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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

Jun 25, 2023

Webster quoted in The Guardian on Chinese support for Putin after the Wagner Group’s rebellion

China Energy & Environment

In the News

Jun 25, 2023

Shahid in Kalerkantho: Trade and security gained importance in Modi-Biden meeting

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business India

In the News

Jun 24, 2023

Stefanini in Il Tempo on Wagner’s insurgency in Russia

By Stefano Stefanini

On June 24, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Stefano Stefanini was quoted in Il Tempo addressing Wagner group’s rebellion in Russia (text in Italian). 

Defense Technologies Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Jun 24, 2023

Francis in the Kyiv Post: The Prigozhin parable

By Atlantic Council

Russia

In the News

Jun 24, 2023

Webster in The Russia-China Report: The Prigozhin mutiny and the PRC’s response

China Energy & Environment

In the News

Jun 24, 2023

Wieslander interviewed in Monocle

Forging the future of Nato:  National leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation are gearing up for the alliance’s high-stakes summit next month in Lithuania. How has the war in Ukraine transformed Nato? And what comes next? Andrew Mueller speaks to Ingrida Simonyte, prime minister of Lithuania; Benedetta Berti-Alberti, head of policy planning in the […]

NATO Northern Europe

In the News

Jun 23, 2023

Donovan quoted by The Cipher Brief on coordinating Russia sanctions with the Global South

Read the full article here.

Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

In the News

Jun 23, 2023

Donovan quoted in Semafor on Russian reparations for Ukraine

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Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

In the News

Jun 23, 2023

“Sanctioning China in a Taiwan Crisis: Scenarios and Risks” report cited by the China Table

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China Economic Sanctions

In the News

Jun 23, 2023

Yevgeniya Gaber joins Nevşin Mengü for Bugün Ne Oldu (What Happened Today) to discuss Ukraine war

Conflict Europe & Eurasia