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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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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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In the News

Mar 22, 2015

Foreign Affairs on Gaming ISIS

By Atlantic Council

Foreign Affairs offers insight on the Obama administration’s ISIS strategy from a recent war game hosted in conjunction with the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security:

In the News

Mar 22, 2015

Manning: Washington Wrong but Questions Remain over the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the Global Times on China’s efforts to create an Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and US response:

China

In the News

Mar 20, 2015

Khoury on the Violence in Yemen

By Nabeel Khoury

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Nabeel Khoury joins PBS NewsHour to discuss rising violence, ethnic tensions, and power struggles in Yemen:

Yemen

In the News

Mar 20, 2015

Stephan: Resisting ISIS

By Maria Stephan

Strategic Foresight Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Maria J. Stephan writes for Sojourners on how to utilize collective nonviolent action to combat ISIS:

In the News

Mar 20, 2015

Charai: The Arab Idealists

By Atlantic Council

Member of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors Ahmed Charai writes for US News and World Report on how Arab nations are leading the way in nonviolent approaches to crises in the region:

In the News

Mar 20, 2015

Kroenig on Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities

By Matthew Kroenig

The Weekly Standard quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig on Iran’s nuclear capabilities and what a nuclear deal would mean:

Iran

In the News

Mar 20, 2015

Mezran on the Tunisian-Libyan Border

By Karim Mezran

International Business Times quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Karim Mezran on the difficulties of securing the Tunisian-Libyan border and what that means for Tunisia’s fight against terror:

Libya North Africa

In the News

Mar 20, 2015

Cole on the Next Great Superpower Conflict

By August Cole

ValueWalk quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Fellow August Cole on his novel Ghost Fleet, cowritten with Peter Singer, from a panel at South by Southwest Interactive 2015:

In the News

Mar 20, 2015

Herbst on Corruption in the Ukrainian Military

By John Herbst

Foreign Policy quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on corruption in the Ukrainian military and what it means for the continued fight against pro-Russian separatists:

Ukraine

In the News

Mar 20, 2015

Burns: Will Congress Torpedo Obama’s Iran Deal?

By Nicholas Burns

Member of the Atlantic Council’s Board of Directors Nicholas Burns writes for the Boston Globe on the tension between the Obama administration and members of Congress over the Iran nuclear deal:

Iran