The German center does not hold

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
The German center does not hold

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
The German center does not hold

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.

The German center does not hold

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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The German center does not hold

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
The German center does not hold

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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New Atlanticist

Feb 12, 2020

The German center does not hold

By Michael John Williams

As Germans continue to come to grips with the political fall-out of the debacle in Thuringia and the selection of a new leader for the CDU, one thing is clear, the political stability offered by the dominance of the center-left and center-right that typified the Federal Republic of Germany is anything but certain in the months and years to come.

Elections Germany

New Atlanticist

Feb 12, 2020

After the 2020 Taiwan election: Strengthening defense and security cooperation

By Chang-Ching Tu

Seemingly good results at the polls do not negate the domestic and international issues that President Tsai and the DPP will have to face over the next four years, including internal battles over Taiwanese national identity, cooperation with the United States, and relations with mainland China.

China Elections

In the News

Feb 7, 2020

Handler in Lawfare: Election Security After Iowa

By Atlantic Council

The Iowa caucus debacle showcased how unhinged conspiracies can inflict damage on democratic institutions that’s just as severe as more direct electoral manipulation—along with the risk posed by overblown electoral outrage. To the extent that Iowa was a dry run for more pernicious election security issues that might arise in the general election, just about everyone failed the test.

Cybersecurity Disinformation

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2020

Spain’s new government a welcome sign, but Madrid must navigate several fault lines

By Antonio de Lecea

After two general elections in nine months, Spain finally has a government. But the new coalition is a fragile one that will have to deploy creative solutions to address fragmentation along three dimensions: political, territorial, and social. It will be challenging, but it may work.

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

AfricaSource

Jan 14, 2020

Congo, one year later

By Pierre Englebert

Overall, while there has clearly not been any regime transition in Congo, there are faint stirrings of change. It is long shot, but it seems that the Western strategy of embracing Tshisekedi in exchange for Kabila’s removal from office may yet – possibly, hopefully – bear some fruit.

Africa Corruption

In the News

Jan 13, 2020

Herbst speaks to Washington Post on misinformation in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Disinformation Elections

Elections 2020

Jan 12, 2020

Will climate change move the needle in 2020?

By David A. Wemer

From the release of the Green New Deal to global protests on environmental policy, “climate [has become] a prominent national issue and all the attention it received in 2019 guarantees that it will be a top issue in an American presidential election for the first time ever,” according to former US Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL).

Climate Change & Climate Action Elections

In the News

Jan 12, 2020

Yade joins Jury du Dimanche to discuss politics in France, Senegal, and the Sahel

By Atlantic Council

Africa Elections

Issue Brief

Jan 9, 2020

Democracy under siege: Advancing cooperation and common values in the Indo-Pacific

By Dr. Kharis Templeman

“Democracy under Siege: Advancing Cooperation and Common Values in the Indo-Pacific” examines challenges and opportunities for advancing cooperation and common values in the Indo-Pacific as the region faces an increasing challenge from China.

Australia China

In the News

Jan 9, 2020

Katz in Responsible Statecraft: Putin May Turn Against Trump in 2020

By atlantic council

Elections Politics & Diplomacy
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Parker Novak

Nonresident Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Australia Democratic Transitions
Nanjala Nyabola

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Nanjala Nyabola

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Africa Digital Policy

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Nicholas O’Connell

Nonresident Fellow

Europe Center

Civil Society Elections

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Oscar Meywa Otele

Nonresident Fellow

Global China Hub

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Patrick Quirk

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center GeoStrategy Initiative

Civil Society Conflict

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Valentina Sader

Deputy Director, Impactful Programming and Brazil Lead

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