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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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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

Nov 14, 2023

Hinata-Yamaguchi quoted in South China Morning Post on Japan-Russia relations

On November 13, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi was quoted in South China Morning Post article on the end of a thirty-year-old nuclear decommissioning pact between Japan and Russia, suggesting that “the agreement in itself is less important” than the overall decline in relations. 

Arms Control
Indo-Pacific

In the News

Nov 14, 2023

Report by Garlauskas and Gilbert in Reuters and BNN

On November 13, IPSI’s recent report on deterrence in Korea by Markus Garlauskas and Lauren Gilbert was referenced in a Reuters article on the updating of US-South Korea deterrence strategy. The report was also highlighted in a BNN article discussing the implications of geopolitical shifts for global tourism markets.  

China
Crisis Management

In the News

Nov 14, 2023

CBDC Tracker cited by IMF Research Department on central bank digital currency adoption

Read the full report here.

Digital Currencies
Economy & Business

In the News

Nov 14, 2023

Ackerman featured on NPR

By Atlantic Council

Elliot Ackerman stresses the importance of memorials in order to better reintegrate veterans back into American society.

Middle East
Terrorism

In the News

Nov 14, 2023

Feldman-Piltch in Washington Post at the March for Israel demonstration

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On November 14, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch was interviewed by the Washington Post to discuss her views on the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel and the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The Non-State Actress project is made possible by generous support from the German Federal Foreign Office, whom we […]

Defense Technologies
Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Nov 14, 2023

Blakemore quoted in Cape Business News on panel during African Energy Week

Africa
Energy & Environment

In the News

Nov 14, 2023

Khakova quoted in iNews on the G7 coalition’s failure to stop Russia’s shadow fleet

Economic Sanctions
Energy & Environment

In the News

Nov 14, 2023

Nikoladze, Meng, and Yin cited in the 2023 Annual Report to Congress of the US-China Economic and Security Commission on China mitigation of Russia sanctions

Read the full report here.

China
Economic Sanctions

In the News

Nov 14, 2023

Mark and Roberts cited in the 2023 Annual Report to Congress of the US-China Economic and Security Commission on semiconductor supply chains

Read the full report here.

China
International Markets

In the News

Nov 13, 2023

Dahl in Dagens Industri on Sweden’s future in NATO and involvement within the North Atlantic Alliance

By Ann-Sofie Dahl

On November 13, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Ann Sofie Dahl wrote an article for Dagens Industri analyzing Sweden’s role in NATO once it joins the Alliance (text in Swedish).

Europe & Eurasia
NATO