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Dispatches

Aug 25, 2026

North Korean missiles are abetting Russia’s campaign to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses

By Zahar Hryniv

Russia’s war machine is now sustained by an authoritarian supply chain that includes North Korean weapons systems.

Conflict Korea

Inflection Points

Aug 25, 2026

Threats to US global leadership are mounting: fiscally, militarily, and with allies

By Frederick Kempe

Rising national debt, the ongoing war in Iran, and the trade dispute with Canada are testing the United States’ global leadership.

Economy & Business Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

Dispatches

Aug 24, 2026

Canada wants a deal, but Washington keeps moving the goalposts

By Marcy Grossman

As trade negotiations falter and the possibility of tariffs looms, there is better way forward for Washington and Ottawa—if they choose to take it.

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

Dispatches

Aug 24, 2026

Experts react: Will Trump’s Operation Economic Outcast isolate Iran?

By Atlantic Council experts

Our experts weigh in on the US Treasury’s newest measures intended “to sever every remaining economic lifeline sustaining” the Iranian regime.

Conflict Economy & Business

Report

Aug 24, 2026

An economic shock is coming. Boosting women’s economic opportunity may be the key to overcoming it.

By Jérémie Bertrand, Nina Dannaoui-Johnson, Annie (Yu-Lin) Lee, Caroline Perrin

With over a billion young people set to enter the global workforce in the next decade, policymakers must prioritize education and jobs for young women to advance prosperity.

Africa Entrepreneurship

Dispatches

Aug 21, 2026

What it feels like under a Russian missile attack, and what the US can do about it

By Clara Kaluderovic

An Atlantic Council fellow shares her first-hand account of being under attack in Kyiv as ballistic missiles struck.

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

Report

Aug 21, 2026

The future of money in Palestine

By Atlantic Council experts

Gaza needs more than billions in reconstruction funding. It needs a financial system that can move that money securely to households, businesses, and public institutions—and keep it from being lost, diverted, or blocked.

Civil Society Digital Currencies

UkraineAlert

Aug 20, 2026

As pressure mounts on Putin, Russia is escalating against Ukraine’s allies

By Peter Dickinson

With the Russian army struggling to advance in Ukraine and Ukrainian strikes increasing inside Russia, Putin is escalating his gray zone campaign against Kyiv's European allies in a bid to deprive Ukraine of vital support and rescue his faltering invasion, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Drones

TURKEYSource

Aug 20, 2026

To stop escalation in the Black Sea, Turkey needs a new regional strategy

By Yevgeniya Gaber

As strikes continue to grow on shipping throughout the Black Sea, Turkey must reevaluate its approach to shipping and security in the region.

Europe & Eurasia Maritime Security

Issue Brief

Aug 20, 2026

Opening Africa’s skies to trade, growth, and jobs

By Tom Bonsundy-O’Bryan

Air transport in Africa could be a powerful multiplier of growth, underpin regional trade, and fuel skilled job creation. What's holding the continent's air travel sector back?

Africa Economy & Business

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