GeoTech Center

The Atlantic Council GeoTech Center has a mission to shape the future of technology and data to advance society.

Technological advances are transforming lives across the globe—and the accelerating pace at which emerging technologies are being developed and deployed can lead to unanticipated outcomes.

The GeoTech Center is working to identify and communicate what is required so that emerging technologies can enter use widely across the globe for public benefit, while identifying and mitigating potential societal and geopolitical risks. The Center thereby serves as an essential bridge between technologists and national as well as international policymakers, bringing together subject matter experts, thought leaders, and decision-makers through purposeful convenings to consider the broader societal, economic, and geopolitical implications of new and emerging technologies; leverage technology to solve global challenges; and develop actionable tech policy, partnerships, and programs.

The Atlantic Council GeoTech Center seeks to provide policymakers and technologists with diverse stakeholder perspectives on “tech for good” and pragmatic approaches to the geopolitics of technological change.

Tech cooperation: Building global partnerships

The GeoTech Center’s work to advance government-to-government and industry-to-government relationships focused on technology frameworks, standards, and measures that protect shared interests and mitigate risks globally.

Tech competition: Defining leadership in the tech landscape

The GeoTech Center’s engagement with government policies, investment decisions, and regulatory frameworks and pathways for secure and strategic international tech competition.

Tech frontiers: Shaping the future of innovation

The GeoTech Center’s forward-looking insight on the secure and principled use of pioneering emerging technologies that can enhance global stability.

Issue Brief Apr 2, 2025

Mapping public opinion to drive climate action in India

By Jennifer Marlon, Jagadish Thaker

India stands at a crossroads in its fight against climate change.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

Issue Brief Apr 3, 2025

Sovereign remedies: Between AI autonomy and control

By Trisha Ray

Sovereign AI has gained a foothold in several capitals around the world.

Artificial Intelligence International Norms

Issue Brief Mar 13, 2025

India’s path to AI autonomy

By Mohamed Elbashir, Kishore Balaji Desikachari

India is taking a distinctive approach to the global race for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy.

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

GeoTech Cues Jun 6, 2025

G7 leaders have the opportunity to strengthen digital resilience. Here’s how they can seize it.

By Sara Ann Brackett, Coley Felt, Raul Brens Jr.

At the upcoming Group of Seven Leaders’ Summit in Canada, member state leaders should advance a coherent, shared framework for digital resilience policy.

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist May 30, 2025

NASA needs a twenty-first-century approach to space exploration

By Dan Hart, Emily Sespico

The US space program must forge a future in which intelligent machines and humans work together seamlessly and the strengths of each are maximized.

Space Technology & Innovation

GeoTech Cues May 21, 2025

To build tomorrow’s power grid, the United States should look to geothermal energy

By Sudeep Kanungo, Will LaRivee

Geothermal energy offers a promising solution for stable, reliable baseload power. But to unlock its full potential, the US government must take action to reduce the barriers to entry for industry.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance