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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.

Read our provocative essays on the future of NATO

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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

Jan 16, 2015

Pham on Use of Children in Suicide Attacks

By J. Peter Pham

Inquisitr quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s use of abducted girls to carry out terrorist attacks:

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 16, 2015

Pham on Use of Abducted Girls in Terror Attacks

By J. Peter Pham

Yahoo! News quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s use of abducted girls to carry out terror attacks: 

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 16, 2015

Pham on the Impact of Oil Prices on Nigeria’s Economy

By J. Peter Pham

Responding to Climate Change quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how the trent of falling oil prices has affected Nigeria: 

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 16, 2015

Greenfield on Counterterrorism Operations in Yemen

By Danya Greenfield

Rafik Hariri Center Deputy Director Danya Greenfield joins NPR Morning Edition to discuss the presence of Al Qaeda in Yemen and counterterrorism efforts there:

Yemen

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Itani on an ISIS Defeat in Kobani

By Faysal Itani

The Associated Press quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani on what a defeat in the symbolic city of Kobani would mean for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham: 

Iraq

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Manning: Kim Jong Un Wants to Talk

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the Wall Street Journal on why South Korea’s leadership should set some terms ahead of a potential summit with North Korea: 

Korea

Bremain vs Brexit

Jan 15, 2015

Dungan on Obama-Cameron Meeting

By Nicholas Dungan

USA Today quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan on the meeting between President Obama and British Prime Minister David to discuss terrorism, among other things:

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Seip: What Fallows Missed About the Military-Civilian Gap

By Mark Seip

Brent Scowcroft Center US Navy Fellow Mark Seip writes for Defense One in a response piece on a recent Atlantic article by James Fallows on “The Tragedy of the American Military”:

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Pham on Satellite Images of Boko Haram Destruction

By J. Peter Pham

The International Business Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the new satellite imagery from Amnesty International which shows the destruction in Nigeria levied by Boko Haram: 

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram’s Use of Abducted Girls

By J. Peter Pham

NBC quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s use of abudcted girls as suicide bombers:

Nigeria