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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.

Latest commentary and analysis

Latest in-depth research and reports

Report

Dec 18, 2025

Democracy and stability in Africa: Why US leadership still matters

By Mason Ingram, Alysson Oakley, and Jack Higgins

This issue brief is the fifth in the Freedom and Prosperity Center’s “Future of democracy assistance” series, which analyzes the many complex challenges to democracy around the world—and highlights actionable policies that promote democratic governance.The near- and long-term interests of African societies and key US stakeholders are bolstered by the advancement of democratic, accountable, and stable governance on the continent. A robust democracy assistance strategy in Africa is in line with long-standing US values that underpin America’s reputation and image on the continent, and is also instrumental to current US objectives. 

Africa
Corruption

Issue Brief

Dec 18, 2025

Engaging generative artificial intelligence in African development

By William Yancey Brown

From classrooms to farming communities, generative artificial intelligence holds great potential for Africa. The question is whether its promise of abundance will reach everyone—or only those already well-connected.

Africa
Artificial Intelligence

Report

Dec 15, 2025

Beijing pressures Taiwan’s remaining diplomatic partners. Here’s what the US should do in response

By Kitsch Liao, Nik Foster, Santiago Villa

Taiwan’s shrinking circle of diplomatic partners plays a crucial role in deterring Chinese coercion, and the United States needs a more targeted strategy to help preserve this support and maintain cross-strait stability.

China
Politics & Diplomacy

Content

In the News

Nov 10, 2023

Kroenig debates Washington’s influence in the Israel-Hamas war in Foreign Policy

By Atlantic Council

On November 10, Foreign Policy published its biweekly “It’s Debatable” column featuring the discussions between Matthew Kroenig, vice president and senior director of the Scowcroft Center, and Emma Ashford on the latest news in international affairs. In their latest column, they debate whether the United States is using all of its leverage in the war in the […]

Conflict
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Nov 10, 2023

Grundman in The Economist

Economist cites Steve Grundman on defense innovation and the Atlantic Council's Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption.

Defense Industry
Defense Policy

In the News

Nov 10, 2023

Webster cited by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission in their 2023 Annual Report to Congress

China
Economic Sanctions

In the News

Nov 10, 2023

Derentz quoted in Politico on OPEC engagement in addressing climate emissions

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

In the News

Nov 9, 2023

Panikoff on LIVENOW Fox News: Israeli ground operations pick up in Gaza

By Atlantic Council

In the News

Nov 9, 2023

Panikoff in The Wall Street Journal: Americans Back Israel but Are Wary of Getting Pulled Into Conflict, WSJ-Ipsos Poll Finds

By Atlantic Council

In the News

Nov 9, 2023

Panikoff in The Washington Post: Israeli troops push into Gaza for war’s ‘second stage,’ Netanyahu says

By Atlantic Council

In the News

Nov 9, 2023

Panikoff in The Washington Post: Where China stands on the Israel-Gaza war and what it stands to gain

By Atlantic Council

In the News

Nov 9, 2023

Panikoff in CNN: US and allies urge Israel to set out clear goals for Gaza ground invasion

By Atlantic Council

In the News

Nov 9, 2023

Panikoff in Bloomberg: Your Evening Briefing: Biden Pledges ‘Unprecedented Support’ to Israel

By Atlantic Council