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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

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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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In the News

Apr 1, 2020

Feng and Saha in China Brief: Global supply chains, economic decoupling, and US-China relations, part 1: The view from the United States

By Atlantic Council

On April 1, 2020, Ashley Feng and Sagatom Saha published a piece in The Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Apr 1, 2020

Warrick quoted in FedScoop on Future of DHS Project

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus Cybersecurity

In the News

Apr 1, 2020

Atlantic Council Future of DHS Project mentioned in POLITICO

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus Cybersecurity

In the News

Mar 31, 2020

Shullman in War on the Rocks: How China is exploiting the pandemic to export authoritarianism

By Atlantic Council

On March 31, 2020, War on the Rocks published an article by David O. Shullman, “How China is Exploiting the Pandemic to Export Authoritarianism.”

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 31, 2020

Atlantic Council Future of DHS Project mentioned in ExecutiveBiz

By Atlantic Council

Crisis Management Cybersecurity

In the News

Mar 31, 2020

Grundman joins Aviation Week podcast on defense implications of COVID-19

By Atlantic Council

Steven Grundman joins Aviation Week editors to discuss "What COVID-19 Portends for Defense, Now and in the Future."

Coronavirus Defense Policy

In the News

Mar 30, 2020

Haring and Klain in The National Interest: How Will the Poorest Country in Europe Deal with the Coronavirus?

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 29, 2020

Kroenig quoted in RealClearPolitics on advantages of democracies

Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 27, 2020

Grundman quoted in Vox on Defense Production Act and pandemic mitigation

By Atlantic Council

Senior Fellow Steve Grundman explains why the coronavirus requires greater intervention by the federal government.

Coronavirus Defense Industry

In the News

Mar 27, 2020

Younus in his podcast “Pakistonomy,” episode 11: Economy and Coronavirus

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Coronavirus Economy & Business

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