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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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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

Sep 17, 2019

Hunter joins Al Jazeera to discuss international norms and the UN

By Atlantic Council

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 17, 2019

Hunter joins Al Jazeera to discuss international norms and the UN

By Atlantic Council

In the News

Sep 17, 2019

Daragahi joins WBUR on why Iran Won’t Talk With U.S. Without Nuclear Deal, Supreme Leader Says

Iran Nuclear Deterrence

In the News

Sep 17, 2019

America’s foreign policy needs more than a replacement for John Bolton

By Atlantic Council

For The Hill, Dr. Mathew Burrows, Director of the Atlantic Council's Foresight, Strategy and Risks Initiative, and his Research Associate Julian Mueller-Kaler look at increasing Sino-US tensions, economic decoupling efforts, and the emergence of a new Cold War on technology.

China Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2019

Fontenrose quoted in The Guardian on the Saudi oil attack and the possibility of escalation

By Kirsten Fontenrose

Saudi Arabia Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 16, 2019

Fontenrose quoted in The Wall Street Journal on US response to Saudi oil attack

By Kirsten Fontenrose

Saudi Arabia Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 16, 2019

Fontenrose joins NPR’s Air Talk to discuss attack on Saudi oil facility

By Kirsten Fontenrose

Infrastructure Protection Oil and Gas

In the News

Sep 16, 2019

Cornell quoted in Bloomberg on the Saudi Aramco attack

By Phillip Cornell

Middle East Oil and Gas

In the News

Sep 16, 2019

Ullman in Washington Post: In Afghanistan negotiations, we must include our allies

By Harlan Ullman

Afghanistan NATO

In the News

Sep 16, 2019

Slavin joins BBC to discuss Iran and Saudi Arabia

By Atlantic Council

Iran Middle East