Romesh Ratnesar

Senior VP, @AtlanticCouncil. Former @Opinion editorial board, @StateDept, @BW, @TIME. Contributing editor, @Washingtonian. Opinions mine

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Tonight, the Atlantic Council will honor 🇦🇺 Australian Prime Minister @AlboMP at the 2026 Global Citizen Awards.

From defense and security to Australia’s role in the Indo-Pacific, explore some of our recent coverage in this thread 🧵 #ACAwards
https://t.co/M5n3xGqpD5

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

In an op-ed for The New York Times, I argue that saving Gaza & its Palestinian people requires resisting Hamas, weaving in personal themes, addressing issues with the Left & "pro-Palestine" movement & proposing a vision for Gaza's future Transformation.
https://t.co/X4OCVETl8M

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@charlesjkenny So sorry for your loss Charles. What an extraordinary life.

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@AtlanticCouncil experts on the US attack on Iran and what comes next: https://t.co/x0FGTE9TS1

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🎙️ Introducing Guide to the Global Economy podcast, from @ACGeoEcon.

In the premiere episode, @joshualipsky and @clichfield1 discuss: what happens when a central bank loses independence?

🎧 Watch or listen now 👇
YouTube: https://t.co/59bCB7NIrE
Spotify: https://t.co/Uafr0ho6eX
Apple: https://t.co/7xWDxAc3F6

[Mick Ryan, AM @WarintheFuture]

A useful look at different aspects of NATO defence spending from ⁦@AtlanticCouncil⁩ https://t.co/J0kTlyegjp

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@TheStalwart Take a bow @stengel

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WATCH | This week, @Netflix released “A House of Dynamite,” a political thriller that has sparked conversation about nuclear weapons.

But what did it get right or wrong about the real threat of a nuclear war?

@ACScowcroft’s @MatthewKroenig weighs in.

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On Wednesday, Poland shot down more than a dozen Russian drones that had entered its territory near its border with Ukraine and Belarus.

Our experts share their insights on what happened and what NATO allies should do next.
https://t.co/Ea0XZoz0xG

[Romesh Ratnesar @romeshratnesar]

Anatomy of a foreign-policy fiasco: my review of Scott Anderson’s new history of the Iranian revolution in @AirMailWeekly
https://t.co/1bM5SCdbIj

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🔴 April 3 | 🕘 12:30 pm ET

What are the global implications of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs? Join @joshualipsky, @jmarczak, @JornFleck, @dtiffroberts, and @sophiabusch_ for an X #Spaces conversation.

Join the conversation live. ⬇️
https://t.co/FKAyB9zcq9

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WATCH | As the Munich Security Conference kicks off, @ACScowcroft’s @lukaignac analyzes remarks from 🇪🇺 European Commission President @vonderleyen and 🇺🇸 US Vice President @JDVance on the first day of the conference. #MSC2025

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On Inauguration Day, @POTUS #Trump promised to take back the #Panama Canal. Here's my take for @AtlanticCouncil on what to know about this pledge. @ACLatAm https://t.co/nd18pGYv61

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STATEMENT ON THE HOME RAIDS OF TWO ATLANTIC COUNCIL STAFF IN GEORGIA:

From Graham Brookie, the Atlantic Council’s vice president for technology programs and strategy, as well as the senior director of the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab):

On the morning of October 24, officials from the Investigative Service of Georgia’s Ministry of Finance raided the homes of two staff members of the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab in Tbilisi, Georgia, confiscating their electronic devices. They were not detained and have not been charged by Georgian authorities.

The Atlantic Council is deeply concerned about this development and its impact on our staff’s work shortly before Georgian elections. Our Georgian colleagues, Sopo Gelava and Eto Buziashvili, are engaged in independent, non-partisan work aimed at defending and strengthening democracy from those who would undermine it in online spaces, including research related to foreign influence efforts, the targeting of marginalized communities, and other online harms.

We trust that Georgian authorities will provide more clarity on their actions, ensure the safety and security of our staff, return their property, and allow them to continue their contributions to Georgian democracy.

The Atlantic Council has long been a champion of a democratic and independent Georgia and its aspirations to join the institutions of the transatlantic community. The Digital Forensic Research Lab publishes research that highlights the importance of discourse and objective information as a foundation of free, open, and democratic countries.

The Atlantic Council will continue its work in Georgia in the spirit of its mission of shaping the global future together with partners and allies. We will continue to monitor the situation closely.

[Anna Nagurney @Supernetworks]

Absolutely brilliant insights from Nobel peace laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina even emphasizing that the world order for peace and security is destroyed. Thanks to ⁦@AtlanticCouncil⁩ for hosting this very special guest today.

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A deeply insightful and balanced report that goes beyond the headlines and outlines a smart, sustainable, bipartisan Iran strategy. Kudos to @jonathanpanikoff and the rest of @AtlanticCouncil Iran Strategy Project https://t.co/hfO00bt0sT

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

On the eve of the one-year mark since the October 7 massacre, I urge all who claim to care about Palestinians in Gaza and beyond to remember what this dark day represents for the Israeli and Jewish people. Please understand that 10/7 was an exceptionally painful day in which over 1,000 were criminally murdered and maimed; children, women, and bystanders were randomly killed, kidnapped, abused, and taken hostage; remember the trauma that this unjustified terror act has brought upon the Jewish people, making it the worst single-day attack since the Holocaust.

Do not celebrate Hamas, the despicable terror organization that has destroyed Gaza, held its people hostage, and delivered them on a silver platter to the most extremist government in Israel’s history. Do not taunt the Jewish people or boast about the supposed act of resistance, which October 7 was not. Do not harass people who are commemorating the tragedy and its victims. Please be mindful and respectful.

Be as outraged and horrified as you want to be about Gaza and the unbelievable death and destruction there. But give Israelis and Jews the space to remember their lost loved ones. The two traumas do not have to cancel each other out; they are, in fact, intertwined, and only this recognition can help us move forward.

Gaza is central to my being, identity, lived experience, and connection to the land. I care deeply about ending the war and being part of the Strip’s transformation. But that would never mean denying the horrors that Hamas and other terrorists committed on October 7.

Not in my name.

I stand with my Jewish brothers, sisters, and allies in remembering those who lost their lives on that fateful day, and pledged to always be a partner in pursuit of healing, reconciliation, justice, freedom, safety, security, and dignity for all.

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🧵 On Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli air strike on Friday.

Where does Hezbollah go from here? Will Iran launch its own retribution against Israel?

Atlantic Council experts share their insights: https://t.co/2hIuE5NdnY

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Great conversation between @CondoleezzaRice and @FredKempe on perils of isolationism and need for US leadership at inaugural @AtlanticCouncil Global Future Forum

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The Abraham Accords is a symbol of realism and what the region needs, @AnwarGargash tells @FredKempe at the #ACGlobalFutureForum.

Our starting point is dealing with the fire before we focus on reconstruction, he explains.