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Describe the kind of content you are highlighting here, why you are highlighting, and what it says about the work your program focuses on and how it makes an impact in the real world. Below, select three top pieces of commentary & analysis to feature from the past days or weeks. Update monthly via board process with Graeme Cranston-Cuebas and Vriddhi Sujan.

Event Recap Jul 30, 2019

Chile Against Corruption: What Can the Region Learn?

By Guillermo Garcia Montenegro

To launch the last of a series of spotlights on anti-corruption, the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center hosted a conference call to discuss Chile’s successes and steps countries can take to revitalize regulatory frameworks. Authored by Former Minister of National Women’s Affairs of Chile and Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Non-Resident Senior Fellow Laura Albornoz […]
Brazil Latin America
Insight & Impact

Report Jan 24, 2019

Does money grow on trees? Restoration financing in Southeast Asia

By Prajwal Baral, Mikkel Larsen, Matthew Archer, PhD

Given its unique role as both a potential source of emissions—as well as storage—for carbon, the land use sector may play a crucial role in the world’s success or failure in avoiding dangerous levels of climate change over this century. Nowhere is the pivotal role of land use more apparent than in tropical forests.
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

Transcript Jul 18, 2019

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte: Stronger Together Than Apart

Stronger together than apart Speech by Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte  Atlantic Council Washington, DC July 18, 2019
European Union International Organizations

All impact stories

In the News

Apr 4, 2022

Manning in The Hill: The weaponization of interdependence – and other consequences of the war in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

On April 4, Robert Manning published his biweekly column in The Hill on how interdependence can be weaponized and the systemic consequences from the Russia-Ukraine war.  “One of the many nagging uncertainties of the horrendous, epoch-altering war in Ukraine is what the endgame will look like. That is still over the horizon. But regardless, many […]

Conflict
Crisis Management

In the News

Apr 3, 2022

Manning in Straits Times: Diplomatic solutions to Ukraine war remain elusive

By Atlantic Council

On April 3, Manning was quoted in a Straits Times article on the challenges remaining to find a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine.    “There is a tendency in Washington to confuse western consensus with global consensus, Dr. Robert Manning, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Centre for Strategy and Security, told The […]

Conflict
Crisis Management
Thomas Warrick on Al-Ghad al-Arabi

In the News

Apr 2, 2022

Warrick in Al-Ghad al-Arabi on Russian disinformation in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Al-Ghad al-Arabi interviews Thomas Warrick on Russian disinformation narratives and destruction in Ukraine.

Conflict
Disinformation

In the News

Apr 1, 2022

Grieco in the Washington Examiner and Colorado Springs Gazette: Confusion about Biden’s Russia-Ukraine comments lingers

By Atlantic Council

On April 1, Kelly Grieco was quoted in Washington Examiner and Colorado Springs Gazette articles about the confusion over Biden’s comments on the Russia-Ukraine war.  “‘There’s a little bit of tension between the strategic imperative in terms of wanting to be covert and minimizing escalation and the domestic imperative to respond to critics or reassure […]

Conflict
Crisis Management

In the News

Mar 31, 2022

Preble on Net Assessment: Keeping the right secrets secret

By Atlantic Council

On March 31, Christopher Preble joined his co-hosts of the Net Assessment podcast to discuss information security, both in the US government and private sector, asking the question of whether we are striking the right balance between keeping government secrets secret and ensuring that private information about customers and users is well protected. “Chris and […]

Defense Policy
Eastern Europe

In the News

Mar 31, 2022

Kroenig in the Wall Street Journal on Ukrainian nuclear disarmament

By Atlantic Council

Matthew Kroenig refutes the belief that the West wrongfully pressed Ukraine into nuclear disarmament upon the fall of the Soviet Union.

Arms Control
Conflict

In the News

Mar 31, 2022

Polymeropoulos in NBC news on US efforts to arm Ukrainians

By Atlantic Council

Marc Polymeropoulos notes that overall, US weapons assistance to Ukraine has proven relatively effective.

Conflict
Defense Policy

In the News

Mar 30, 2022

Global Times cites Kroenig on strategic simultaneity

By Atlantic Council

Chinese Communist mouthpiece criticizes’ Matthew Kroenig’s recommendation that US defense strategy address strategic simultaneityto effectively balance China and Russia at the same time.

Arms Control
China

In the News

Mar 30, 2022

Plaks in the National News on Russian exiles

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident fellow Irina Plaks explains how the West should take advantage of high-skilled Russian exiles trying to escape from Russia.

Conflict
Crisis Management

In the News

Mar 30, 2022

Barranco in WSJ and Military.com on small-unit Russian leadership

By Atlantic Council

Col John Barranco assesses that the recent deaths of four high-level Russian generals in Ukraine point to shortcomings in small-unit leadership.

Conflict
Russia
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