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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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In the News

Aug 7, 2019

How the Trump Administration can solve its Iran problem

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 argue that when circumstances change, strategies need to change, too. They advocate for an approach that would be nothing less than a complete change of U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East.

Iran Middle East

In the News

Aug 6, 2019

O’Toole quoted in Bloomberg on financial transaction between Chinese banks and North Korea

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

In the News

Aug 6, 2019

El-Gamal quoted in Fareed Zakaria’s global briefing on Syria

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Resilience & Society

In the News

Aug 5, 2019

Bell in Utility Dive: Ohio nuclear and coal bailout is a loss for nuclear power and the climate

By Atlantic Council

Nuclear Energy Renewables & Advanced Energy

In the News

Aug 5, 2019

Nooruddin in Foreign Policy: inside Kashmir’s crisis—And what happens next

Human Rights India

In the News

Aug 4, 2019

Bruton quoted in the Daily Nation on US policy toward al-Shabaab

By Atlantic Council

East Africa Extremism

In the News

Aug 4, 2019

Dagres quoted in the Independent on Iran’s seizure of an oil tanker

By Atlantic Council

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Iran

In the News

Aug 2, 2019

Hudson quoted in Middle East Eye on a Canadian lobbyist’s Libyan connection

By Atlantic Council

In the News

Aug 2, 2019

Livingston joins CGTN’s The Heat to discuss China’s green revolution

By Atlantic Council

China Energy & Environment

In the News

Aug 2, 2019

Simakovsky joins VOA’s Encounter to discuss the Mueller testimony ramifications

By Atlantic Council

Disinformation Politics & Diplomacy