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US ambassador to EU promises transatlantic unity in disinformation fight

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Feb 2, 2026

To increase its autonomy, Europe must look to its strengths

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Piotr Arak

The challenge for Europe in the coming decade is not to imitate the United States and China, but to mobilize its own considerable strengths.

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US ambassador to EU promises transatlantic unity in disinformation fight

Dispatches
Jan 27, 2026

The India–EU trade deal is worth watching, but not overhyping

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Mark Linscott

The newly announced free trade agreement is an important accomplishment, even if it is unlikely to be transformational.

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US ambassador to EU promises transatlantic unity in disinformation fight

Dispatches
Jan 26, 2026

Time matters: Why Europe needs Ukrainian defense innovation

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Oleksiy Honcharuk

For Europe to gain genuine defense autonomy, it will need to combine the continent’s capital with Ukraine’s speed and military innovation.

Defense Industry
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The CRINK: Inside the new bloc supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine

by Angela Stent

The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series details how Russia’s war against Ukraine has brought together a new set of partners–united not by shared values, but by shared grievances–on the international stage: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

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US ambassador to EU promises transatlantic unity in disinformation fight

Russia Tomorrow
Dec 12, 2025

The Russian economy in 2025: Between stagnation and militarization 

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The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series examines the Russian wartime economy.

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US ambassador to EU promises transatlantic unity in disinformation fight

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Jan 14, 2026

Digital sovereignty: Europe’s declaration of independence?

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Frances Burwell, Kenneth Propp

In Brussels, “digital sovereignty” may be the new “strategic autonomy”: a push for Europe to go its own way and depend less on the United States. As US tech companies and EU regulators clash, catch up on a policy debate with consequences playing out online and in the halls of power.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 7, 2019

US ambassador to EU promises transatlantic unity in disinformation fight

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >David A. Wemer</span>

“We are determined not to allow the Kremlin to undermine our democratic institutions,” Sondland said.

Disinformation European Union

IranSource

Mar 7, 2019

UK’s Hezbollah Ban May Signal Tougher Stance on Iran

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >David Daoud</span>

Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah once dubbed dividing his group into distinct political and military wings an “English innovation.” Yet, last week, the United Kingdom decided to end this mainstay of British policy. Shortly after Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced a total ban on Hezbollah, Parliament amended the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000 to proscribe the group “in its entirety.” London’s acknowledgment of Hezbollah’s unity […]

Iran Middle East

Transcript

Mar 6, 2019

Ambassador Morningstar Delivers Second Annual Prometheus Energy Lecture

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

Second Annual Prometheus Energy Lecture Amb. Richard MorningstarFounding Chairman, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council Piraeus, GreeceMarch 4, 2019

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In the News

Mar 6, 2019

Simakovsky quoted in Newsweek on Trump Administration weighing sending more lethal aid to Ukraine to combat Russia

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mark Simakovsky</span>

Read the full article here.

Russia Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Mar 6, 2019

Could Zelenskiy be a reformer?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Alexander J. Motyl</span>

Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy tops the polls in Ukraine and may be the next president. Some argue that Zelenskiy is the country’s only shot at reform and that he might be able to break the old system.     Could Zelenskiy be a reformer? The short answer is: No. Here’s why. The American political scientist, Samuel Huntington, […]

Elections Political Reform

New Atlanticist

Mar 5, 2019

How do you defeat disinformation? Tackle demand, not just supply

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >David A. Wemer</span>

“Unless demand is also addressed,” Ana Palacio argued, “we are in for a very, very long and maybe interminable war.”

Disinformation Southern & Southeastern Europe

In the News

Mar 5, 2019

Morningstar Quoted in YeniSafak on Turkey’s Benefit from Natural Gas

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Richard L. Morningstar</span>

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Turkey

UkraineAlert

Mar 5, 2019

European involvement with Nord Stream 2 is a deal with the devil

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Stephen Blank</span>

Apart from the bypassing of Ukraine and the potential corrupting of German politics, Nord Stream 2 essentially forces German and Eastern European states and customers to subsidize Russian state expenses and unwittingly assist in Naftogaz’s destruction.

Energy Markets & Governance European Union

UkraineAlert

Mar 5, 2019

Their brand is crisis

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Melinda Haring</span>

Exactly five years ago, the country’s most important independent crisis communications center was set up in Kyiv in less than forty-eight hours. It started with a text message and a series of phone calls. Shortly after the protesters in the Maidan won and former Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovych fled on February 22, 2014, Russia’s “little […]

Civil Society Democratic Transitions

New Atlanticist

Mar 4, 2019

How to fight disinformation while preserving free speech

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >David A. Wemer</span>

Tangible solutions to counter disinformation lie “in the direction of transparency and integrity, and possibly regulation around those lines,” Daniel Fried argued.

Disinformation English
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Kristina Hook

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Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

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The tenth Global Energy Forum will chart the course for continued innovation, collaboration, and leadership in the global energy transition. 
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