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Governments are still underestimating the power of sports
13+ hour, 29+ min ago (267+ words) June 24, 2026 " 4: 49pm ET Last week, I was among the eighty thousand fans packing the New York New Jersey Stadium for the FIFA World Cup match between France and Senegal. There, I witnessed yet again the power of sports'something that governments around…...
As democracies grow old, it becomes harder to adopt sound economic policies
17+ hour, 22+ min ago (477+ words) Across Western societies, mainstream parties have weakened, and movements built around grievance and identity politics have grown. Governing coalitions assemble with more difficulty, remain in office for shorter periods, and find their room for structural reform increasingly constrained. France has…...
Central banks can't afford to keep missing their inflation targets
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (234+ words) June 19, 2026 " 8: 55am ET On Wednesday, Kevin Warsh'at his first press conference as Federal Reserve chair'pointed out that inflation in the United States has been "running well ahead" of the central bank's 2-percent inflation goal. The longer central banks miss these goals,…...
Frontlines of the South China Sea: Fireside chat with Rear Admiral Jay Tarriela
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (157+ words) The spokesperson for the Philippines Coast Guard discusses maritime security developments in the South China Sea. On Friday, June 26 at 12: 30 p. m. ET, the'Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI)'of the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security will host a fireside chat…...
The Americas together: Confronting shared challenges, building shared prosperity
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (627+ words) The Atlantic Council's Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, in partnership with USA House, will convene high-level stakeholders in Panama City on the sidelines of the fifty-sixth General Assembly of the OAS. Select livestreams will be broadcast at a later date....
Putin's obsession with "denazifying' Ukraine makes peace impossible
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (409+ words) June 18, 2026 " 4: 35pm ET The presidential and parliamentary elections of 2019 took place at a time when Ukraine had already been at war with Russia for five years. Thousands had been killed and millions displaced, with the Russian threat looming large over the…...
For warning signs of the next global financial crisis, watch the activities of both banks and nonbanks
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (227+ words) Nonbank financial intermediation and financial stability: A perfect storm in the making?" It is important to analyze the specific entities and activities that pose a risk to global financial stability'rather than get distracted by comparing banks to NBFIs as the…...
Colombia's new government and the road ahead
1+ week, 1+ day ago (181+ words) The Atlantic Council's Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center hosts a conversation unpacking the results of Colombia's presidential runoff. On Monday, June 22, join the Atlantic Council's Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center from 9: 00 to 10: 00 a. m. ET/ 8: 00 to 9: 00 a. m. COT for a virtual event the…...
Russia escalates war on Ukrainian heritage and national identity
1+ week, 1+ day ago (592+ words) June 16, 2026 " 4: 58pm ET Russia bombed one of the most sacred religious sites in Ukraine early on June 15, marking the latest escalation in a Kremlin campaign to target the symbols of Ukrainian heritage and national identity. The drone strike on the historic…...
New AI models are pushing open-source security to its limits. Their developers must step up.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (675+ words) WASHINGTON'In just a matter of months, the cost of finding and exploiting a software vulnerability has collapsed. Frontier AI labs are now surfacing flaws in the open-source code that underpins nearly all modern software at a pace and volume that…...