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Promoting Economic Growth, Productivity, and Investment: A Conversation with UK Minister Robert Jenrick MP

Dispatches Dec 22, 2025

US strategy is leading to a Europe squeezed from the east and the west

By Anna Wieslander

The European Union is caught between a revisionist Russia and a United States that seems ready to divide the world into spheres of influence.
European Union NATO
Promoting Economic Growth, Productivity, and Investment: A Conversation with UK Minister Robert Jenrick MP

Report Dec 19, 2025

Enhancing land military mobility in Europe: Advocating a pragmatic approach

By Clément Gaubert, Freddy Geay, François Catala, and Léonie Allard

Solving the challenges of military mobility in Europe requires a whole-of-government and whole-of-society perspective. Given the geopolitical climate, Europe should move quickly on this most pressing issues for the North Atlantic Alliance.
Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy
Promoting Economic Growth, Productivity, and Investment: A Conversation with UK Minister Robert Jenrick MP

The Big Story Dec 11, 2025

Bosnia’s forgotten war is still with us

By Thom Shanker

Fewer than fifty years after the end of World War II, genocide returned to Europe in Bosnia. The carnage ended on December 14, 1995, with the signing of the US-brokered Dayton Accords. Thirty years on, have the war’s lessons—for Europe; for diplomacy, humanitarian intervention, and more—been heeded?
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featured events

Online Event Fri, December 19, 2025 • 10:00 am ET

Can Europe meet the geopolitical moment?

An expert panel discussion assessing Europe’s geopolitical ambitions in 2025 and opportunities for 2026.
Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia European Union Politics & Diplomacy
Public Event Wed, November 19, 2025 • 9:00 am ET

Intent to destroy: Confronting Russia’s campaign to erase Ukraine and its people

In this conference hosted by the Strategic Litigation Project and the Eurasia Center, experts will identify strategies to halt Russia’s campaign of atrocities against the Ukrainian people.
Civil Society Conflict Crisis Management Security & Defense

The Russia Tomorrow series

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 challenged much of the common Western understanding of Russia. How can the world better understand Russia? What are the steps forward for Western policy? The Eurasia Center’s new “Russia Tomorrow” series seeks to reevaluate conceptions of Russia today and better prepare for its future tomorrow.

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Russia Tomorrow

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.

In-depth Research & reports

Promoting Economic Growth, Productivity, and Investment: A Conversation with UK Minister Robert Jenrick MP

Russia Tomorrow Dec 12, 2025

The Russian economy in 2025: Between stagnation and militarization 

By Elina Ribakova, Lucas Risinger

The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series examines the Russian wartime economy.
Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
Promoting Economic Growth, Productivity, and Investment: A Conversation with UK Minister Robert Jenrick MP

Report Nov 10, 2025

Is Europe waking up to the China challenge? How geopolitics are reshaping EU and transatlantic strategy

By Zoltán Fehér, Valbona Zeneli

China’s rising global ambitions challenge both US and European interests. By examining the EU’s gradual shift toward “de-risking” and gaps in transatlantic policy, this report offers insights for developing a more coherent and coordinated strategy to address Beijing’s economic and security challenges.
China Europe & Eurasia

programs

The Europe Center promotes the transatlantic leadership and strategies required to ensure a strong Europe.

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The Eurasia Center’s mission is to enhance transatlantic cooperation in promoting stability, democratic values and prosperity in Eurasia, from Eastern Europe and Turkey in the West to the Caucasus, Russia and Central Asia in the East.

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The Atlantic Council Turkey Program aims to promote and strengthen transatlantic engagement with the region by providing a high-level forum and pursuing programming to address the most important issues on energy, economics, security, and defense.

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Explore the Power Vertical podcast

The Power Vertical

The Power Vertical is a blog and podcast for Russia wonks and Kremlin watchers by Brian Whitmore. It covers emerging and developing trends in Russian politics, shining a spotlight on the high-stakes power struggles, machinations, and clashing interests that shape Kremlin policy today.

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#AtlanticDebrief

#AtlanticDebrief hosts interviews with leading experts, policymakers, and newsmakers from both sides of the Atlantic to unpack the challenges and opportunities of the transatlantic relationship.

