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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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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

Jan 1, 2020

Ullman quoted in US Naval Institute on military affairs

By Harlan Ullman

Nuclear Nonproliferation Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jan 1, 2020

Nurkin’s January 2020 Deftech Scan report released by Armasuisse

By Atlantic Council

In January, Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Tate Nurkin published the latest issue of Deftech Scan. Published by Armasuisse (the Swiss Federal Office for Defense Procurement), Deftech Scan is a publication intended to give an overview of new technologies and capabilities in the defense sector. In the January edition, Nurkin focused specifically on the “intelligentization of warfare” and what enhanced, AI-enabled technologies may portend for modern war-fighting.

Defense Technologies Intelligence

In the News

Dec 30, 2019

Wald in The Hill: Energy dominance is leverage for US foreign relations

Energy & Environment Oil and Gas

In the News

Dec 30, 2019

Bryza joins TRTWorld to discuss targeting of Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, Syria

Conflict Iran

In the News

Dec 30, 2019

McFate quoted in the New York Times on plans to cut back US intelligence efforts in Africa

By Atlantic Council

Africa Defense Policy

In the News

Dec 30, 2019

Hudson quoted in the New York Times on Sudan’s sentencing to death of twenty-nine intelligence officers

By Atlantic Council

Africa Intelligence

In the News

Dec 29, 2019

Simakovsky quoted in DW on Kremlin interference in US elections

By Atlantic Council

Elections German

In the News

Dec 27, 2019

Livingston in India Inc. Group: India-US energy cooperation in an age of upheaval

By Atlantic Council

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

In the News

Dec 25, 2019

Charai in The Jerusalem Post: Whose problem is antisemitism? Everyone’s

By Atlantic Council

English Middle East

In the News

Dec 25, 2019

Slavin discusses Iran with Michael Morell on Intelligence Matters

By Atlantic Council

Iran Politics & Diplomacy