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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

Explore the podcast series

NATO 20/2020 is a weekly podcast that explores 20 bold ideas to push NATO to be more visionary, more capable, and more self-evidently valuable to the security of more people.

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

May 29, 2018

Livingston in the Carnagie Endowment for International Peace: Advancing Public Climate Engineering Disclosure

By David Livingston

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In the News

May 29, 2018

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss North Korea Summit

By Jamie Metzl

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Korea

In the News

May 29, 2018

Woods Quoted in Bloomberg on US Election Security

By Beau Woods

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Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

May 29, 2018

Woods Quoted in Bloomberg on the Limits of Software Sensors in Protecting Elections

By Beau Woods

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Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

May 28, 2018

Ullman in UPI: An Ignoble Prize

By Harlan Ullman

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In the News

May 28, 2018

Grieco in Strategic Studies Quarterly: “This NDS advances the same self-defeating, necessary, and costly strategic prescriptions”

By Atlantic Council

In summer 2018, Grieco was featured in Strategic Studies Quarterly, in which she analyzed the 2018 National Defense Summary. “Used sparingly, American economic and military power should not be squanderedin futile attempts at remaking the internal affairs of other countries by the point of the spear—a conclusion shared by this NDS. Such a strategy calls […]

English Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

May 27, 2018

Juan Felipe Celia Quoted in Newsweek on Colombia’s Presidential Elections

By Juan Felipe Celia

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Colombia

In the News

May 27, 2018

Ellinas in Cyprus Mail: Climate Change in the East Med Underlines Need for Renewables

By Charles Ellinas

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Southern & Southeastern Europe

In the News

May 25, 2018

Manning Quoted in Business Insider on North Korea Summit

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

May 25, 2018

Manning Quoted in Business Insider on North Korea Summit

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea