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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

Feb 23, 2015

Kroenig to Testify on Regional Nuclear Dynamics

Matthew Kroenig, Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, will testify on regional nuclear dynamics before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Strategic Forces on February 25. More details here.

Nuclear Nonproliferation Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 23, 2015

Herbst: “The Kremlin has Turned Russia into the Principal National Security Danger Globally”

By John Herbst

The National Journal quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on the crisis in Ukraine, big power politics, and Russia’s national security threat:

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Feb 23, 2015

Ullman: Are Raging Hormones ISIS’s Latest Weapon?

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for the World Tribune on why young Muslims are joining ISIS:

In the News

Feb 23, 2015

Pham on the al-Shabaab Threat

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins Al Arabiya to discuss the al-Shabaab threat:

In the News

Feb 23, 2015

Pham on Moderate Islam in Morocco

By J. Peter Pham

Eastern Mirror quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on moderate Islam in Morocco as a way of countering violent extremism:

Morocco

In the News

Feb 23, 2015

Slavin on the Iran Talks

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins PRI to discuss the Iran nuclear talks:

Iran

In the News

Feb 23, 2015

Pham on Al-Shabaab Threats Against the West

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins CCTV America to discuss threats against Western malls by Al-Shabaab:

In the News

Feb 22, 2015

Slavin: Can Returned Extremist Fighters be Rehabilitated?

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Monitor on the potential to rehabilitate extremist fighters:

In the News

Feb 22, 2015

Cliff on the Argentine-Chinese Fighter Deal

By Roger Cliff

Defense News quotes Asia Security Initiative Nonresident Fellow Roger Cliff on the potential for Argentina and China to jointly develop fighters:

China Latin America

In the News

Feb 22, 2015

Healey on President Obama’s Cyber Pitch

By Jason Healey

The Hill quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on the successes and failures of President Obama’s cyber pitch to Silicon Valley:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense