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New Atlanticist

Dec 5, 2025

Experts react: What Trump’s National Security Strategy means for US foreign policy

By Atlantic Council experts

Atlantic Council experts delve into the newly released document outlining the Trump administration’s principles and priorities for US foreign policy.

Defense Policy Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Dec 5, 2025

After Maduro

By Jason Marczak

Opposition leaders have a plan for a democratic transition when Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro leaves power.

Corruption Democratic Transitions

New Atlanticist

Dec 4, 2025

How the United States can harness its sports diplomacy moment, as the FIFA World Cup nears

By Katherine Golden

Foreign diplomats, US officials, and figures from the world of soccer gathered at our studios to talk about the power of sports diplomacy.

Politics & Diplomacy United States and Canada

In the News

Dec 4, 2025

Grundman in Aviation Week on Pentagon acquisition reform

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Senior Fellow Steven Grundman authored an article in Aviation Week entitled “Can Hegseth Transform U.S. Defense Acquisition?,” highlighting the importance of speed and agility in acquisition reform.

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Issue Brief

Dec 4, 2025

Improving transatlantic cooperation on digital competition

By Zach Meyers

Greater dialogue between US and EU regulators would reveal similar priorities on digital competition, mergers, and antitrust issues, and could lead to greater alignment on key digital competition issues.

Digital Policy Economy & Business

Issue Brief

Dec 4, 2025

A stronger, safer, and more prosperous hemisphere: The case for investing in democracy in the Americas

By Antonio Garrastazu and Henrique Arevalo Poincot

This issue brief is the fourth in the Freedom and Prosperity Center's "Future of democracy assistance" series, which analyzes the many complex challenges to democracy around the world—and highlights actionable policies that promote democratic governance.

Civil Society Democratic Transitions

UkraineAlert

Dec 3, 2025

Returning Ukraine’s abducted children should be central to any peace plan

By Kristina Hook

The United States should lead efforts to secure the release and return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. This could help build confidence in the peace process and boost efforts to end the war, writes Kristina Hook.

Conflict European Union

New Atlanticist

Dec 3, 2025

Is Costa Rica in a political crisis?  

By María Fernanda Bozmoski

The country finds itself in an exceptional—yet constitutionally permitted—confrontation between its executive branch and its independent electoral authority.

Central America Elections

UkraineAlert

Dec 2, 2025

Ukraine peace plan must not include amnesty for Russian war crimes

By Ivan Horodyskyy

US President Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan for Ukraine includes an amnesty for war crimes that critics say will only strengthen Putin's sense of impunity and set the stage for more Russian aggression, writes Ivan Horodyskyy.

Conflict European Union

New Atlanticist

Dec 2, 2025

The G20 is moving forward on global AI governance—and the US risks being left out

By Konstantinos Komaitis

The leaders’ declaration adopted at the recent Group of Twenty Summit in South Africa offers a new vision of the future of artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence International Norms

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