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.

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Fishman in Politico: The world order is dead. Here’s how to build a new one for a post-coronavirus era.

AfricaSource Mar 21, 2025

In the scramble for Africa’s critical minerals, the West must not abandon the ESG agenda

By Zainab Usman and Rama Yade

As this race for minerals and metals critical for the energy transition heats up, both companies and governments must not abandon environmental, social, and governance principles in Africa.
Africa Critical Minerals
Fishman in Politico: The world order is dead. Here’s how to build a new one for a post-coronavirus era.

AfricaSource Mar 17, 2025

This Women’s History Month, focus on African women’s achievements, not just their challenges

By Rama Yade

African women deserve recognition not just for the indignities they face, but for the heights they achieve.
Africa Resilience & Society
Fishman in Politico: The world order is dead. Here’s how to build a new one for a post-coronavirus era.

MENASource Mar 10, 2025

Syria’s women face a new chapter. Here’s how to amplify their voices.

By Diana Rayes , Hind Kabawat

It is critical for women to be involved in transitional justice and constitutional reform processes in Syria.
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Syria

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The Climate Resilience Center creates and delivers transformative solutions that improve lives, protect livelihoods, and expand opportunity for communities on the front lines of the climate crisis. The Center is committed to reaching one billion people around the world with resilience solutions to climate change by 2030.

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Content

In the News

May 3, 2020

Fishman in Politico: The world order is dead. Here’s how to build a new one for a post-coronavirus era.

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus International Organizations

Inflection Points

May 2, 2020

COVID-19 provides China a historic chance to tilt the world in its favor, but it may not last long

By Frederick Kempe

COVID-19 has provided a clarifying force revealing more clearly than ever before both the nature and relentlessness of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s ambition to place itself at the center of global power and influence. At the same time, the U.S. response to China has been inconsistent, lacking in long-term strategy and close coordination with allies.

China Coronavirus

In the News

May 1, 2020

Kroenig and Ashford in Foreign Policy: What is the potential fallout from regime collapse in North Korea?

By Atlantic Council

On May 1, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig and the Cato Institute’s Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they debate the potential fallout from regime collapse in North Korea, with Kroenig arguing that this scenario opens the door to a denuclearized […]

China Coronavirus

In the News

May 1, 2020

Chaudhary joins the American Pakistan Foundation to discuss the international geopolitics of COVID-19

By Atlantic Council

ORIGINAL SOURCE

Coronavirus International Norms

AfricaSource

May 1, 2020

The “shadow pandemic” of gender-based violence

By Joanne Chukwueke

While lockdowns and social distancing measures have been essential in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, they have also produced unintended consequences: increased rates of domestic violence. As COVID-19 spreads in African countries, demand for support services for victims of gender-based violence continues to rise.

Africa Coronavirus

In the News

May 1, 2020

Bryza quoted in TRTWorld on US versus China during the COVID-19 crisis

By Atlantic Council

China Coronavirus

Event Recap

May 1, 2020

Event recap | How we can achieve both healthy communities and economic renewal

By Claudia Vaughn Zittle

On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 8:00am EDT, the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center hosted a panel of experts to explore “How We Can Achieve Both Healthy Communities and Economic Renewal”. The panel included Mona Nemer, chief science advisor to Canada’s Prime Minister; Philippe Gillet, chief scientific officer with SICPA; Luukas Ilves, head of strategy with Guardtime; Daniella Taveau, principal of Bold Text Strategies; and Declan Kirrane, the managing director of ISC Intelligence in Science.

Coronavirus Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

May 1, 2020

How to make a bad situation much worse: Run from Afghanistan because of the virus

By James B Cunningham, Hugo Llorens, Richard Olson, Ronald E. Neumann, and Earl Anthony Wayne

Recent news reports suggest that US President Donald J. Trump is seriously considering withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan because of concerns relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). There are arguments for the United States to stay and to go, but this is a bad one on every count. Our troops will be exposed to COVID-19 wherever they are. In Afghanistan, our military presence is key to the strategy the Trump administration has been laboring to implement to foment peace.

Afghanistan Conflict

The future is here

May 1, 2020

Coronavirus probably with us for two years; intelligence community in Wuhan probe seeks source of virus, Russia cases rise

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus will probably be with us for as long as two years, a report said, as the Czech Republic became the latest government worldwide to launch contact-tracing technology. The US intelligence community confirmed it’s looking into claims the virus emerged from a lab accident. Russia’s prime minister tested positive for the disease as cases in the country increased at a record pace.

Coronavirus

New Atlanticist

May 1, 2020

Economic recovery from coronavirus: Lessons from 1918-1923

By Harlan Ullman

The United States recovered in a short time from a world war, two recessions in quick succession, a pandemic, and a period of extreme domestic unrest. As the famous John Maynard Keynes wrote, technology was central to ending depressions. And that was the case in the early 1920s, in large part driven by Henry Ford and electrification.

Coronavirus Economy & Business
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Experts

Millennium fellow

Jorge Rodriguez Vives

Minister of Information, Government of Costa Rica

Millennium Leadership Program

Civil Society Entrepreneurship

Fellow

Alina L. Romanowski

Distinguished Fellow

Iraq Initiative Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Economy & Business Geopolitics & Energy Security

Fellow

Todd Rosenblum

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Cybersecurity Defense Policy

Advisory Council member

Kenneth Roth

Member, Freedom and Prosperity Center Advisory Council

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Democratic Transitions Human Rights

Millennium fellow

Daniel Rzasa

News Lab Lead, CEE, Google

Millennium Leadership Program

Civil Society Eastern Europe

Staff

Valentina Sader

Director, Strategy and Programs

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Brazil Corruption
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Events

Public Event Wed, March 25, 2026 • 8:00 am ET

How the UN can respond to the arbitrary detention and repression of Uyghurs
China Human Rights
Online Event Tue, March 31, 2026 • 10:00 am ET

Holding enablers accountable: The Islamic Republic of Iran’s role in Russia’s drone war
Civil Society Conflict Crisis Management Iran