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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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Content

In the News

Oct 17, 2019

El-Gamal joins TRT World to discuss the YPG in Syria

By Atlantic Council

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense
Richard Stengel and Michelle Kosinski

Notes for the Board

Oct 16, 2019

A Conversation on Information Wars with Richard Stengel

By Atlantic Council

In a conversation hosted by the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab on October 16, 2019, Richard Stengel explained the threat disinformation poses to democracy and what we can do about it.

English

In the News

Oct 16, 2019

Fried quoted in The Washington Post on discontent with Pompeo at the State Department

By Atlantic Council

Politics & Diplomacy Ukraine

In the News

Oct 16, 2019

Hof quoted in Bard on Trump’s “greenlighting” of Turkish invasion

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 16, 2019

Bruton in Foreign Policy: Will Abiy Ahmed’s Nobel Prize tilt Ethiopia’s election?

By Atlantic Council

Abiy Ahmed took up the reins of government in Ethiopia at a time of profound strife, and through a serious of deft political gestures, including the release of thousands of political prisoners and overturning highly repressive restrictions on civil society and political groups, he probably averted a civil war. His reforms may have been symbolic—critics […]

Africa Elections

In the News

Oct 16, 2019

Katz quoted in Planet Today on Russian relations in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 16, 2019

Katz quoted in Radio Free Europe about the Russia-Turkey deal in Syria

By Atlantic Council

Russia Russian

In the News

Oct 16, 2019

El-Gamal quoted in Noticias de Gipuzkoa on implications of US withdrawal from northern Syria

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 16, 2019

Bryza joins Al Jazeera to discuss Turkey’s military operations in northeast Syria

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Security & Defense

In the News

Oct 16, 2019

Benitez quoted in Yahoo Finance on NATO’s restrictions to punish Turkey

By Atlantic Council

NATO Security & Defense