The author of this opinion, Salem Afeworki, is a 2016 alumna of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program.Creating sustainable, carbon-free cities requires more than technical and technological solutions—it demands a fundamental shift in leadership and decision-making. After sixteen…
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OpinionAugust 8, 2025The author of this opinion, Imane Lahlou, is a 2014 alumna of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program.Seeing the Script“What if you heard the same idea, delivered in the same words by two people, one from Sweden, the other from Senegal. Would it land the same? Whose room do you…Related topics:
OpinionJuly 21, 2025The author of this opinion, Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi, is a 2018 alumnus of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program.Historically, urban design has been guided by a philosophy that places human development in opposition to the natural world. Consequently, many cities have evolved…
OpinionJuly 4, 2025The author of this opinion, Eduarda Zoghbi, is a 2024 alumna of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program.It is no longer news that critical minerals are becoming increasingly important for global supply chains, and are essential to the energy transition. Countries are racing to secure…Related topics:
OpinionMay 1, 2025The author of this opinion, Danielle Alakija, is a 2024 alumna of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program. Once upon a time—or so the story went—the Global South was cast to the margins of the global development narrative. Assigned a supporting role in someone else’s story, it was…Related topics:
OpinionApril 30, 2025The author of this opinion, Isabela Carvalho, is a 2018 alumna of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program. In today’s interconnected world, knowledge plays a vital role in driving change and shaping solutions. Yet despite the rise of digital tools and global collaboration,…Related topics:Go to top
OpinionApril 22, 2025The author of this opinion, David Michael Terungwa, is a 2017 alumnus of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program. As the world commemorates Earth Day 2025 under the theme "Planet vs. Plastics," it is a timely moment to turn our attention to one of the planet’s most overlooked…Related topics:
OpinionApril 4, 2025The author of this opinion, Othman Mezouar, is a 2023 alumnus of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program. April 6 each year marks the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, a day dedicated to recognizing the potential of sport as a driver of social change and…
OpinionMarch 14, 2025The author of this opinion, Florencio Venté, is a 2024 alumnus of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program. Culture, diasporas, and diplomacy are strongly connected when it comes to promoting exchanges and fostering social inclusion, economic development, and the building of…Related topics:
OpinionMarch 7, 2025L'article original en anglais a été initialement publié par Devex La course pour le poste du prochain Secrétaire général de l’Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU), dont la désignation aura lieu en 2026, a commencé, discrètement. À l’occasion de la célébration de la Journée…Related topics:
OpinionJune 11, 2024Carbon trading have long been touted as a silver bullet to channelise climate finance to African countries lacking the capital to support climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. The erstwhile ‘Kyoto Protocol’ and its successor ‘The Paris Agreement’, though much more comprehensive and wider in…Related topics:
OpinionApril 30, 2024Nusrat Farooq is an international security and policy expert whose research is at the intersection of emerging technology, international relations, and trust and safety. She is a 2022 alumna of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders program. She can be reached at nusratfatooq.…Related topics:
OpinionMarch 6, 2024Nusrat Farooq is an international security and policy expert whose research is at the intersection of emerging technology, international relations, and trust and safety. She is a 2022 alumna of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders program. Learn more about her here. …Related topics:
OpinionFebruary 15, 2024The author of this piece, Carolina Novac, is a 2023 alumna of the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders program. Learn more about her here. This year, I had the honor to participate for the first time in the World Economic Forum (WEF), as a member of the delegation of Moldovan…Related topics:
OpinionFebruary 9, 2024Councilwoman Roxy Ndebumadu is a technology entrepreneur, and special advisor on beneficial AI, online safety and emerging technology. As a two term-elected official, she represents the City of Bowie, the fifth largest city in Maryland. She is also a 2023 alumna of the Atlantic Dialogues…Related topics:
OpinionJanuary 30, 2024Camila Crescimbeni is a 2023 alumna of Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders program. Learn more about her here. Following a fruitful and broad debate at the 2023 Atlantic Dialogues, Alec Russell, foreign editor of the Financial Times, asked a deep and globally-relevant question: Can…Related topics:
OpinionDecember 22, 2023Chadia Mathurin is a 2023 alumna of Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders program. Learn more about her here. This blog was originally published here. For the past week, I've been situated in Marrakech, Morocco as part of the Policy Centre for the New South’s Atlantic Dialogues…Related topics:
OpinionDecember 19, 2023Francisco Cordoba is a 2019 alumnus of Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders program. Learn more about him here. This piece was originally published here. I recently had an eye-opening experience at the Atlantic Dialogue conference in Morocco, organized by the Policy Center for the…
OpinionOctober 3, 2023Marianna Albuquerque and Santiago Theoduloz are 2022 alumni of Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders program. Learn more about Marianna here and Santiago here. From our experience of participating in the ADEL Program and the Atlantic Dialogues in 2022, we learned that the…Related topics:
OpinionSeptember 26, 2023Theodora Skeadas is a 2022 alumna of Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders program. Learn more about her here. During the 2019 Indian general elections, researchers studied how organizers used a network of WhatsApp groups to manipulate Twitter trends through coordinated mass postings. The…menu
