8 PM 30th of November, 1938 The usual music radio program is periodically interrupted “for important news”: The alien invasion of New York has begun. They landed in Grover’s Mill (New Jersey) and during the impact the aircraft created a crater. The reporter’s report is interrupted by a panicked announcement …

Vladimir Putin escalated his war against Ukrainian statehood on July 11 by expanding the fast-track distribution of Russian passports to include the whole of Ukraine. The move builds on legislation first introduced in spring 2019 which simplified the passport application process for Ukrainians living in eastern Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Donbas regions. Following the …

It’s the war that was both eminently predictable and roundly unpredicted. If ever there has been a conflict that underscored the urgent need in the policy world for strategic foresight, it’s the one currently raging in Ukraine. For months, our foresight experts have been projecting how the war could break out and, …

Speaking with members of the EU parliament on 13 July 2022, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg described the NATO Summit in Madrid as “historic and transformative”. The Secretary General was attending a joint meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence …

Regional integration. It’s one of the overarching themes of US President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week—and might sound out of place in the famously volatile and conflict-prone Middle East. But it shouldn’t: While previous US presidential trips have focused on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, managing …

On Monday 11 July 2022, the NATO Military Committee elected Lieutenant General Max A.L.T. Nielsen to be the new Commandant of the NATO Defense College. Lieutenant General Nielsen has been serving as the Military Representative to NATO and EU since 2019. He will take over from Lieutenant General Olivier Rittimann …

Condolences from global leaders poured in Friday after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated at a political rally in the city of Nara. He was 67 years old. The country’s longest-serving post-World War II leader, Abe presided over a mostly stable period at home and sought to bolster Japan’s standing …

Boris Johnson announced on Thursday that he would leave his post as prime minister of the United Kingdom as soon as a replacement from within the Conservative Party is selected, after a series of scandals resulted in a revolt from within his administration. So what happens now to the “Global …

President of the Atlantic Council of Serbia Vladan Živulović and member of the Board of Directors Milomir Mandić attended the reception at the US Embassy in Belgrade on the occasion of US Independence Day. Representatives of the Atlantic Council of Serbia had the honor of being hosted by the US …

The President of the Atlantic Council of Serbia was a guest on Tanjug TV in the “Good Morning” show, where he spoke about the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO in the “Press Analysis” rubric. You can watch a recording of the show HERE

Statement by James Joye Townsend, President of the Atlantic Treaty Association, on Russia’s attack on Ukraine. I, as President of the Atlantic Treaty Association, with the full support of the ATA Bureau after today’s special meeting, firmly condemn the brutal attack upon the sovereign nation of Ukraine. This attack is …

  YATA Serbia, the youth branch of Atlantic Council of Serbia, has organized a workshop about Communications and PR basics as a part of Youth Outreach 2021 project. You can watch the whole workshop HERE.

On Tuesday (5 October), speaking at an event hosted by Brookings Institution and Georgetown University in Washington D.C., NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “The need for transatlantic unity is greater today than at any time since the end of the Cold War”. “We must always take our differences seriously …

The President of the Atlantic Council of Serbia, Vladan Živulović, spoke to News Max Adria about the cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and NATO in the news report “Is Serbia’s military neutrality sustainable”.

1.       We, the Foreign Ministers of NATO, met today to discuss the difficult situation in Afghanistan. 2.       We are united in our deep concern about the grave events in Afghanistan and call for an immediate end to the violence. We also express deep concerns about reports of serious human rights …