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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.
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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.
In the News
Dec 17, 2020
The Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center partners with LEADERS Magazine to dedicate an entire issue to resilience
For its Fall/Winter issue of 2020, LEADERS Magazine, asked the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center to produce an issue dedicated to resilience. The Resilience Issue assembles a broad range of global thought leaders and experts who are currently tackling the challenges and crises facing the world from different perspectives.
Insights & Impact
Mar 3, 2020
Peering Around the Corner: The Geopolitics of Coronavirus
By
Atlantic Council
On February 11, 2020 the DFRLab hosted "Peering Around the Corner: The Geopolitics of Coronavirus," a timely series of panels on the potential geopolitical and economic consequences of Coronavirus, and how misinformation about the crisis may influence its impact.
Program Impact Story
Feb 6, 2020
US energy priorities abroad: A conversation with US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette
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Global Energy Center
On Friday, February 7, 2020, the Atlantic Council hosted newly appointed US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette for a public address and moderated discussion about US government energy priorities abroad.
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TURKEYSource
Jul 23, 2026
A NATO ally holds the key to Europe’s drone wall, and it isn’t Washington
By
Tolga Demiryol
Europe's drone wall aspirations are constrained by industrial capacity. Turkey may be the NATO ally that can close the gap.
Econographics
Jul 22, 2026
The US just threatened new tariffs on Canada. Here’s why they may not work.
By
Madeline Chalecki
The latest escalation in the US-Canadian tariff standoff highlights the limits of using trade restrictions as a negotiating tool—and the risks of getting trapped in a cycle of retaliation.
Dispatches
Jul 22, 2026
Experts react: Reading between the lines of the new US-Saudi nuclear agreement
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Atlantic Council experts
Our experts share their insights on the reported deal, under which the US would send nuclear technology, material, and equipment to the kingdom.
Latest in-depth research and reports
Issue Brief
Jul 22, 2026
How Japan is managing the energy shock
By
Ben Cahill
Japan has so far managed the Hormuz oil market disruption comparatively well, but it will have to reassess its long-term energy strategy.
Report
Jul 22, 2026
Mapping US investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
By
Jose Antonio Gonzalez Anaya, Martin Cassinelli
China’s investments in Latin America and the Caribbean grab headlines, but though the US has long been the region’s largest investor less is known about where its investments go. New data shows which countries and sectors receive the most US investment, and how that investment affects local economies.
Issue Brief
Jul 21, 2026
Colombia’s path to growth and opportunity through cooperation with the United States
By
the US–Colombia Strategic Alignment Coalition
Abelardo de la Espriella will take office as Colombia's next president on August 7, inheriting a challenging fiscal deficit, elevated borrowing costs, and softening investor confidence. As his government works to restore growth, the Atlantic Council's US–Colombia Strategic Alignment Coalition outlines how strengthened trade and investment with the United States can boost economic opportunity across agribusiness, energy, critical minerals, and tourism.





