Borghard in Council on Foreign Relations: Emerging technology and a reimagined U.S.-EU partnership

Inflection Points Mar 31, 2025

‘What you’re witnessing is a revolution.’ Making sense of Trump’s head-spinning moves.

By Frederick Kempe

As the past week made clear, the Trump administration is pushing ahead with what it sees as a revolution in the US approach to the world.
Economy & Business NATO
Borghard in Council on Foreign Relations: Emerging technology and a reimagined U.S.-EU partnership

New Atlanticist Mar 27, 2025

Our experts separate Signal from noise in the Trump team’s messages about bombing the Houthis

By Atlantic Council experts

The still-unfolding revelations offer perhaps the clearest picture yet of how top officials in the Trump administration are thinking about US foreign policy.
Intelligence Maritime Security
Borghard in Council on Foreign Relations: Emerging technology and a reimagined U.S.-EU partnership

Issue Brief Mar 27, 2025

Canada needs an economic statecraft strategy to address its vulnerabilities

By Kimberly Donovan, Maia Nikoladze, Lize de Kruijf

To address threats from Russia and China and reduce trade overdependence on the United States, Canada’s federal government will need to consolidate economic power and devise an economic statecraft strategy that will leverage Canada’s economic tools to mitigate economic threats and vulnerabilities.
China Cybersecurity

Content

In the News

Dec 9, 2020

Borghard in Council on Foreign Relations: Emerging technology and a reimagined U.S.-EU partnership

By Atlantic Council

Erica Borghard writes that the recently announced EU proposal for partnership with the US is a welcome development that recognizes the economic dimensions of great power competition. More about our expert

Cybersecurity European Union

NATO 20/2020

Dec 8, 2020

‘Game out’ decision making: NATO 20/2020 podcast

By Transatlantic Security Initiative

In an era where the distinction between peace and conflict is increasingly complex, NATO should retain its competitive advantage by using synthetic environments and virtual worlds to support rapid, efficient and effective strategic decision making.

Crisis Management Cybersecurity

Report

Dec 8, 2020

Spotlight: The Biden-Harris Administration and the future of supply chains in the Americas

By Juan Carlos Baker, Maurice Bellan, Christina Conlin, Kerry Contini, Reagan Demas, Ildefonso Guajardo, Landon Loomis, Jason Marczak, Manuel Padrón-Castillo, Anne Petterd, Shunko Rojas, Lisa Schroeter, Alison J. Stafford Powell, Joyce Smith, Jennifer Trock, Omar Vargas, Carlos Alberto Vela-Treviño

The month of November 2020 marked a turning point for the United States as voters cast their ballots at rates not recently seen in a US election. The historic race saw around 65 percent of the voting population in the United States participating, the highest in more than one hundred years. With three hundred and […]

Economy & Business Latin America

New Atlanticist

Dec 8, 2020

Biden picks a general: Here’s how Lloyd Austin could reinforce civilian control at the Pentagon

By William F. Wechsler

With careful and consistent attention to the messages he sends through his words, actions, and appointments, there is no reason why a Secretary Austin can’t also succeed at reinforcing longstanding American ideals on civilian-military relations.

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Fast Thinking

Dec 8, 2020

FAST THINKING: Biden’s surprise pick for defense secretary

By Atlantic Council

The biggest surprise of the Biden transition so far is here: The president-elect has picked retired general Lloyd Austin as his nominee for secretary of defense. Is he the right person for the job? And what does the historic selection mean?

Defense Industry Defense Policy

In the News

Dec 7, 2020

Khakova quoted in Delo on US-Slovenian nuclear cooperation
Nuclear Energy Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Dec 7, 2020

Kroenig and Cimmino in Foreign Policy on new book “The China Nightmare”

By Atlantic Council

On December 7, Deputy Director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Matthew Kroenig and Program Assistant for the Global Strategy Initiative Jeffrey Cimmino published a review of Dan Blumenthal's new book, The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Decaying State, for Foreign Policy.

China Defense Policy

In the News

Dec 7, 2020

Busch in The Hill: Feta cheese and the EU-China agreement on geographical indications

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes that the EU-China trade deal is a wake up call for the United States and an indication that the US agriculture industry needs an intellectual property strategy.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Dec 6, 2020

Manning in The National Interest: These 10 things could help subdue power-hungry China

By Atlantic Council

China Economy & Business

Report

Dec 4, 2020

The future of the United States dollar

By Michael Greenwald

The US economy and the power of the dollar have been unmatched since the time of the Bretton Woods agreement. The privilege of having the dollar serve as the global reserve currency enables the United States to weaponize its currency and leverage effective sanctions on rogue nations such as North Korea and Iran. However, some […]

Economy & Business Financial Regulation
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Brian O’Toole

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Cuba Economic Sanctions

Fellow

Irina Plaks

Nonresident Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Advisory Council member

Arnold Punaro

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Fellow

Nikhil Raghuveera

Nonresident Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

Fellow

Sue Ramanathan

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Crisis Management Democratic Transitions

Fellow

Jeffrey Reynolds

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Defense Policy Defense Technologies
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Events

Public Event Thu, May 8, 2025 • 9:30 am ET

General John Raymond on national security and the future of space commerce

An #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT—Raymond, who served as the first chief of space operations of the US Space Force, talks about maintaining the US military edge as the space domain becomes increasingly contested and congested.

Space Space Security Technology & Innovation United States and Canada