A high-level Ghanaian delegation, comprising PleasureNews journalist Eliasu Tanko, former Chief of Air Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces Frank Hanson, and previous Defence Advisor to Nigeria Commodore James Osei Kontoh, has arrived in Morocco to take part within the 14th version of the Atlantic Dialogues Conference. The flagship discussion board, organised by way of the Policy Centre for the New South (PCNS) beneath the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, is happening from December 11 to 13, 2025, on the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) campus in Rabat.

Now in its fourteenth 12 months, the Atlantic Dialogues has develop into a premier cross-border platform connecting Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean. It supplies a chance to think again inter-Atlantic family members and read about the rising geopolitical and financial relevance of the South Atlantic. This 12 months builds at the expanded multidisciplinary structure presented in 2024.

A Focus on Crisis, Democracy, and Global Transformation

The 2025 version addresses the advanced crises confronting the arena nowadays, analyzing their implications and doable reforms. The opening plenary will discover a central debate: whether or not democracy can nonetheless ship in an technology marked by way of declining public believe and fast societal evolution.

Over 3 days, contributors will have interaction in 9 plenary classes and twenty specialized workshops overlaying issues comparable to cross-border governance, financial resilience, safety, local weather trade, and technological transformation. There may be a notable center of attention on underexplored spaces, together with the strategic worth of maritime corridors, efforts to ease geopolitical tensions, and the security of fragile marine ecosystems.

Action-Oriented Dialogue and Expert Contributions

With greater than 2,000 contributors anticipated, the discussion board emphasises sensible answers and collaborative motion. Moderated discussions inspire open, direct engagement amongst mavens, policymakers, private-sector leaders, and civil society.

The convention opens with the release of the twelfth version of the Atlantic Currents record, a flagship PCNS e-newsletter analysing main patterns shaping the Atlantic Basin since 2014. Contributions from former presidents, ministers, diplomats, researchers, and main assume tanks will additional enrich the conversations.

Strengthening Intergenerational Exchange

Running in parallel is the twelfth Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders (ADEL) program, which hosts 40 younger pros elderly 25–35 from around the Atlantic house. Selected from greater than 1,000 candidates, they go through in depth originality and design-thinking coaching sooner than collaborating absolutely within the convention. Their reflections and views might be showcased throughout the remaining rite.

PCNS: Championing Global South Perspectives

The Policy Center for the New South continues to ascertain itself as an influential voice on problems affecting the Atlantic area. Its tasks come with the Atlantic Strategy Group (ASG)—shaped with the German Marshall Fund of the U.S. and the Luso-American Development Foundation—to deepen inter-Atlantic discussion.

PCNS additionally often contributes to the yearly stories of the Atlantic Center in Portugal and convenes its personal annual convention in Lisbon to inspect focused Atlantic issues.

About PCNS

PCNS is a Moroccan assume tank dedicated to advancing financial, social, and global public insurance policies centred on Morocco, Africa, and the wider Global South. Through analysis, strategic partnerships, and high-level convenings—such because the Atlantic Dialogues, Africa Economic Symposium (AES), and African Peace and Security Annual Conference (APSACO)—the centre performs a pivotal function in shaping future-focused conversations.

The participation of Ghanaian media and army leaders displays Ghana’s rising integration into Atlantic cooperation and its dedication to influencing rising geopolitical dynamics around the area.

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