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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

Aug 3, 2023

Lichfield quoted by Axios on immobilizing Russian assets

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Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 2, 2023

CBDC tracker and Kumar cited by the Elcano Royal Institute on the development of CBDCs worldwide

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China Digital Currencies

In the News

Aug 2, 2023

Cynkin in VOA

On August 1, IPSI Nonresident Senior Fellow Thomas Cynkin was quoted by VOA Korea in conversation on the trilateral summit at Camp David scheduled for August 18. He explains, “the more we institutionalize this trilateral and have more of a sort of secretariat function to support it and more working level meetings to support it […]

Indo-Pacific Japan

In the News

Aug 2, 2023

CBDC Tracker cited by BIS Paper on CBDCs and crypto

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

In the News

Aug 2, 2023

Lipsky quoted by CNN on the US credit downgrade

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Economy & Business Financial Regulation

In the News

Aug 2, 2023

Rich Outzen quoted by Shepard News (UK) in an article on TF-X/Kaan fighter

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense

In the News

Aug 2, 2023

Rich Outzen joins WION TV to discuss Chinese military inroads in Africa

Africa China

In the News

Aug 2, 2023

Graham quoted in Nikkei Asia on Chinese pharmaceutical developments

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China Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 1, 2023

Tantardini in Longitude on the effects of program cancellation

By Atlantic Council

Marco Tantardini discusses the effects of program cancellation on workforce morale

China Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 1, 2023

Guevara in El Heraldo de Mexico on Russia’s war of attrition

By Inigo Guevara Moyano

On August 1, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Inigo Guevara was quoted in El Heraldo de Mexico arguing that Russia is preparing for a long-term war (text in Spanish).

Europe & Eurasia Security & Defense