FAST THINKING: Atlantic Council experts Melanie Hart, @joshualipsky, @Mister_G_2, and @kentonthibaut unpack what the latest Trump-Xi summit changed, what it left unresolved, and what to watch before they meet again. Read their analysis ⤵️ atlanticcouncil.org/content-…

Glad to be part of this important discussion @EuropeGulfForum

📅 September 29, 4:00 p.m. ET Allied investment in US defense manufacturing is accelerating, in step with US policy. What's driving it, and what does it mean strategically? Find out with our #ForwardDefense panel featuring Hanwha, Kongsberg & Helsing leaders. #Defense #NatSec 🔗 Register: bit.ly/4rnoGE3

How can the US effectively counter China’s tech influence in the Global South? Join us on September 28 at 12:30 p.m. ET. ⤵️

🇭🇳🇺🇸 Ahead of our private roundtable during #ACinNY, Honduran President @titoasfura and Foreign Minister Mireya Agüero shared with AALAC their perspectives on Honduras’ investment potential and the future of the US-Honduras relationship. President Asfura highlighted opportunities for investment across infrastructure, energy, education, and other sectors, while Foreign Minister Agüero underscored the depth of the bilateral relationship and opportunities to expand cooperation on investment, trade, and regional security. 🎥 Watch their insights from New York. #ACLatAm @AtlanticCouncil

U.S. @AsstSecStateAF, Frank Garcia, joined us @ACAfricaCenter this week on "Africa’s advantage: Building national value in a global mining economy” on the margins of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly in New York #UNGA2026 #AfricasTimeHasCome

It was a busy and productive week in New York for the @AtlanticCouncil Turkey Program. Over three days, we hosted four events bringing together senior government officials, as well as private sector leaders from across the region. Here’s a look back at the week👇

Xi confirming he will attend G20 in Miami is significant. Earlier this month most expected he wouldn't return to the US in December. Xi has skipped two of last three G20s (India & South Africa). Now a two month truce extension means Trump goes to APEC & Xi returns the favor.

Momentum is building in Washington for a diesel export ban. But “a diesel export ban would likely create more problems than it would solve,” argue @ACGlobalEnergy’s @Joe_Webster_CRR, @reid_ianson, Theo Aldrighi, and Priscila Putzulu: atlanticcouncil.org/dispatch…

At the @AtlanticCouncil Global Citizen Awards during #UNGA81, I spoke with @F1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali, one of this year’s honorees. I told him about Belarusians’ peaceful demand for change in 2020, the repression that followed and the political prisoners still held by the regime. International attention is one of their strongest protections. Every influential voice can help ensure that they are remembered and ultimately freed.

Worth reading this excellent piece from Ohimai Amaize @AtlanticCouncil senior editor, social media strategy and audience engagement outlining lessons for Africa from his impressive sports background in Nigeria #AfricasTimeHasCome

The @EuropeGulfForum, hosted by the Antenna Group in partnership with the Atlantic Council, just concluded its convening of European and Gulf leaders on the margins of UNGA in New York. Watch Atlantic Council President and CEO @FredKempe share key takeaways from the meeting.

Putin’s inability to secure Beijing’s backing for the Power of Siberia-2 pipeline is strengthening international perceptions that the invasion of Ukraine has reduced Russia to the status of China’s junior partner, writes @zaharhryniv. Read more ⤵️ atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/uk…

The challenge facing Hanoi is therefore no longer simply how to attract more FDI but how to “turn FDI into higher productivity at home,” writes @ACGeoEcon’s @AMohseniC. Read more ⤵️ atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ec…

"This is not the moment to try to put more pressure on Ukraine by depriving them of the ability to strike Russian oil and gas refineries," former UK PM @BorisJohnson tells @JohnEdHerbst. "We should be putting the pressure on Putin to get this war over."

On Wednesday, the Scowcroft Center's @AndrewLPeek met with @ZelenskyyUa on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly alongside @ACEurasia and @AtlanticCouncil colleagues.

Today, on the sidelines of #UNGA, we at @AtlanticCouncil @ACLatAm were honored to host Colombia’s VP @jrestrp, Minister @MauricioGomezCO, Ambassador María Consuelo Araújo, and other senior leaders to discuss Misión Crecer, reconstruction and investment in earthquake-affected areas, and how to translate renewed momentum in the #US-#Colombia relationship with the new @ABDELAESPRIELLA administration into growth and opportunity. After nearly a decade of @AtlanticCouncil work to strengthen this vital partnership, we look forward to helping deliver tangible results. Thanks to AALAC Advisory Council member Leticia Ossa Daza for hosting us.

Extremely pleased to continue our conversation with Atlantic Council and, through its outreach, with a wider audience, on the opportunities that stem from RO-US partnership. I had the chance to have an excellent partner and moderator in Jenna Ben-Yehuda, Executive Vice President of the Atlantic Council, whose expertise helped outlining the areas, traditional or new, where an increased cooperation between Romania and the Unites States will be more advantageous for our two countries. What is already an establishes Strategic Partnership is currently further consolidated, taking advantage of the US active involvement in supporting partners with a strong capacity to contribute to common objectives and Romania s status of a major and reliable NATO ally on the Eastern Flank, an increasingly important energy and infrastructure hub that connects Southern and Central Europe, the Caucasus and the EU, providing unique opportunities to US investments and US companies. The message from Romania is clear: we raised both the level of our commitments and the speed at which it delivers them when it comes to security and deepening cooperation in economy, energy and technology. Romania is dedicated to advancing and expanding the bilateral strategic partnership with the U.S. and to promoting a strong transatlantic partnership. @AtlanticCouncil piped.video/watch?v=7zNIYR7x…

Europe and the Gulf have made enormous strides in bringing the two regions closer together. But there’s still more to do. That’s why the Europe Gulf Forum was founded. At UNGA 2026, political and business leaders came together to deepen that partnership. Connecting Leaders. Driving Action.

Azerbaijan borders both Russia and Iran and is caught between two wars it cannot control. In a dispatch from Baku, @ACEurasia’s @andrew_danieri examines what this means for the country’s economic and diplomatic future: atlanticcouncil.org/dispatch…