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The Atlantic Council promotes constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the Atlantic Community’s central role in meeting global challenges. The Council provides an essential forum for navigating the dramatic economic and political changes defining the twenty-first century by informing and galvanizing its uniquely influential network of global leaders. Through the papers we write, the ideas we generate, and the communities we build, the Council shapes policy choices and strategies to create a more secure and prosperous world.

NATO 20/2020

Twenty bold ideas to reimagine the Alliance after the 2020 US election

More than two decades after NATO’s inspired decision to invite former adversaries to join its ranks, the Alliance is in need of equally captivating ideas. The essays in this volume are intended to push the Alliance to think boldly and creatively in the service of recapturing the public’s imagination.

Read our provocative essays on the future of NATO

Explore the podcast series

NATO 20/2020 is a weekly podcast that explores 20 bold ideas to push NATO to be more visionary, more capable, and more self-evidently valuable to the security of more people.

Making a difference

Learn more about the Atlantic Council’s insights & impact through these stories of how our regional and thematic programs are making a difference not only in shaping how we view global issues but also in shaping their outcome.

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Aug 22, 2024

Chhangani quoted by Fast Company on the risks of a US strategic bitcoin reserve

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

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Aug 22, 2024

Donovan cited by Money Laundering Bulletin on the financing of Hamas in relation to the October 7 attack

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Middle East

In the News

Aug 22, 2024

Wechsler quoted in VOA News on the potential for a regional war in the Middle East

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Defense Policy Iran

In the News

Aug 22, 2024

Asat quoted in ABC News on the “racialized atrocity crime” of China’s Uyghur policies

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China Human Rights

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Aug 22, 2024

Fulton quoted in China Global South on head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce pressuring China to implement stalled strategic agreement

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China Iran

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Aug 22, 2024

Katz in Harvard Belfer Center’s Russia Matters: “Did Riyadh Really Get Moscow to Not Arm the Houthis and Why Does That Matter?”

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Conflict Middle East

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Aug 21, 2024

McCue co-authors chapter in edited volume on US and Indian approaches to nuclear security challenges

By Atlantic Council

On August 13, 2024, Forward Defense Visiting Senior Fellow Lieutenant Colonel James McCue co-authored a chapter in a new book published by Springer titled The Challenges of Nuclear Security: U.S. and Indian Perspectives.

Arms Control Crisis Management

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Aug 21, 2024

Webster quoted in RFE/RL on the Siberia-2 pipeline

By Joseph Webster

China East Asia

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Aug 21, 2024

Alkhatib joins ABC Radio National to discuss the Israel-Hamas war

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Conflict Crisis Management

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Aug 21, 2024

Damon quoted in World Socialist Web Site on Israel continuing in Gaza after Washington pushes ‘ceasefire’ deal

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Conflict Israel