About the Council

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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Content

In the News

Nov 1, 2019

Daragahi joins Turkey’s TRT World to discuss how Baghdadi’s death changes the fight against terrorism

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Extremism

In the News

Nov 1, 2019

Hudson quoted in Foreign Policy on US Sudan policy

By Atlantic Council

Africa Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Nov 1, 2019

Hudson joins the CSIS Into Africa podcast to discuss Sudan’s transition

By Atlantic Council

Africa Democratic Transitions

In the News

Nov 1, 2019

Tyburski in Foreign Policy: Malawi’s election was not stolen with white-out

By Atlantic Council

Africa Elections

In the News

Nov 1, 2019

Daragahi interviewed on TRT World about ISIS’s actions following Baghdadi’s death

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Terrorism

In the News

Oct 31, 2019

Hudson quoted in VOA on Russian interference in Africa

By Atlantic Council

Africa Disinformation

In the News

Oct 31, 2019

Simonyi quoted in Voice of America Russia on Hungary-Russia relations

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Geopolitics & Energy Security

Insights & Impact

Oct 31, 2019

Present at the Re-Creation: A Global Strategy for a World at Risk

How can the rules-based international system be re-created for the 21st century? Can and should the US re-build a liberal, rules-based international system? What goals should the US, and its allies, pursue in a changed world, where emerging risks and enduring challenges persist? Those were some of the key questions which animated the event Present […]

China European Union

In the News

Oct 31, 2019

Slavin quoted in The Independent on U.S. sanctions on Iran

By Atlantic Council

Iran Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 31, 2019

Bryza joins Pakistan’s Indus TV to discuss U.S. military operation to protect oil fields in northeast Syria

By Atlantic Council

Geopolitics & Energy Security National Security