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Nov 5, 2025

Atlantic Council launches GeoTech Commission on Artificial Intelligence 

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 5, 2025 – The Atlantic Council today announced the launch of the GeoTech Commission on Artificial Intelligence, the Council’s flagship initiative to shape the global AI agenda. The Commission brings together bipartisan Congressional leaders, top industry executives, and innovators across the AI ecosystem to ensure the United States maintain its leadership […]

Artificial Intelligence

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Nov 4, 2025

Atlantic Council’s Africa Center announces six new senior fellows 

WASHINGTON, DC — NOVEMBER 4, 2025 —  The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center announced today the appointment of six distinguished experts as senior fellows: Dana Banks, Neil Ford, Rebecca Katz, Rose Keravuori, Deneyse Kirkpatrick and Maisie Pigeon.  These appointments strengthen the Center’s leadership in shaping policy and fostering partnerships across Africa in areas including health security, […]

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Sep 29, 2025

Atlantic Council and Atlantik-Brücke to cohost fourth annual Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM– SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 – The Atlantic Council and Atlantik-Brücke will cohost the fourth Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics on September 30, 2025, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm in Brussels, Belgium.   Featuring senior policymakers, business leaders, and economics experts, this year’s Forum will focus on the United States – European Union relationship amidst […]

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Nov 12, 2025

Hammes publishes issue brief on containerized weapons with Stimson Center

On November 6, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Thomas X. Hammes published an issue brief with the Stimson Center titled “We Can’t Buy Our Way Out: It’s Time to Think Differently.” Hammes urges the Pentagon to focus on a new generation of containerized weapons that can be mass produced in order to field capabilities to […]

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Nov 12, 2025

Charai for The Jerusalem Post: Jared Kushner Can Finish What He Began: The Only Path to End Hamas and Save Gaza

By Atlantic Council

Israel Middle East

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Nov 8, 2025

Sapuppo in Kyiv Post on Hungarian exemption from US sanctions targeting Russian energy

By Mercedes Sapuppo

On November 8, Mercedes Sappuppo, nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, was published in Kyiv Post on the one-year exemption for Hungarian imports of Russian gas.

Energy Markets & Governance English
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Sep 17, 2019

Atlantic Council press call: Saudi Aramco attacks

By Atlantic Council

Following the September 14 attack on two Saudi Aramco facilities, Atlantic Council experts Kirsten Fontenrose, Phillip Cornell, Ellen Wald, Jean-Francois Seznec, and Randolph Bell unpack the latest developments and offer insight into the ramifications for global energy markets, regional security, and the anticipated Aramco IPO.

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Sep 16, 2019

Press call: Expert analysis on the Saudi Aramco attack

By Atlantic Council

Following the September 14 attack on two Saudi Aramco facilities, Atlantic Council experts Kirsten Fontenrose, Phillip Cornell, Ellen Wald, Jean-Francois Seznec, and Randolph Bell unpack the latest developments and offer insight into the ramifications for global energy markets, regional security, and the anticipated Aramco IPO. The Council regularly holds press and members calls on breaking news stories. To be invited […]

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Sep 15, 2019

Saudi Aramco attacks

By Atlantic Council

Following the September 14 attack on two Saudi Aramco facilities, Atlantic Council experts Kirsten Fontenrose, Phillip Cornell, Ellen Wald, Jean-Francois Seznec, and Randolph Bell unpack the latest developments and offer insight into the ramifications for global energy markets, regional security, and the anticipated Aramco IPO. The Council regularly holds press and members calls on breaking […]

Energy Markets & Governance Geopolitics & Energy Security