Politics & Diplomacy

Politics & Diplomacy

Healthy democratic societies are governed through the holding of elections, passage of policies through government institutions, and equal application of the law to all citizens. These activities influence not only the internal decisions of these societies, but also inform the ways countries interact with their regional and global neighbors, whether through direct bilateral ties or encompassed in larger international organizations.

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Yatsenyuk at the European Parliament: It’s Time for Europe to Do Its Part

New Atlanticist
Mar 18, 2025

The Gaza cease-fire is over. What’s next from Israel, Hamas, and the US?

By
Atlantic Council experts

In the early hours of March 18, Israel launched air strikes on Gaza, ending the two-month cease-fire. Atlantic Council experts answer pressing questions about the resumed conflict.

Conflict
Israel

Yatsenyuk at the European Parliament: It’s Time for Europe to Do Its Part

New Atlanticist
Mar 17, 2025

Enough carrots for Putin. For better negotiations, serve ‘maximum pressure’ instead.

By
Benjamin L. Schmitt, Richard L. Morningstar, and Daniel Fried

Since Russia appears content for negotiations to move slowly, the Trump administration should turn up the pressure with new sanctions.

Conflict
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

Yatsenyuk at the European Parliament: It’s Time for Europe to Do Its Part

Issue Brief
Mar 13, 2025

Present without impact? How the Middle East perceives China’s diplomatic engagement

By
Jonathan Fulton

Despite economic advancements and high-profile diplomatic engagements, China’s influence remains largely economic rather than political, Jonathan Fulton argues.

China
Economy & Business

Content

UkraineAlert

Dec 1, 2016

Yatsenyuk at the European Parliament: It’s Time for Europe to Do Its Part

By Amanda Abrams

With respect to Ukraine and Russia’s aggression in the eastern part of the country, Europe needs to step up its game. That was the consensus at “The War in Ukraine’s East: The Military Conflict, Diplomacy, and the Humanitarian Crisis,” a discussion co-hosted by the Atlantic Council and Members of the European Parliament Anna Maria Corazza […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

Event Recap

Nov 29, 2016

Roundtable discussion with Moϊse Katumbi

By Africa Center

On Tuesday, November 29, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted Moϊse Katumbi joint opposition candidate for the presidency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and former governor of Katanga Province, for a roundtable discussion on the evolving political situation in the country. Vice President and Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham welcomed participants […]

Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo

Defense Industrialist

Nov 28, 2016

Advice to the Trump Administration on the evolution of war

By James Hasik

Technological developments and actual financial constraints demand top-to-bottom rethinking of the business of defense. As I wrote earlier this month, Donald Trump’s unpredicted electoral victory has brought the possibility for real change in the enterprise of national security. To borrow Paul Ryan’s phrase, thoroughly rethinking the business of defense could create a military that moves closer to […]

China Defense Industry

Trade in Action

Nov 23, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – November 23, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

Happy Thanksgiving from the TTIP&TRADE in Action newsletter team!                                 Thanksgiving Turkey Fun Facts:-Americans will consume 46 million turkeys tomorrow ($610 million worth)-Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s first meal on the moon was turkey-Every year, the US president pardons two Turkeys, and one is voted as the National […]

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
European Parliament, Nov. 2, 2012

NATOSource

Nov 22, 2016

EU Lawmakers Endorse Joint European Defense Plans After Trump Victory

By Robin Emmott, Reuters

The European Parliament on Tuesday backed an EU plan to deepen coordination of member states’ defense policies and rely less on the United States,

European Union International Organizations

Report

Nov 21, 2016

Middle East Strategy Task Force: Politics, governance, and state-society relations

By Tamara Cofman Wittes

Investing in sustainable governance is important for the world and for the rising generation of young Arabs, who can either become a force for tremendous progress or a generation lost to violence and despair.

Civil Society Political Reform
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Nov. 18, 2016

NATOSource

Nov 18, 2016

Secretary General: European Defense Needs Non-EU NATO Allies

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Allies such as the United States and Canada to the West; Iceland and Norway to the North; And Turkey and Albania to the South-East, are not members of the EU. But, together, they are essential for European security and will continue to be.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Nov 18, 2016

Trump Must Avoid the Russia Reset Trap

By Ashish Kumar Sen

As a candidate, Donald Trump said that if elected president he would examine the possibility of recognizing Russia’s claim to Crimea and lifting sanctions imposed by the United States in response to Kremlin-orchestrated aggression in Ukraine. On November 8, Trump was elected the forty-fifth president of the United States. The question now is: will he […]

European Union International Organizations

Trade in Action

Nov 18, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – November 18, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

During his last visit to Europe as the President of the United States, President Barack Obama met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, among other European leaders. The two called on president-elect Donald Trump not to give up on a transatlantic trade deal. Read more here.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
President Obama and Chancellor Merkel meet in Berlin

EUSource

Nov 18, 2016

Obama tries to allay EU allies’ concerns

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS Obama tries to reassure European allies Europe moves to intensify defense cooperation Uncertainty clouds EU-Turkey relations

European Union International Organizations
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Experts

Millennium fellow

Fatima Abbas

Director of Tribal and Native Affairs, Department of Treasury

Millennium Leadership Program

Politics & Diplomacy Rule of Law

Fellow

Nasredeen Abdulbari

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Africa Arabic

Fellow

Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

Distinguished Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Middle East National Security

Fellow

Ahmed Aboudouh

Former Nonresident Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic China

Fellow

Gbemisola Abudu

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Center

Africa Economy & Business

Staff

Aalaa Abuzaakouk

Deputy Director, Millennium Leadership Program

Millennium Leadership Program

Arabic Civil Society
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