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Tue, Jun 26, 2018

The global innovation sweepstakes: a quest to win the future

The Global Innovation Sweepstakes: A Quest to Win the Future examines how emerging technologies will remake the global order and explores strategies for how the United States can retain its innovative edge.

Report by Robert A. Manning and Peter Engelke

Technology & Innovation United States and Canada

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Global Risks 2035: Search for a New Normal

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In-Depth Research & Reports

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Global risks 2035: the search for a new normal

What will the world be like in 2035? The forecast seems dire. In the four years since Global Trends 2030 was published, the biggest change in the world is the increased risk of major conflict.

Report by Mathew J. Burrows

China NATO
In-Depth Research & Reports

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Global Risks 2035: The Search for a New Normal

In the four years since the National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030 was published, the biggest change in the world is the increased risk of major conflict. In 2012, a large-scale US/NATO conflict with Russia or China was close to unthinkable. Now, the post-Cold War security order has broken down, and the consequences are immense, […]

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In-Depth Research & Reports

Mon, Dec 11, 2017

Whither America

The United States faces threats from outside its borders, but also from within. The political system that once created a strong, prosperous, and united nation now sows division. This report, written by John Raidt, unpacks how the fuel—money—drives the cartel’s machinations as it interacts with and exploits amplifying forces—legal, structural, media, technological, and social.

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series by John Raidt

Political Reform Politics & Diplomacy

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Wed, Oct 30, 2019

Present at the re-creation: A global strategy for revitalizing, adapting, and defending a rules-based international system

We need a new strategy—one that is both ambitious and innovative, geared towards meeting the challenges and opportunities that the new decade brings.

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series by Ash Jain and Matthew Kroenig

China NATO

Wed, Oct 30, 2019

Global risks 2035 update: Decline or new renaissance?

Our conclusion in 2016’s Global Risks 2035 was that state-on-state conflict posed a bigger threat than terrorism. In the two years since, the post-Cold War order has continued to unravel without a “new normal” emerging.

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series by Mathew J. Burrows

China NATO

Fri, Jun 14, 2019

Dark pharma: Counterfeit and contraband pharmaceuticals in Central America

This working paper, the second in a series on the global illicit economy, focuses on the “dark pharma” trade in Central America, where no country has been spared the problem of counterfeit and contraband pharmaceuticals making their way to consumers.

Issue Brief by Peter Tinti

Latin America Security & Defense

Fri, Mar 1, 2019

The illicit tobacco trade in Zimbabwe and South Africa

This groundbreaking study of the illicit tobacco trade in southern Africa explores how this trade supports organized crime, helps enable official corruption, and erodes state structures.

Issue Brief by Simone Haysom

Africa Corruption

Tue, Jun 26, 2018

The global innovation sweepstakes: a quest to win the future

The Global Innovation Sweepstakes: A Quest to Win the Future examines how emerging technologies will remake the global order and explores strategies for how the United States can retain its innovative edge.

Report by Robert A. Manning and Peter Engelke

Technology & Innovation United States and Canada

Thu, May 3, 2018

Borders vs. Barriers: Navigating Uncertainty in the US Business Environment

Geopolitical trends and shock events can disrupt, but they can also create opportunity. This report seeks to help leading organizations better understand how geopolitics affects their strategies; explore contingent scenarios; make preparations; engage with stakeholders and policymakers on local and national levels; and potentially shift operations to seize opportunity and mitigate risks, whether financial, locational, political or social.

Report by Mathew Burrows

Economy & Business United States and Canada

Mon, Dec 11, 2017

Whither America

The United States faces threats from outside its borders, but also from within. The political system that once created a strong, prosperous, and united nation now sows division. This report, written by John Raidt, unpacks how the fuel—money—drives the cartel’s machinations as it interacts with and exploits amplifying forces—legal, structural, media, technological, and social.

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series by John Raidt

Political Reform Politics & Diplomacy

Mon, Nov 27, 2017

Western options in a multipolar world

This paper examines both the possible scenarios for how the emerging multipolar world order could evolve and transatlantic options. It makes the case that, depending on how the West plays its cards, traditional Western values could end up enduring even if an exclusively Western-led order does not.

Issue Brief by Mathew J. Burrows

China Politics & Diplomacy

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

A strategy for the Trans-Pacific century

According to some projections, the majority of all global economic activity could take place within Asia by 2050. Military might often follows economic power, and Asian countries are already spending more than European states on defense. Both of these developments reflect a broader shift in global power from West to East.

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series by Matthew Kroenig and Miyeon Oh

Europe & Eurasia Indo-Pacific

Wed, Oct 4, 2017

US strategy toward China’s belt and road initiative

The balance in Eurasia is shifting. China’s President Xi Jinping has ambitious visions for Asia, while the rest of the world reshuffles to find its place in the rapidly changing global order. The United States would be better off engaging with the BRI and trying to influence its design and mechanics from within, rather than staying on the sidelines and witnessing its allies gravitating toward China.

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series by Gal Luft

Africa China
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