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Wider Atlantic

GMF and its partners have led path-breaking work on the wider Atlantic with the aim of challenging traditional “mental maps” of transatlantic relations. This effort highlights the North-South and South-South dimensions, alongside U.S.-European relations. Looking at the Atlantic as a whole, our team explores trends and challenges of shared interest, with special attention to the maritime dimension.

What are the implications of changing U.S. and European roles? Is the open system of Atlantic trade, finance, and mobility under threat or will it prove durable? How can countries around the Atlantic basin address the challenge of trans-regional crime and spillovers of political violence? What are the implications of new trends in energy and shipping? What opportunities and challenges are on the horizon for the “blue economy”? Does political unrest in Venezuela and elsewhere point to an Atlantic spring, or something else?

Through convening and analysis around these and other questions, we help shape an agenda for wider Atlantic cooperation. Our network is inclusive and diverse, bringing together leaders from government, business, civil society, and the media.

The Wider Atlantic program is led by Dr. Ian Lesser, GMF vice president and executive director of the Brussels office. For more information please contact Laura Basagni, Program Coordinator, at [email protected].

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Featured Events

Nov
4
Past Event

Atlantic Strategy Group 2019 United States: Illicit Flows Across the Atlantic: Building a Cooperative Maritime Response

November 4, 2019 to November 6, 2019
| Miami, FL
Feb
20
Past Event

Atlantic Strategy Group 2019 Morocco: The Wider Atlantic Economy – An Integrated Space at Risk?

February 20, 2019 to February 22, 2019
| Rabat
May
28
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Atlantic Strategy Group 2018 Portugal: The Atlantic and Global Risks

May 28, 2018 to May 30, 2018
| Lisbon
Apr
24
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Atlantic Strategy Group 2016 Senegal: An Atlantic Conversation on Prosperity and Security

April 25, 2016 to April 27, 2016
| Dakar
Feb
25
Past Event

Five Rising Democracies and their Roles in the International System

February 25, 2016 | 5:00PM to 6:30PM CET
Feb
17
Past Event

Fragile States and Transnational Security Implications

February 17, 2016 | 9:00AM to 11:00AM CET
| Brussels
Sep
29
Past Event

From Past to Present: Renewing U.S., EU, and African Relations

September 29, 2015 | 12:00PM to 2:00PM CEST
| Brussels
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