
What von der Leyen and Carney are up to with Canada’s ‘associate’ EU membership
In her state of the union address, the European Commission president proposed Ottawa join the European Union, but not as a full member.

In her state of the union address, the European Commission president proposed Ottawa join the European Union, but not as a full member.

A third-party AI auditing market could help close federal oversight gaps and complement the new White House's new rules.

A Gulf-led maritime cooperation could break the Hormuz stalemate by offering Iran an off-ramp while preventing unilateral control.

Every day Ukraine keeps fighting, Russian influence grows weaker in the countries of the ex-USSR that Moscow refers to as the “near abroad.” Nowhere is this Russian retreat clearer than in Armenia, writes Joseph Epstein.

Allies in the Asia-Pacific should recognize that they cannot continue to be perceived as unwilling to assist the US in its conflict with Iran.

The Southeast Asian nation has proved it can grow. Now, amid shifting supply chains and rising geopolitical tensions, it must prove it can grow more productively.

Iraq has a short window of time to rein in its militias and create favorable commercial conditions to improve ties with the US.

While overall democracy has deteriorated globally in recent years, countries that democratize still see greater economic growth and prosperity over time.

The EU's digital sovereignty agenda is missing a funded, independent institutional capability to hold its own technology investments democratically accountable."

Concerns about catastrophic risks to humanity have put artificial intelligence at the top of the agenda for the leaders’ upcoming meeting.
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 – The Atlantic Council announced today that its fifteenth annual Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards will honor President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb; Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese; President and CEO of Formula One (F1) Stefano Domenicali; and Emmy, Tony, and two-time Grammy Award-winning and three-time Academy […]

The US Air Force should consider spreading the multirole model across networks of smaller, cheaper drones.

Free trade agreements were supposed to protect US trading partners. But the Trump administration’s tariffs are putting that promise to the test.

From Angolan oil to Congolese copper, China's economic slowdown is creating new winners and losers across Africa.

The threat of frontier artificial intelligence must be at the top of the agenda for the upcoming meeting between the leaders.

Atlantic Council experts assess the new commitments from the leaders of Anthropic, OpenAI, and others, along with the state of the tech and the risk to the human race.

No country in the world today knows more about Russian cyber warfare than Ukraine, but further steps are required in order to help Kyiv’s partners make the most of Ukraine’s unrivaled experience, writes Iryna Volnytska.

How can the UN and the international community ensure that when illicit funds are seized, victims of the illicit activity benefit? The Atlantic Council's Strategic Litigation Program contributed a brief to the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights with six key recommendations on the subject.

Experts look at what Rubio's tour signals about the US push for closer cooperation with Latin America's new crop of conservatives.

The United States’ chief adversary has a soft power strategy. Why doesn’t Washington?