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The countries of the Western Hemisphere have been closely connected economically, politically, and socially for most of their modern existence. Growing trade links, increased migrant and refugee flows, internal challenges of corruption and crime, and spillover from failed states are making these connections more important and require closer cooperation between governments and societies to maintain stability, address common challenges, and maximize prosperity across all of the Americas

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Dec 13, 2017

Argentina’s Political and Economic Transformations

By Roberta Braga & Sean Miner

On December 7, 2017, days before the second anniversary of President Mauricio Macri’s time in office and the start of the Eleventh Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Buenos Aires, the Atlantic Council, in partnership with HSBC, hosted “Argentina’s Transformations: Open to the World.” The half-day conference at the Alvear Palace Hotel in […]

Argentina Latin America

Article

Dec 13, 2017

Colombia: One Year After Peace Accord Ratification

By Andrea Saldarriaga Jiménez and Juan Felipe Celia

Read the Publication (PDF) On November 30, 2016, the Colombian Congress ratified the peace accords signed by the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), setting in motion a series of reforms stipulated in the accords. One year later, how much has implementation of the accords advanced and […]

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Dec 11, 2017

Venezuela: Municipal Elections Aftermath
Venezuela

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Dec 11, 2017

Whither America

By John Raidt

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.

Political Reform Politics & Diplomacy
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Wilson Center, Nov. 28, 2017.

NATOSource

Nov 30, 2017

Secretary of State Tillerson on Strengthening Western Alliances

By Rex Tillerson, Department of State

Under President Trump, the United States remains committed to our enduring relationship with Europe. Our security commitments to European allies are ironclad.

Afghanistan NATO

In the News

Nov 27, 2017

Ullman in UPI: Principle, Expediency and Hypocrisy: American Values?

By Harlan Ullman

Read the full article here.

United States and Canada

EconoGraphics

Nov 27, 2017

Tariff on the Rising Sun

By Michael Farquharson & Ole Moehr

In April of this year, Suniva, a Chinese-owned, US-based solar manufacturer filed a rarely-used Section 201 petition with the US International Trade Commission (ITC), requesting the imposition of minimum prices for solar module imports into the United States. In May, German-based SolarWorld joined Suniva’s petition, and in September, the ITC ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, ultimately recommending up to a 35 percent tariff on imported solar modules.

Economy & Business Renewables & Advanced Energy

Issue Brief

Nov 27, 2017

Western options in a multipolar world

By Mathew J. Burrows

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.

China Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Nov 22, 2017

Debt Default Pushes Venezuela Further into Russian Orbit

By Rachel Ansley

Venezuela’s default on a massive international debt and Russia’s ongoing financial assistance to the South American country that is under both US and European Union (EU) sanctions, will push Caracas further into Moscow’s sphere of influence, according to an Atlantic Council analyst. “The Russians are throwing lifelines to the criminal Venezuelan regime with the intention […]

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New Atlanticist

Nov 16, 2017

Building Transatlantic Common Ground in Combating Global Warming

By Sonja Thielges

As the world gathered in Bonn for its twenty-third Conference of the Parties (COP23), the newly published Emissions Gap Report 2017 by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) helped to underline the mantra of the conference: all countries need to raise their climate protection efforts quickly and substantially. The report shows that even if fully […]

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Experts

Millennium fellow

Anton Vuljaj

Vice President, Koch

Millennium Leadership Program

Economy & Business Media

Fellow

Howard Wachtel

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Human Rights

Fellow

Alex Wagner

Distinguished Fellow

Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative GeoStrategy Initiative

Artificial Intelligence National Security

Advisory Council member

Mary Ann Walker

Managing Partner, WH Legal Group

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Central America English

Fellow

Brian Walsh

GeoStrategy Initiative

Americas East Asia

Fellow

Earl Anthony Wayne

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

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Events

Public Event Thu, May 14, 2026 • 8:30 am ET

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on security in the Western Hemisphere

AN AC FRONT PAGE EVENT—Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa speaks on his security priorities, the role of the United States in achieving them, and how countries in the hemisphere can work together to address shared challenges.
Latin America Security & Defense
Public Event Thu, May 14, 2026 • 4:00 pm ET

Trade over aid: Prosperity for the US and the developing world
Politics & Diplomacy Resilience & Society United States and Canada
Public Event Thu, June 4, 2026 • 10:00 am ET

From the ground up: Federated biodefense
Crisis Management Infrastructure Protection Intelligence National Security
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