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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

Jul 6, 2017

Kroenig Joins CBSN to Discuss Tump’s Speech in Poland

By Matthew Kroenig

Watch the full interview here.

In the News

Jul 6, 2017

Simakovsky and Fishman in Foreign Policy: The Do-No-Harm Principle of Kremlin Relations

By Mark Simakovsky, Edward Fishman

Read the full article here.

Russia

In the News

Jul 6, 2017

Itani Quoted in Vox on Stopping ISIS in Raqqa

By Faysal Itani

Read the full article here.

In the News

Jul 6, 2017

Gedmin in the American Interest: Reading Putin in Hamburg

By Jeffrey Gedmin

Read the full article here.

Russia

In the News

Jul 6, 2017

Vershbow Joins Fox News to Discuss US-North Korea Relations

By Alexander Vershbow

Listen to the full broadcast here.

Korea

In the News

Jul 5, 2017

Greenwalt Joins Government Matters to Discuss the National Defense Authorization Act

By Bill Greenwalt

Watch the full interview here.

In the News

Jul 5, 2017

Manning Quoted by the Huffington Post on North Korea’s Launch of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

Jul 5, 2017

Farkas Quoted by the Daily Beast on Trump’s Meeting with Putin at G-20 Summit

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

In the News

Jul 5, 2017

Hellyer in The National: As the Battle for Mosul Draws to a Close, the War on Extremist Ideas Must Ramp Up

By H.A. Hellyer

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Syria

In the News

Jul 5, 2017

Stein Quoted by the Cipher Brief on the Fight to Come in Northern Iraq and Syria

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Syria