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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

Nov 7, 2014

Rakisits: The State of Terror

By Claude Rakisits

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits writes for Foreign Policy’s South Asia Channel on terrorism in Pakistan: 

Pakistan

In the News

Nov 7, 2014

Healey on NATO and Cyber Threats

By Jason Healey

Breaking Defense quotes Cyber Statecraft Director Jason Healey and cites an Atlantic Council event on cyber deterrence:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Nov 7, 2014

Metzl on Kim Jong Un’s Rule

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN’s The Lead to discuss North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and whether he is more dangerous than his father: 

Korea

In the News

Nov 6, 2014

Slavin: US General Says Anti-ISIS Coalition Focused on Iraq

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on an address given by General Lloyd Austin at the Atlantic Council:

In the News

Nov 6, 2014

Itani on ISIS Setbacks

By Faysal Itani

The Associated Press quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani on current setbacks for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham:

In the News

Nov 6, 2014

Slavin on P5+1 Nuclear Negotiations with Iran

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Radio Islam to discuss talks between the P5+1 countries and Iran over that country’s nuclear program:

Iran

In the News

Nov 6, 2014

Seapower Cites Scowcroft Center Event with Gen. Austin

By Atlantic Council

Seapower cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with General Lloyd Austin:

In the News

Nov 6, 2014

CNN Cites Scowcroft Center Event with Gen. Austin

By Atlantic Council

CNN cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with General Lloyd Austin:

In the News

Nov 6, 2014

Koranyi: “There is a Pro-Russian Shift in Hungarian Energy Policy”

By David Koranyi

Foreign Policy quotes Eurasian Energy Future Initiative Director David Koranyi on Hungary’s relationship with Russia with particular regards to its energy policy:

Hungary Russia

In the News

Nov 6, 2014

Bloomberg Cites Scowcroft Center Event with Gen. Austin

By Atlantic Council

Bloomberg cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with General Lloyd Austin: