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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.

Read our provocative essays on the future of NATO

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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 17, 2016

Itani Quoted by Bloomberg on Syrian Peace Accords

By Faysal Itani

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Syria

In the News

May 17, 2016

Arslan Quoted by Wall Street Journal on Turkey’s Internal Economic Reforms

By Defne Arslan

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Turkey

In the News

May 17, 2016

Ward Quoted by Newsday on Comments between Trump and UK Prime Minister David Cameron

By Alex Ward

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In the News

May 17, 2016

Pham Quoted by Deutsche Welle on Better Training for Imams in the Sahel

By J. Peter Pham

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Africa

In the News

May 17, 2016

Pham Joins CCTV America to Discuss US Special Operations Outposts in Libya

By J. Peter Pham

Libya

In the News

May 16, 2016

Connable Writes for War on the Rocks about Calls for Partition in Iraq

By Atlantic Council

Iraq Task Force Member Ben Connable writes for War on the Rocks about the need for partition advocates to either present clear recommendations or to support a unified Iraq. Read the full article here.

Iraq

In the News

May 16, 2016

Blanford in Christian Science Monitor, Quoting Hof: Why One Hundred Year Old Borders Drawn by Two European Still Define the Middle East

By Blanford and Hof

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In the News

May 16, 2016

Blanford in Now: Takfiri Culprits

By Nicholas Blanford

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Syria

In the News

May 16, 2016

Ullman in UPI: ‘Clowns’ Running for President Prove Society is Broken

By Harlan Ullman

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In the News

May 16, 2016

Cohen Quoted by Accent on Georgia and Russia

By Ariel Cohen

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Russia The Caucasus