Where global leadership meets the world’s most powerful platform for engagement
and policy impact
Sports shape geopolitics, investment, technology, and society worldwide—with an estimated annual investment of $2.3 trillion and growing.
This new effort at the Atlantic Council will bring together heads of state, athletes, commissioners, owners, CEOs, investors, and innovators to build partnerships, advance ideas, and drive global development.
The Atlantic Council’s Power of Sports Center convenes the world’s leaders to harness sports as a platform for diplomacy, innovation, economic growth, and global cooperation.
Our pillars
Statecraft
Advancing international cooperation, strengthening alliances, and promoting global leadership through the unifying power of sport.
Infrastructure & Development
Exploring investment, private capital, stadium and venue development, tourism, and the economic impact of major sporting events.
Innovation
Examining the future of sports through artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and digital transformation.
Society
Expanding opportunity through workforce development, education, human capital development.
Resilience
Strengthening leadership and preparedness by addressing security, climate resilience, public health, and the role of sports in building stronger communities.
Purpose-built gatherings designed to move from dialogue to action – with measured outcomes and tailored written products.
Convening and shaping
the world’s most
influential leaders
Heads of State
League Commissioners
Team Owners
CEOs
Investors
Athletes
Global Institutions
Sports influence economies, nations, and societies on an unprecedented scale.
Our mission is to transform the unique power of sports into stronger alliances, greater prosperity, and lasting global impact.
Global impact
Help shape the future of the Atlantic Council’s Power of Sports Center alongside a select group of visionary sports leaders, investors, and organizations committed to unlocking sports’ potential to advance global leadership.
To learn more about becoming a Founding Partner, please contact: ghatcher@atlanticcouncil.org.
Become a founding partner
Brazilian Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti and Moroccan Ambassador Youssef Amrani at Atlantic Council HQ, June 2026
Tom Brady at Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards, New York, September 2025
Washington Spirit CEO Kim Stone and Ambassador Rama Yade, Atlantic Council HQ, March 2026
Ukrainian tennis champion Elina Svitolina at Atlantic Council HQ, June 2023
German soccer star Antonio Rüdiger at Atlantic Council HQ, July 2026
