Politics & Diplomacy

Ukraine says lifting football ban would risk legitimizing Russia’s invasion

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Mark Temnycky</span>

Ukraine’s Sports Minister Matvii Bidnyi has slammed calls for Russia’s return to international football and warned that any attempt to reinstate the Russians would risk legitimizing the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, writes Mark Temnycky.

Dispatch from Mexico City: Trump’s latest consideration of USMCA withdrawal meets a measured reaction

Mexican officials and business leaders are not in a panic over news that the US president is considering exiting the trilateral trade pact.

A year into its post-Assad era, Syria needs a ‘rules-first’ reset

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Ibrahim Al-Assil</span>

In Syria, relief coexists with unease about what comes next. How can Ahmed al-Sharaa restore a state devastated by a quarter century of authoritarianism, corruption, and civil war? Building a government and economy that work for all Syrians is the only way forward.

US critical minerals policy goes collaborative with FORGE

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Reed Blakemore</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Alexis Harmon</span>

The Trump administration’s recently announced Forum on Resource Geostrategic Engagement, or FORGE, is a step forward in its critical minerals agenda.

Dispatch from Munich: Present at the destruction or the creation?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Frederick Kempe</span>

This year’s Munich Security Conference presents the transatlantic Alliance with two very different paths ahead.

I was wrong about fighting China in 2025. But the US still isn’t ready for that fight.

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Mike Minihan</span>

A retired US general reflects on his earlier and controversial prediction that the United States and China were headed for conflict.

Global Foresight 2036

In this year’s Global Foresight edition, our experts share findings from our survey of geostrategists on how human affairs could unfold over the next decade. Our scholars spot “snow leopards” that could have major unexpected impacts over the next decade. And our tech experts put AI’s forecasting ability to the test.

Welcome to 2036: What the world could look like in ten years, according to nearly 450 experts

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mary Kate Aylward, Peter Engelke, Uri Friedman, and Paul Kielstra </span>

We polled geostrategists and foresight practitioners on our most burning questions about the biggest drivers of change over the next decade. Check out their forecasts on everything from the future of NATO to the rise of cryptocurrency.

The Global Foresight 2036 survey: Full results

In the fall of 2025, the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security surveyed the future, asking leading geostrategists and foresight experts around the world to answer our most burning questions about the biggest drivers of change over the next ten years. Here are the full results.