Atlantic Council of United States

Science Belongs at Universities, National Laboratories – Not the UN

During a World Economic Forum session, Melissa Fleming, U.N. undersecretary-general for global

America Resilient in the Face of Aggressive Foreign Malign Influence Targeting the 2024 U.S. Elections

Central Asia in the Energy Transition

Excerpt The Central Asian region, in terms of energy, has long been known mostly for its vast endowments of oil and gas. Indeed, some of the largest new discoveries of oil anywhere in the world in the...

Return Funding for Reliable Energy to the World’s Poorest

A centerpiece of President Biden’s agenda was a government led effort to greatly reduce production and consumption of fossil fuels. One of the key policies Biden enacted to pursue this goal was ending...

Fracking and the Election: It’s Not About Pennsylvania

Vice President Kamala Harris’s changing statements  on fracking have become an important issue in the current U.S. presidential election campaign. Only five years ago, Harris pledged to ban...

Deterring Iran’s Dash to the Bomb

Militaries Can’t Transition to Renewable Energy

For now, fossil fuel use will rise—but the defense sector can lead innovation into the next generation of low-carbon sources.

How Hezbollah Fundraises Through Crime

Hours after Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis on October 7, Hezbollah opened a second front against Israel on its northern border, re-igniting a conflict now at risk of escalating into a full-blown war. While...

Cognitive Combat

China, Russia, and Iran’s Information War Against Americans

China is main beneficiary of West’s futile energy transition push

Consumption of fossil fuels is as strong as ever as they remain irreplaceable

Why 2024 is the ‘year of the drone’ after Iran’s attack on Israel

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Don’t Forget the Air Highways

While U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is focusing his remaining months in office on attaining  compensation fees for U.S. air travelers, a much bigger threat to air travel and transport...

Security Risk

The Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration

The Azerbaijanis, Not the Azeris, Are Hosting COP29

The Republic of Azerbaijan will host the annual  UN  Climate Change Conference known as COP29 in November 2024. For many who will attend COP29 and follow the process, this will be their first...

Egyptian activist tells ‘Post’ she condemns Hamas and October 7 massacre

Dalia Ziada condemned the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 but then faced a wave of threats and criticism at home and had to flee to the US.

Latin America’s Hezbollah Problem

Hezbollah's presence in the region merits swift recognition and action.

US International energy policy toward the 2024 elections

While international energy policy is not on the ballot in the 2024 US elections, the election outcome will profoundly impact the U.S. role in international energy developments. Current U.S. energy policies have determined new rules of American engagement in the international arena. ...

Insecurity in the Black Sea Puts Upward Pressure on the Global Oil Market

The global oil price is edging toward $100 a barrel. If oil remains high, it will be difficult to bring inflation down. Most blame the Saudi Arabian and Russian oil cuts for the price increase and ignore...

Treasury sanctions Hezbollah’s network in Colombia, but what took so long?

The Biden administration wants to create the impression it is finally getting tough on Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group and Iranian proxy. The Treasury Department’s sanctions last...

President Aliyev: “Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran are at the Lowest Level Ever”

From day one of the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Iran has been hostile toward Baku and consistently acted to undermine its security and independence. However, over the last year the ties...