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Content

Fast Thinking

Jul 7, 2021

FAST THINKING: Why the Moïse assassination is Haiti’s worst-case scenario

By Atlantic Council

The murder leaves a power vacuum atop a country battling rampant crime and COVID-19—with no obvious succession plan in place. What’s going on in Haiti and how will it reverberate across the region?

Caribbean Coronavirus

UkraineAlert

Jul 7, 2021

Escape from empire: Ukraine’s post-Soviet national awakening

By Taras Kuzio

The evolution of Ukrainian national identity since 1991 has had repercussions far beyond Ukraine’s borders that have transformed the geopolitical climate and plunged the world into a new Cold War.

Conflict Education

New Atlanticist

Jul 7, 2021

How rich countries can help Africa respond to the third wave of COVID-19

By Vasuki Shastry and Jeremy Mark

When the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet July 9 and 10 in Venice, Italy, they have an opportunity to respond to Africa's third-wave crisis in a meaningful way. Will they take it?

Africa Coronavirus

Event Recap

Jul 7, 2021

Event | Technologies for rebuilding after COVID-19

By the GeoTech Center

On April 16, 2020, Dr. David Brin and Dr. Kathryn Newcomer shared perspectives on what technologies, investments, and policy actions could help rebuild from COVID-19 on a global scale as part of a live video discussion.

Resilience Technology & Innovation

In the News

Jul 6, 2021

Qaddour mentioned in Foreign Policy’s Morning Brief

By Atlantic Council

Human Rights Middle East

In the News

Jul 6, 2021

Shahid joins COPE to discuss the situation in Myanmar

Corruption Economy & Business

In the News

Jul 1, 2021

Qaddour in Foreign Policy: When Humanitarian Aid Becomes a Bargaining Chip

By Atlantic Council

Human Rights International Organizations

Event Recap

Jul 1, 2021

Event recap: A gay Muslim’s journey to acceptance

By Areeba Atique

On June 11, 2021, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center and the American Pakistan Foundation co-hosted author Mohsin Zaidi for a conversation on his new book, A Dutiful Boy: A memoir of a gay Muslim’s journey to acceptance, and the underlying issues it addresses relating to race, gender identity, social class, religious discrimination and more. […]

Human Rights Migration

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2021

The Free World vs. China and Friends: It’s ideology, stupid

By Kaush Arha

As the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its one hundredth anniversary, the US must sharpen the ideological contrast. For a nation conceived as an idea, the refusal to lead with the force of ideas is not only unbecoming—it is self-defeating.

China European Union

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2021

How Aleksandar Vučić stole the vaccine-diplomacy show

By Dimitar Bechev

By balancing the West, Russia, and China, Serbian authorities have made impressive headway in inoculating their citizens—and using vaccines as a diplomatic tool.

Coronavirus Politics & Diplomacy

Experts

Events