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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.

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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

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

In the News

May 16, 2016

Gramer in Politico Europe: How to Breathe Life into an Ailing NATO Alliance

By Robbie Gramer

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NATO Security & Defense

In the News

May 16, 2016

Cohen in The World Post: Corporate Raiding, Russian Style

By Ariel Cohen

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Russia

In the News

May 16, 2016

Pham Quoted by US News on Arms Imports for Libya

By J. Peter Pham

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Libya

Emerging Defense Challenges

May 15, 2016

Grundman Quoted by Defense News on Department of Defense Acquisition

By Steve Grundman

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