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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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In the News

Jan 3, 2014

Ricardo René Larémont Gives Keynote Lecture at Istanbul Sehir University

At the invitation of Istanbul Sehir University and the Republic of Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ricardo René Larémont, senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, gave a keynote lecture entitled “After the 2011 Arab Spring Revolts: Geopolitical and Foreign Policy Consequences with the Middle East and North Africa” at the university on January […]

In the News

Jan 3, 2014

Pham Quoted on UN Failure in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted by the Washington Post on the United Nation’s failure to stem military conflicts across Africa:

Africa

In the News

Jan 2, 2014

Itani Quoted on Lebanon Attacks

By Faysal Itani

Rafik Hariri Center Fellow Faysal Itani is quoted in the Washington Times on Hezbollah’s influence in Lebanon:

Middle East

In the News

Jan 2, 2014

Pham on South Sudan Negotiations

By J. Peter Pham

The Washington Post quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on negotiations between South Sudan and rebel forces:

East Africa

In the News

Jan 1, 2014

Pham Quoted on Somalia Bombing

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted by PBS Newshour on a bombing in Somalia by Al Shabaab that killed ten last Friday:

Somalia

In the News

Nov 27, 2013

al-Kattan in RiskAdvisory: ‘Business as (un)usual’ after Hezbollah’s Sanctions?

By Rashad al-Kattan

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In the News

Jan 22, 2008

Biberman in Foreign Policy: Generation Putin

By Atlantic Council

Politics & Diplomacy Russia