How the West can help build Kazakh democracy

Inflection Points Mar 2, 2025

Zelenskyy and Europe confront the first contours of the Trump World Order

By Frederick Kempe

The Ukrainian president’s tempestuous recent meeting at the White House was a window into a larger transformation of global order by the US president.
Europe & Eurasia International Norms
How the West can help build Kazakh democracy

UkraineAlert Feb 13, 2025

A Putin-friendly peace deal would be disastrous for global security

By Ihor Smeshko

As US President Donald Trump announces the start of negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, Ihor Smeshko warns that a Putin-friendly compromise peace would have catastrophic consequences for the future of international security.
Conflict International Norms
How the West can help build Kazakh democracy

New Atlanticist Feb 5, 2025

Trump is serious about shaking up the Middle East, even if his Gaza plan isn’t

By Jonathan Panikoff

It’s almost impossible to imagine Trump’s plan for Gaza coming to fruition. But it would be a mistake to think that he was anything but serious with the proposal he laid out Tuesday night.
Human Rights International Norms

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New Atlanticist

Nov 8, 2022

How the West can help build Kazakh democracy

By Benton Coblentz

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s makeover of Kazakhstan's politics is incomplete, but the West should offer support to push it in the right direction.

Central Asia Democratic Transitions

In the News

Nov 3, 2022

Cohen in The Hill: How to expel Russia from the UN

By Atlantic Council

International Norms International Organizations

Atlantic Debrief

Oct 14, 2022

#AtlanticDebrief – How will Germany’s new strategy on China develop? | A Debrief from Noah Barkin

Europe Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rachel Rizzo sits down with Noah Barkin, Visiting Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and Managing Editor of the Rhodium Group, to discuss Germany's China policy and the current state of German-Chinese relations in light of China's challenges to the international rules-based system.

China Economy & Business

AfricaSource

Oct 12, 2022

Before moving forward, King Charles III must address the Commonwealth’s past with Africa

By Alexander Tripp and Caitlin Mittrick

The queen’s death brought the monarchy’s legacy of colonialism on the African continent to the fore. What’s next for the Commonwealth and Africa?

Africa International Norms

UkraineAlert

Sep 30, 2022

Putin denounces imperialism while annexing large swathes of Ukraine

By Peter Dickinson

Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially annexed four regions of Ukraine while denouncing Western imperialism and proclaiming Russia as the leader of a global "anti-colonialism movement."

Conflict Democratic Transitions
Ceremony to declare Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian territories held in Moscow

New Atlanticist

Sep 30, 2022

Russian War Report: Putin illegally annexes Ukrainian territory

By DFRLab

On September 30, Russian President Putin officially annexed four Ukrainian oblasts, incorporating them into Russia. The announcement was met with swift global condemnation.

Conflict Disinformation

UkraineAlert

Sep 27, 2022

Putin threatens to increase attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure

By Victor Kevluk

Vladimir Putin has threatened to destroy Ukrainian civilian infrastructure in a targeted campaign designed to crush the country's will to resist the ongoing Russian invasion.

Conflict Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Sep 23, 2022

The EU’s Russia visa ban debate reveals the bloc’s new power center

By Petr Tůma

The consensus on visa policy toward Russia is yet another sign of Central and Eastern Europe’s rise to political prominence.

European Union International Norms

Inflection Points

Sep 18, 2022

As Putin escalates his war against Ukraine, the world faces a moment of maximum danger—and maximum opportunity

By Frederick Kempe

The United States and its allies must openly discuss the dangers Putin’s war poses to any sovereign country.

Conflict Eastern Europe

Press Release

Sep 12, 2022

Ambassador Marcy Grossman, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, joins the Atlantic Council as nonresident senior fellow

By Atlantic Council

Ambassador Grossman will contribute regional and government experience to the Council's work on the Israeli-Arab normalization process and regional conflict resolution initiatives.

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Staff

Jacqueline Malaret

Former Assistant Director

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Disinformation Elections

Fellow

Azadah Raz Mohammad

Legal Advisor

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Afghanistan Civil Society

Fellow

Mark Klamberg

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

English European Union

Staff

Lisandra Novo

Senior Law & Tech Advisor, Strategic Litigation Project

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Civil Society Corruption

Fellow

C. Anthony Pfaff

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Iraq Initiative Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic English

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Patrick Quirk

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center GeoStrategy Initiative

Civil Society Conflict
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