Resilience & Society

Societies are experiencing rapid shifts in the 21st century due to accelerating technological change, shifting cultural norms, and greater inclusion and equity. At the same time, deepening threats from climate change, migration, and violent conflict can pose significant challenges to societies and require solutions beyond typical political or economic policies. Effective policy making in the next century will require looking at issues through new lenses, taking into account all segments of society and the unique challenges they will need to confront.

Content

Dispatches

Mar 20, 2026

Demand destruction has begun: What Sri Lanka reveals about the global energy crisis

By Phillip Cornell

The disruption to oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a systemic shock to energy markets, and Sri Lanka is on the front line.

Conflict Energy & Environment

In the News

Mar 20, 2026

Temnycky in Forbes: How Ukraine’s youth organizations have been impacted by Russia’s war

By Atlantic Council

Civil Society Conflict

In the News

Mar 20, 2026

Temnycky in Forbes: Georgian Dream drifts from NATO and EU as opposition seeks integration

By Atlantic Council

Europe & Eurasia European Union

In the News

Mar 20, 2026

Hook in the Hill: No peace in Ukraine until Russia returns its children

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Mar 20, 2026

Bociurkiw in the Globe and Mail: Four years into the war, Ukraine has endured – and it has been transformed

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

Issue Brief

Mar 19, 2026

Federal agencies under pressure need smarter systems, not tougher people

By Caitlin Thompson

Resilience is an important trait for national security practitioners, but it is not a solution for problems with agency and department design. Better systems and strategies can ensure that individuals are fully prepared and ready to respond to crises, rather than consistently under strain.

National Security Resilience

UkraineAlert

Mar 19, 2026

Wartime Ukraine offers global lessons on the future of cyber resilience

By Oleksandr Bakalynskyi, Maggie McDonough

The twelve years of cyber warfare that have accompanied Russia’s escalating invasion of Ukraine have transformed the country’s digital environment into a proving ground for modern conflict, write Oleksandr Bakalynskyi and Maggie McDonough.

Conflict Critical Infrastructure Policy

Dispatches

Mar 18, 2026

Attacks on desalination plants in the Iran war forecast a dark future

By Ginger Matchett

The attacks on desalination plants in Iran and Bahrain offer a glimpse into the dangers the region would face if water infrastructure is intentionally targeted at scale.

Conflict Energy & Environment

UkraineAlert

Mar 14, 2026

UN: Putin’s deportation of Ukrainian children is a crime against humanity

By Peter Dickinson

Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children is a crime against humanity, a new United Nations investigation has found. The mass abduction and indoctrination of Ukrainian children is part of a genocidal Kremlin plan to erase Ukrainian identity, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Disinformation

Report

Mar 11, 2026

Is Syria on the right path?

By Asaad Sam Hanna

In the year since the ouster of the Assad regime in December 2024, Syria has undergone a massive transformation. How has this played out so far?

Middle East Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Experts

Events