Tag: Atlantic Council

The EU contributed to its own energy crisis, but diversification can solve it (Ellen Wald, Atlantic Council)

Power shortages and sky-high natural gas prices are raising very real fears that millions of European households could see blackouts or be unable to afford to...

Embracing Afghan refugees is a strategic opportunity for the US (Sarah Dawn Petrin, Atlantic Council)

While helping evacuees from Afghanistan at a US government facility in Virginia in September, I was struck by the excitement of the families gathered...

How to Deter Russia Now (Daniel Fried, John E. Herbst, Alexander Vershbow, Atlantic Council)

War drums are beating in Europe. For the second time this year, Moscow is assembling up to 100,000 troops and military hardware on its...

Data rules for machine learning: How Europe can unlock the potential while mitigating the risks (Blanka Soulava, Hamish Cameron, Victoria Ying, Atlantic Council)

Artificial intelligence (AI) will increasingly shape societies and the global economy. Machine learning—which is responsible for the vast majority of AI advancements—is enhancing the...

State of the space industrial base 2021: Building space infrastructure and services for security and prosperity (Atlantic Council)

Militaries, economies, and societies are increasingly dependent on services offered from space. Indeed, commerce through and enabled by space applications make up an increasing...

Enhancing regional security in the Indo-Pacific (Atlantic Council)

As China’s provocative military activity towards Taiwan has continued to surge over the past year, the United States and its allies and partners in...

‘Hungary is not a democracy anymore,’ says opposition leader (Dan Peleschuk, Atlantic Council)

Following years of steady democratic erosion, opposition-minded Hungarians are already girding for next year’s parliamentary elections—where they hope to finally unseat their populist and...

Belarus dictator turns hybrid war into humanitarian crisis (Alesia Rudnik, Atlantic Council)

Thousands of migrants from across the Middle East and beyond currently find themselves stranded on the Belarusian-Polish border. They are being cynically used as...

De-oligarchization of Ukraine is President Zelenskyy’s top priority (Andriy Yermak, Atlantic Council)

The US-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Commission meets on November 9-10 in Washington. Established during the meeting of presidents Biden and Zelenskyy in September 2021, the...

Disarming Putin’s energy weapon: Ukraine must connect to EU grid (Anders Åslund, Atlantic Council)

Ukraine is at war with Russia. Unlike the more conventional conflicts of previous centuries, this hybrid war cannot be understood via flags on maps...

Nord Stream 2: Germany must listen to Ukrainian security concerns (Olga Bielkova, Atlantic Council)

Ukraine is resolutely opposed to any energy infrastructure projects that threaten the country’s national security, attempt to sidestep EU regulations, or undermine Europe’s energy...

Surveillance Technology at the Fair: Proliferation of Cyber Capabilities in International Arms Markets (Winnona DeSombre, Lars Gjesvik, and Johann Ole Willers, Atlantic Council)

State cyber capabilities are increasingly abiding by the “pay-to-play” model—both US/NATO allies and adversaries can purchase interception and intrusion technologies from private firms for...

Iran’s Middle East influence may actually be declining (Saeid Jafari, Atlantic Council)

The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran is going through tough times. Growing global dissatisfaction with Tehran’s approach to its nuclear program...

China’s stunning military buildup (Atlantic Council)

The arms race is on. The US Defense Department’s annual report on the Chinese military, released Wednesday, revealed a chilling reality: The People’s Liberation Army (PLA)...

What will the infrastructure bill actually do? (Atlantic Council)

They took the long road. The US House of Representatives on Friday night passed a bipartisan bill to upgrade the nation’s roads, bridges, airports, public transit,...

Bending the Asia-Pacific coal curve is critical to taming climate change. COP26 is making progress (Robert F. Ichord, Jr., Atlantic Council)

On the fourth day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), host United Kingdom, which has already almost entirely phased...