarus Democratic Transitions

In the News

Oct 5, 2020

Ashford in World Council of Philadelphia webinar: The future of US foreign policy

By Atlantic Council

Emma and Nicole Bibbins Sedaca discuss a variety of foreign policy issues and the starkly different platforms of Biden vs Trump as the 2020 elections grow near. More about our expert

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 5, 2020

Varshney in The Indian Express: Institutional oddities of US polity mean Trump could win an election he lost

By Atlantic Council

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BelarusAlert

Oct 4, 2020

Belarus protest crackdown sparks IT industry exodus

By Peter Dickinson

The Lukashenka regime's hard line response to unprecedented pro-democracy protests in Belarus is sparking an alarming exodus within the country's vibrant and economically important IT industry.

Belarus Democratic Transitions

Inflection Points

Oct 4, 2020

How Beijing gains from Trump’s COVID struggles and US electoral dysfunctions

By Frederick Kempe

Chinese officials will embrace this period as additional, welcome “breathing space” to escalate their ongoing efforts across a range of fronts to build upon their momentum – from tightening party control over the Chinese private sector, to the accelerated development of a digital currency, to closing remaining technology gaps with the United States.

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Article

Oct 3, 2020

Oh on East Asian allies’ response to Washington’s tough stand against China

By Atlantic Council

On October 3, Dr. Miyeon Oh, director and senior fellow of the Asia Security Initiative in the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, was quoted in a Reuters’ article on US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming Asia trip. Oh predicts that both Japan and South Korea will attempt a balancing act during […]

China East Asia

In the News

Oct 1, 2020

Dagres quoted in BBC News on Iranian accounts disrupting US presidential debate
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Elections 2020

Oct 1, 2020

The surprise debate topic: Climate change

By Margaret Jackson

Chris Wallace unexpectedly deviated from his agenda to ask pointed questions about the science and economics behind each candidate’s respective climate plans, reflecting a recognition that, more so than in 2016, public pressure is forcing climate action to be a central issue in this year’s election.

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Parker Novak

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Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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Nanjala Nyabola

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Digital Forensic Research Lab

Africa Digital Policy

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Nicholas O’Connell

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Oscar Meywa Otele

Nonresident Fellow

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Isabella Palacios

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Esteban Ponce de León

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