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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.

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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 2, 2019

Yelena Biberman in Texas National Security Review: Policy Roundtable – The Future of South Asia

By Atlantic Council

Security & Defense South Asia

In the News

Oct 2, 2019

Ullman in UPI: What can possibly go wrong in impeachment? Everything

By Harlan Ullman

Corruption Elections

In the News

Oct 2, 2019

Fried quoted in NBC News on Kurt Volker and the impeachment inquiry

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Corruption

Notes for the Board

Oct 2, 2019

Media Mention: Anders Åslund in POLITICO

By Atlantic Council

“Giuliani, like Manafort, is well entrenched in Ukraine and has earned big money there. He started traveling to the country in the mid-2000s, when he gave a well-paid speech to an event organized and paid for by Vadim Rabinovich, an old commodity trader with a controversial reputation.” Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow, Eurasia Center

In the News

Oct 2, 2019

Vershbow joins MSNBC to discuss the latest developments with the Trump- Ukraine call

By Atlantic Council

Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy

Notes for the Board

Oct 2, 2019

PeaceGame Venezuela: Pathways to Peace

By Atlantic Council

On October 2, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, in partnership with Foreign Policy Magazine (FP) and Florida International University (FIU), hosted its first crisis simulation PeaceGame Venezuela: Pathways to Peace. The half-day, private, off-the-record simulation included 31 participants from Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and the United States. Assuming the role […]

Notes for the Board

Oct 1, 2019

Media Mention: Barbara Slavin on National Public Radio

By Atlantic Council

“I think the Saudis and the Emiratis understand that escalation in the Persian Gulf is going to come at their expense,” says the Atlantic Council’s Slavin. “They have no confidence that the Trump administration knows what it’s doing in pursuing this ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Iran — so why should they give the green light […]

In the News

Oct 1, 2019

Bryza joins CBC TV Azerbaijan to discuss relations among the U.S., Turkey, Russia, and Iran

By Atlantic Council

Azerbaijani Europe & Eurasia

Notes for the Board

Oct 1, 2019

Media Mention: Hung Tran in The Financial Times

By Atlantic Council

“The dilemma facing the Fed in deploying the repo facility – a necessary tool to calm the repo market when needed – reflects a fundamental conflict in accommodative monetary policy at this juncture. It is needed to support the economy and financial markets but can endanger the stability of the financial system.” Hung Tran, Non-Resident […]

In the News

Oct 1, 2019

McFate quoted in Charged Affairs on the case for a US foreign legion

By Atlantic Council

Defense Policy Security & Defense