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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.
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.
US energy priorities abroad: A conversation with US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette
By 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.
Should Beijing be pushed to let the renminbi rise?
By the GeoEconomics Center
Can currency diplomacy address the global imbalances that have featured on both the Group of 7 and Group of Twenty agendas this year? And can the US and the EU finally align their strategies to tackle China's overcapacity? Brad Setser of the Council on Foreign Relations and Sander Tordoir of the Centre for European Reform join Jessie and Charles in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss China's trade surplus, the limits of currency policy, and who bears the cost of closing global imbalances.
UkraineAlert
Oct 21, 2026
Ukrainians are not fighting for Zelenskyy. They are fighting for national survival.
By Peter Dickinson
Trump and Putin both seem to think that removing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would set the stage for a Kremlin-friendly peace deal, but most Ukrainians see the war as a fight for national survival that does not depend on any one man, writes Peter Dickinson.
The withdrawal of the US-led coalition is a loss for Iraq’s sovereignty
By Yerevan Saeed
The government secured the withdrawal of foreign partners before securing obedience from armed factions. That leaves Baghdad with less leverage against Iran’s allies in Iraq.
Pakistan’s changing development assistance landscape: Manifestations, implications, and opportunities
By Leon S. Waskin, Imran Shauket
Pakistan’s development assistance landscape is undergoing a major structural shift. Western bilateral aid is declining, multilateral development bank (MDB) financing is increasing to compensate, and non-Western bilateral and philanthropic flows are growing steadily.
Bangladesh’s changing development assistance landscape: Manifestations, implications, and opportunities
By Leon S. Waskin, Jon F. Danilowicz, Imran Shauket
Bangladesh is absorbing one of the most severe aid shocks in its history while simultaneously benefiting from an unprecedented surge in remittances and multilateral development bank lending.
The European Union as a compound power in Cold War 2.0
By Piotr Arak and Velina Tchakarova
Contrary to the prevailing narrative, the European Union has the economic power and strategic vision to act as a credible major power. Willingness to act is the missing piece.
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