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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.
Latest commentary and analysis
UkraineAlert
Oct 15, 2026
Russia’s Starlink substitute poses a security threat far beyond Ukraine
By
Joshua Stein
The Kremlin is currently in the process of deploying a satellite communications network known as Rassvet, creating concerns for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and for the wider international security environment, writes Joshua Stein.
UkraineAlert
Oct 15, 2026
Ukraine reports more battlefield gains as Putin’s invasion loses momentum
By
David Kirichenko
Kyiv has reported further battlefield gains this week as the country’s Operation Vivaldi counteroffensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region continues to advance, writes David Kirichenko.
Podcast
Oct 15, 2026
ECB President Christine Lagarde on the digital euro and Europe’s financial future
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the GeoEconomics Center
As Europe moves closer to a digital euro, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde discusses the future of Europe’s currency and the importance of payment sovereignty.
Speaking with Josh Lipsky at the 2026 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Lagarde also weighs in on inflation, economic growth, and the ECB’s monetary policy outlook.
Latest in-depth research and reports
Issue Brief
Oct 15, 2026
Measuring Europe’s rearmament: A year of the Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030
By
Eva Mulholland, Aurélie Vittot
One year since the EU debuted its "Defence Readiness Roadmap," with forty-five milestones Europe must meet to take responsibility for its own defense by 2030, is the EU on track?
Report
Oct 15, 2026
How Syria can avoid the trap of ethno-sectarianism
By
Marie Forestier, Arthur Quesnay
In postwar Iraq and Lebanon, power-sharing agreements allocated top government jobs based on ethnic and religious affiliation. Political deadlock and violence followed. As Syrians rebuild after decades of dictatorship and war, they should avoid making the same mistake.
Issue Brief
Oct 15, 2026
Toplines: Twenty-five years after anthrax, the US still is not prepared for a biological attack
By
Robert Bradley, John T. O’Brien
The anthrax events of 2001 transpired twenty-five years ago. The US still needs better preparation against biological attacks.






