Tag: Atlantic Council

Is the GCC ready to embrace sustainable finance? (Dominik Treeck, Mustafa Domanic, and Hendrik Wittrock, Atlantic Council)

As representatives from across the financial services sector returned home from the October 31-November 12 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26),...

Don’t believe Putin’s propaganda. Sanctions are hurting Russia (Harley Balzer, Atlantic Council)

The Putin regime has long sought to convince Russians that international sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine are actually beneficial for the country....

No consensus? No problem. Why NATO is still effective (Christopher Skaluba and Conor Rodihan, Atlantic Council)

As the crisis over Ukraine intensifies, key stakeholders are looking to Brussels for signs of Western resolve. At the NATO-Russia Council meeting on January...

Germany has sentenced a Syrian colonel to life for crimes against humanity. Will others face the same fate? (Atlantic Council)

Human-rights activists are applauding a German court’s sentencing of a former Syrian intelligence officer to life in prison for crimes against humanity that were committed at...

Top Ukrainian official: Get the presidents of Ukraine, Russia, and the US together (Dan Peleschuk, Atlantic Council)

With tens of thousands of Russian troops still massed along his country’s borders—and following a week of tense diplomacy between Russia and the West—Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Russia Crisis: War fears mount as West rejects Putin’s ultimatum (Peter Dickinson, Atlantic Council)

A week of high-stakes diplomatic meetings has failed to defuse tensions in Eastern Europe or reduce the threat of a full-scale Russian invasion of...

Strengthening the OSCE’s role in strategic stability (Marina Favaro, Atlantic Council)

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)—an organization born at the height of the Cold War—might yet again prove instrumental in strengthening...

This year, Russia’s internet crackdown will be even worse (Justin Sherman, Atlantic Council)

When Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law in 2019 allowing the state to isolate the internet within Russia in the event of a...

A big week of diplomacy with Russia is over. What’s Putin’s next move? (Atlantic Council)

They’re all talked out. From Geneva to Brussels to Vienna, high-stakes meetings between Russian officials and their Western counterparts this week failed to produce any...

Who’s on Iran’s current nuclear negotiating team? Some have controversial pasts (Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Atlantic Council)

As nuclear talks in Vienna continue their halting progress, a look at the backgrounds of the key members of the Iranian negotiating team may...

The US risks losing its influence in the Horn of Africa. Here’s how to get it back (Gabriel Negatu, Atlantic Council)

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his freshly resigned Sudanese counterpart, Abdalla Hamdok, are arguably the most pro-US leaders in the Horn of Africa...

Here’s how to get US-India trade on the right track (Mark Linscott, Atlantic Council)

When top US and Indian trade officials met in New Delhi in late November, they managed to agree to a sweeping joint statement that reflects the...

What will Putin do? An expert guide to this week’s high-wire diplomacy with Russia (Atlantic Council)

With tens of thousands of Russian troops apparently poised to invade Ukraine at President Vladimir Putin’s signal, the shot clock for serious diplomacy is...

Intel CEO: Expect semiconductor shortages into 2023 (Katherine Walla, Atlantic Council)

It’s not just tech-speak: Everyone has a stake in the supply of semiconductors. “Every aspect of human existence is becoming more digital… and everything...

The American torch of democracy is flickering (Daniel Fried, Atlantic Council)

One year after the attempted putsch of January 6, American democracy remains in peril. As it turns out, Americans are neither anointed for easy greatness...

How Kazakhstan could shift Putin’s calculus on Ukraine (John E. Herbst, Atlantic Council)

Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union collapsed in a largely bloodless way. But events in recent years have proved that bloodlessness to be only temporary. Russia’s...