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Nov 10, 2021

Bell in Senator Coons press release on first bipartisan delegation to COP26 climate conference

Climate Change & Climate Action United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Nov 9, 2021

How to get Biden’s democracy summit right

By Daniel Fried, Rose Jackson

Two of the Council’s democracy experts say the upcoming Summit for Democracy needs to take aim at autocrats’ tools by focusing on anti-corruption and tech standards, and elevating civil society.

Civil Society Corruption

BelarusAlert

Nov 9, 2021

Belarus border crisis: Lukashenka weaponizes human misery

By Daniel Fried, Michal Baranowski, Ben Judah

Kremlin-backed Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka has weaponized migrants from across the Middle East and is using them to create a border crisis in his escalating hybrid war against the EU.

Belarus Conflict

In the News

Nov 9, 2021

Manning in The Hill: The tragic politics of climate change

By Atlantic Council

On November 9, Robert Manning published an op-ed in The Hill on the COP26 climate conference and the US stance at the conference. Manning pointed to the dark irony of President Biden calling on countries to end their dependence on oil while at the same time asking OPEC countries to increase their production. There were […]

China Climate Change & Climate Action

SouthAsiaSource

Nov 9, 2021

Issues and mistrust in US-Pakistan relations

By Nazir Ahmad Mir

The August 2021 withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan has yet again exposed the fragility of Pakistan-US relations. Over the growing—and allegedly dubious—role of Pakistan in its commitment to the War on Terror, increasing concerns are being expressed in the United States about the nature of its relations with Islamabad.

Afghanistan Pakistan

In the News

Nov 9, 2021

Manning in VOA: Should Biden ease humanitarian sanctions on North Korea?

By Atlantic Council

On November 9, Robert Manning was quoted in a Voice of America article on US sanctions on North Korea. Manning argued that the United States does not need to ease sanctions for humanitarian goods to reach North Koreans, but rather there is a need to streamline the process. Robert Manning, a senior fellow at the […]

Indo-Pacific Korea

New Atlanticist

Nov 9, 2021

Pfizer’s Albert Bourla on how the pandemic ends

By Atlantic Council

Bourla joined the Atlantic Council to talk about his collaboration with BioNTech on the COVID-19 vaccine, his take on misinformation and politics in medicine, and his personal story.

Coronavirus Resilience

Annual Report

Nov 9, 2021

The Atlantic Council at 60: Enriched by its past, energized by its present, and equipped for the future

By John F.W. Rogers, Frederick Kempe

We are fortunate that the Atlantic Council our founders created six decades ago has never been more robust, but the array of challenges we face has never been more daunting. Here’s how we are shaping the global future together.

Civil Society Politics & Diplomacy

The Atlantic Council at 60

Nov 9, 2021

How the Atlantic Council reinvented itself

By James Joyner

The vision of a “Think Tank for the Twenty-First Century” seemed wildly ambitious back in 2007. No longer.

Civil Society United States and Canada

The Atlantic Council at 60

Nov 9, 2021

The Atlantic imperative

By N. W. Collins

The tale of an organization founded at a delicate moment for a young administration, with international crises swirling and a need for a coherent Atlanticist voice.

Civil Society NATO

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