Issue briefs and reports

Issue briefs and reports

Our programs and centers deliver in-depth, highly relevant issue briefs and reports that break new ground, shift opinions, and set agendas on public policy, with a focus on advancing debates by integrating foundational research and analysis with concrete policy solutions.

Nuclear Issues for NATO After the Strategic Concept

Global Energy Agenda
Jun 8, 2026

2026 Global Energy Agenda full survey results

The Global Energy Agenda takes the pulse of the energy community, revealing expert views on global energy security, access, and sustainability.

Africa
Americas

Nuclear Issues for NATO After the Strategic Concept

Report
Jun 1, 2026

Atlantic Council Commission on AI lays a roadmap for US leadership in the age of AI

By
Atlantic Council experts

The flagship report of the Atlantic Council Commission on AI and US competitiveness, which presents an action-oriented roadmap for strengthening US domestic AI capacity.

Artificial Intelligence
Cybersecurity

Nuclear Issues for NATO After the Strategic Concept

Issue Brief
Jun 9, 2026

How global authoritarians sustain inequality

By
Deng Liu

Authoritarian leaders across the world use targeted strategies to sustain inequality. But developing countries should instead pull from a variety of existing development models to create societal prosperity.

East Asia
Freedom and Prosperity

Content

Issue Brief

Jul 11, 2011

Nuclear Issues for NATO After the Strategic Concept

By Walt Slocombe

Atlantic Council Strategic Advisors Group member and former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Walt Slocombe analyzes how the 2010 NATO Strategic Concept will impact Alliance nuclear politics and posture in “Nuclear Issues for NATO After the Strategic Concept.” Download the PDF

NATO Nuclear Deterrence

Issue Brief

Jul 11, 2011

EUCOM and NATO-EU Relations after the Lisbon Summit

By Leo Michel

In “EUCOM and NATO-EU Relations after the Lisbon Summit: Bank Shots Score Too,” Leo Michel urges the United States to ‘embed’ officers with allied and partner defense institutions and for EUCOM to work with other European institutions on the implementation of the Comprehensive Approach. Download the PDF

European Union International Organizations

Report

Jul 6, 2011

Mapping the Economic and Financial Future

A new Atlantic Council report summarizes two years’ worth of rich and deep discussions from our “Mapping the Economic and Financial Future” speakers’ forum. Our Global Business and Economics Program has partnered with Deutsche Bank on this important initiative to help build the intellectual foundation for understanding the financial crisis, and drive the debate on […]

Economy & Business Fiscal and Structural Reform

Issue Brief

Jun 2, 2011

Iran sanctions: Preferable to war but no silver bullet

By Barbara Slavin

In Iran Sanctions: Preferable to War but No Silver Bullet, South Asia Center Non-resident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin outlines the penalties imposed on Iran as a result of its nuclear program; its support for organizations the U.S. government has designated as terrorist; and its human rights abuses.

Iran

External

May 26, 2011

Obama’s Crucial Moment in Poland

By Kurt Volker, Ivan Vejvoda, and Damon Wilson

President Obama’s visit to Europe this week is giving him the opportunity to bury once and for all perceptions that have dogged his administration from the outset: that the US has lost interest in Europe, and has put a higher priority on resetting relations with an authoritarian Russia than it has on the completion of […]

External

May 11, 2011

The New Engines of European Enlargement: Central Europe’s Role in Completing Europe

By Damon Wilson

In the wake of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, “Europe whole, free and secure” was not just a vision. It became a successful policy leading to the consolidation of democracy in Central Europe and, with the region’s integration into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU), the end of a divided continent.  This […]

Issue Brief

Mar 31, 2011

Roma Inclusion: A Call for Central European Leadership

By Susan Ball

In the latest Atlantic Council Issue Brief, “Roma Inclusion: A Call for Central European Leadership,” Susan Ball, a State Department Senior Fellow in the International Security Program, highlights the growing urgency of the challenge to integrate Europe’s Roma populations and makes the case for Central European states to play a leadership role in Europe’s efforts […]

Central Europe Europe & Eurasia

Issue Brief

Mar 25, 2011

“Strategically lonely” Iran exploits opportunities for regional influence

By Barbara Slavin

This issue brief, authored by South Asia Center Non-resident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin, provides an overview of Iran’s regional role, examines its relations with Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Gulf, assesses the implications of recent Arab uprisings, and offers insights about the prospects for regional cooperation.

Iran

External

Mar 8, 2011

New Transatlantic Trends in Competition Policy: Report

A high-level roundtable organised by Friends of Europe, the Atlantic Council of the United States, Baker & McKenzie, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), and the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace (ICOMP) with media partners Europe’s World and MLex Market Intelligence produced this report.   Thursday 10 June 2010 – Concert Noble, Brussels Click here to download the […]

Economy & Business European Union

Issue Brief

Mar 4, 2011

Turkey’s Three Transformations

By Ross Wilson

In the latest Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Issue Brief, “Turkey’s Three Transformations,” Ambassador Ross Wilson, the Center’s Director, analyzes the mutually-reinforcing trends in migration, economics and politics that have reshaped Turkey and will continue to do so.   Download the PDF

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