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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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Content

In the News

Jan 13, 2015

Pham on Terrorism in France and Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

CNN quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on terrorism in France and Nigeria: 

France Nigeria

In the News

Jan 13, 2015

Dungan on Charlie Hebdo Attack in Paris

By Nicholas Dungan

The Huffington Post quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan on the terrorist attack in Paris on the office of the newspaper of Charlie Hebdo:

France

In the News

Jan 12, 2015

Pham: Don’t Overlook Boko Haram’s Rise

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham writes for CNN Global Public Square on the recent attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria:

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 12, 2015

Burrows: The Big Question for 2015

By Mathew Burrows

Strategic Foresight Initiative Director Mathew Burrows writes for the Swedish Institute on International Affairs on what kind of world we can expect in the future: 

In the News

Jan 12, 2015

Natural Gas Europe Cites Global Energy Center Event

By Atlantic Council

Natural Gas Europe cites an event hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center with Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs at the US Department of State, Amos Hochstein:

In the News

Jan 12, 2015

Metzl: Would I Genetically Enhance My Own Children?

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl writes for SF Signal on the future of genetic enhancement:

In the News

Jan 12, 2015

Kramer: Carter’s Critical Priorities

By Franklin Kramer

Atlantic Council Board Member and Scowcroft Center Distinguished Fellow Franklin Kramer cowrites for Defense News on what things Ashton Carter should take into consideration when thinking about how to respond to twenty-first century geopolitical challenges:

In the News

Jan 12, 2015

Dungan on the “Storm in a DC Tea Cup”

By Nicholas Dungan

CNN quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan on the United States not sending a high-ranking official to an anti-terror march in Paris sparked by the recent attack on the office of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo:

France

In the News

Jan 11, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram’s Use of Children in Attacks

By J. Peter Pham

International Business Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s use of young girls in carrying out terrorist attacks in Nigeria:

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 11, 2015

Slavin: Novelist Chronicles Egypt’s Rough Revolutionary Road

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on a new book by Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany: 

North Africa