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BelarusAlert

Nov 3, 2021

Is Lukashenka mimicking Putin’s weaponization of organized crime?

By Brian Whitmore

As he becomes more and more dependent on the Kremlin, is Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka now also adopting the Putin regime's practice of using organized crime as an instrument of statecraft?

Belarus Cybersecurity

Assumptions Testing Series

Nov 3, 2021

Assumption #3: US leadership is indispensable to the health of the global order

By Christopher Preble

Experts often assume that US power is essential to global peace and prosperity, but need to question what role the United States can play in the global system among partners and allies.

Human Rights National Security

NATO 20/2020

Nov 2, 2021

Buscando la adhesión de México

By Christopher Skaluba, Gabriela R. A. Doyle

La membresía de México en la OTAN puede ser la clave para mantener a Estados Unidos que cambia rápidamente y que invierte en la seguridad europea.

Europe & Eurasia Mexico

In the News

Nov 2, 2021

Riaz joins WGLT FM 89.1 to discuss “the rise of autocrats and democratic backsliding”

By Atlantic Council

Democratic Transitions Indo-Pacific

UkraineAlert

Nov 2, 2021

Ukraine’s dangerous Winter Olympic obsession

By Nicholas Bell, Lukas Straumann

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared his intention to bring the Winter Olympics to the country, but environmentalists fear the initiative will cause irreparable damage to some of the most valuable mountain ecosystems in Europe.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News

Nov 2, 2021

Nusairat joins ISPI for an event with Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

By Atlantic Council

Human Rights Middle East

In the News

Nov 2, 2021

Asat quoted in The Political Backend on China imprisonment of her brother Ekpar in Xinjiang

By Atlantic Council

China Crisis Management

UkraineAlert

Nov 2, 2021

Two years of Lifeline Ukraine

By Paul Niland

Since it was launched in October 2019, Lifeline Ukraine has evolved from its original focus on support for Ukrainian combat veterans into a fully-fledged national suicide prevention hotline.

Conflict Human Rights

Article

Nov 1, 2021

The consequences of a US overreaction to the perceived threat of terrorism

By Christopher Preble

In the twenty years since 9/11, for example, favorable attitudes toward the United States have declined globally, with some of the sharpest declines in key US allies like Germany and the United Kingdom.

Nationalism Politics & Diplomacy

AC Selects

Oct 31, 2021

AC Selects: The road to COP26 and American stories inside Kabul

Week of October 31, 2021 The Global Energy Center invites distinguished speakers to discuss how the UAE is pioneering investments in low-carbon solutions at home and abroad and working to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. In addition, insights and perspectives from an American journalist reporting her firsthand accounts of Afghanistan in the past few months. […]

Afghanistan Climate Change & Climate Action

Experts

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