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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

Feb 5, 2017

LeBaron Quoted by the Arab Weekly on Middle Eastern Reactions to President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration

By Richard LeBaron

Read full article here.

In the News

Feb 5, 2017

Karatnycky Quoted by the Wall Street Journal on US Involvement in the Russia and Ukraine Conflict

By Adrian Karatnycky

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In the News

Feb 5, 2017

Pham Quoted by the Daily Nation on Defeating Al-Shabaab in Somalia

By J. Peter Pham

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East Africa Ethiopia

In the News

Feb 5, 2017

Linderman Quoted by Voice of America on Georgia and US Relations

By Laura Linderman

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In the News

Feb 4, 2017

Hellyer Quoted by Time on the Impact of Trump’s Immigration Ban on the Middle East

By H.A. Hellyer

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In the News

Feb 3, 2017

Slavin in Al Monitor: US Wrestlers Barred from Iran in Retaliation for Trump Visa Ban

By Barbara Slavin

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Iran

In the News

Feb 3, 2017

Daniels Joins Rudaw to Discuss the Trump Administration’s Policy Toward Iraq and the KRG

By Owen Daniels

Watch full interview here.

Iraq

In the News

Feb 3, 2017

Abdo in the Islamic Monthly: The Religious Root of Conflicts in the Middle East

By Geneive Abdo

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Middle East

In the News

Feb 3, 2017

Vershbow Joins the Laura Ingraham Show to Discuss US Relations with Ukraine and Russia

By Alexander "Sandy" Vershbow

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Russia Ukraine

In the News

Feb 3, 2017

Eristavi in the Washington Post: The United States Abandons Ukraine

By Maxim Eristavi

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Ukraine