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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
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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.
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UkraineAlert
Oct 27, 2026
UN report: Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid are a ‘crime against humanity’
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Kateryna Odarchenko
Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine’s civilian power grid qualifies as a crime against humanity, according to a new report by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, writes Kateryna Odarchenko.
UkraineAlert
Oct 27, 2026
European infrastructure is vulnerable as Putin escalates Russia’s hybrid war
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Maksym Beznosiuk
Putin is currently looking to exploit Europe’s vulnerabilities as he seeks ways to isolate Ukraine and cut off Kyiv’s European aid lifeline. Civilian infrastructure may be one of the continent’s weakest links, writes Maksym Beznosiuk.
TURKEYSource
Oct 27, 2026
Why France and Turkey are giving defense cooperation another go
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Ali Mammadov
France and Turkey still disagree on plenty, but Europe’s changing security environment is giving them stronger reasons to cooperate.
Latest in-depth research and reports
Issue Brief
Oct 27, 2026
Any means necessary: Are courts safe in the digital age?
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Lisandra Novo
Reports are on the rise of hacks at federal courts in the United States, putting sensitive data, such as informants' identities, at risk. In litigation involving spyware, even more sensitive data is at risk. What protective measures should be in place to safeguard evidence?
Report
Oct 26, 2026
Pakistan’s changing development assistance landscape: Manifestations, implications, and opportunities
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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.
Report
Oct 26, 2026
Bangladesh’s changing development assistance landscape: Manifestations, implications, and opportunities
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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.