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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

Explore the podcast series

NATO 20/2020 is a weekly podcast that explores 20 bold ideas to push NATO to be more visionary, more capable, and more self-evidently valuable to the security of more people.

Making a difference

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

Oct 18, 2023

Khakova quoted by the European Parliamentary Research Service on the green energy transition track within the EU-US Trade and Technology Council

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

In the News

Oct 18, 2023

Webster quoted in The Guardian on Chinese and Russian interdependence

China Energy & Environment

In the News

Oct 18, 2023

Fulton in The New York Times: With Putin by His Side, Xi Outlines His Vision of a New World Order

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 17, 2023

Warrick in Jewish Insider: Daily Kickoff

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 17, 2023

Sales on FOX News: This is what the pro-Hamas sympathizers are all about

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 17, 2023

Katz in Foreign Policy: What Putin Stands to Gain From Israel-Hamas War

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 17, 2023

Katz in The New Arab: What are Russia’s stakes in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza?Katz in The New Arab:

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 17, 2023

Arbit for U.S. News: America’s Bear Hug to Israel

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 17, 2023

Kumar quoted by Banking Risk & Regulation on China’s CBDC pilot

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China Digital Currencies

In the News

Oct 17, 2023

Our CBDC tracker was cited by SMU City Perspectives on the future of digital money.

Read the full article here.

Economic Sanctions Extremism