Category: Content Series

Threaten decisive nuclear retaliation

By David Gompert and Hans Binnendijk

NATO should thwart Russian use of nuclear weapons by threatening certain retaliation.

Disband the NATO Response Force

By John R. Deni

Replacing the NRF with a plug-and-play interoperability model increases the chance that NATO will employ its high-readiness forces.

Seek membership for Mexico

By Christopher Skaluba, Gabriela R. A. Doyle

Building a relationship between NATO and Mexico may be the key to keeping a rapidly changing America invested in European security.

End the Russian veto on Georgian accession

By Luke Coffey and Alexis Mrachek

Admitting Georgia to NATO without extending an Article 5 guarantee to Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali Region can fulfil the promise of the Bucharest Summit.

Revitalize NATO’s grand strategy

By Ambassador Timo Koster and Ivanka Barzashka

Collective strategic analysis is the pathway to a more inclusive, transparent, and systematic process for creating NATO’s next strategic concept.

Supersize cyber

By Safa Shahwan Edwards, Will Loomis, Simon Handler

NATO should adopt a digital .2 percent policy whereby member states commit to spend .2 percent of their gross domestic product on cybersecurity and digital defense modernization.

Meet the DFC’s Africa Investment Advisors

By Africa Center

Watch interviews with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation's new Africa Investment Advisors, charged with advancing investment and expanding the DFC's portfolio on the continent. The DFC’s Africa Investment Advisor program, launched in 2020, is implemented in partnership with CrossBoundary LLC.

#AlertaVenezuela: October 14, 2020

By Atlantic Council's DFRLab

Nicolás Maduro claimed anew that Colombian President Iván Duque had prepared for and will oversee incursion into Venezuela.

An overview of DFC operations in African markets

By Africa Center

Regional Director for Africa at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Vibhuti Jain, joins Atlantic Council Africa Center Senior Fellow Aubrey Hruby to provide an overview of the U.S. DFC’s operations in African markets and the new Africa Investment Advisors program ahead of the Investing in Africa’s Future Conference.

Aviso LatAm: COVID-19 October 9

New case and fatality rates have been slowing in Latin America. Of the ten most populous countries in the region, only Argentina has seen a sustained rise in infections and deaths in recent weeks.