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#BalkansDebrief

The Atlantic Council Europe Center’s #BalkansDebrief series features timely conversations on key issues impacting the Western Balkans. Nonresident senior fellow Ilva Tare hosts newsmakers, experts, and officials for discussions on rule of law, energy security, cultural heritage, Russian and Chinese influence in the region, and more.

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Event Recap

Jul 27, 2018

Promoting Economic Growth, Productivity, and Investment: A Conversation with UK Minister Robert Jenrick MP

By Global Business & Economics

On July 27th 2018, the Atlantic Council’s Global Business & Economics Program hosted a roundtable discussion on economic growth and productivity, with particular attention on the UK's economy and transatlantic economic relations. The event featured Robert Jenrick MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury of the United Kingdom and was moderated by Barbara Matthews, senior fellow at the Global Business & Economics Program. C. Boyden Gray, former US Ambassador to the European Union, opened the conversation.

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Fiscal and Structural Reform

In the News

Jul 27, 2018

Fleck Quoted in Newsweek on the Immigration Debate in Germany

By Jorn Fleck

Read the full article here.

Germany

In the News

Jul 27, 2018

Bryza Joins A News to Discuss US-Russia Relations and US-Turkey Relations

By Matthew Bryza

Watch the full discussion here.

Russia
Turkey

In the News

Jul 27, 2018

Stein Quoted in Reuters on Rising Tensions in US-Turkey Relations

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Turkey
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Trade in Action

Jul 27, 2018

TRADE IN ACTION July 27, 2018

By Global Business & Economics Program

Economy & Business
Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Jul 27, 2018

When America First Meets Italy First

By Nick Ottens

US President Donald J. Trump may not find the ally he expects when he meets with the new Italian prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, in Washington on July 30. The two appear to have gotten along at the recent Group of Seven (G7) and NATO summits. At the former, Conte agreed with Trump that Russia should […]

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NATOSource

Jul 27, 2018

Russia’s Defense Minister Threatens Response To Sweden and Finland Increasing Cooperation with NATO

By Jason Lemon, Newsweek

Russia’s defense minister has said NATO’s increasing ties with Sweden and Finland are “worrying” and such actions force his nation to “take response measures.”

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Northern Europe

New Atlanticist

Jul 26, 2018

Of Soybean Sales and ‘Vast Amounts’ of LNG

By Teri Schultz

EU officials temper exuberant expectations of transatlantic truce “European Union representatives told me that they would start buying soybeans from our great farmers immediately. Also, they will be buying vast amounts of LNG!” That’s what US President Donald J. Trump tweeted after his meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at the White House on […]

Economy & Business
European Union

In the News

Jul 26, 2018

Stein Quoted in Al-Moniter on US-Turkey Relations Under Trump and Erdogan

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Turkey

UkraineAlert

Jul 26, 2018

Why Is Ukraine Giving Fugitive Oligarch Dmytro Firtash a $1 Billion Windfall?

By Oleksandr Kharchenko

Editor’s note: On July 27, it was announced that implementation of the gas transportation system code has been delayed until October 1. The problems that Kharchenko outlines below with the new code still apply.  Christmas comes early this year for Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash. On August 1, the tycoon may pocket about $1 billion through […]

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Experts

Jonathan Green is a nonresident senior fellow at the GeoStrategy Initiative in the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

Fellow

Jonathan Green

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Industry

Staff

Lisa Basquel

Program Assistant, European Energy Security

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Margaritis Schinas

Distinguished Fellow

Europe Center

English European Union

European Leadership Accelerator Participant

Angeliki Georgokosta

General Manager, El Sistema Greece

Millennium Leadership Program

Civil Society Education

European Leadership Accelerator Participant

Max Neufeind

Head of Transformation and Public Dialogue, German Federal Chancellery

Millennium Leadership Program

Central Europe Entrepreneurship

Fellow

Mark Mowrey

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Atlantic Council Turkey Program

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
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Events

Public Event Tue, January 6, 2026 • 1:00 pm ET

Belgium’s foreign minister on the next chapter of transatlantic affairs
Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense