About the Council

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

Econographics

Jun 19, 2026

Central banks can’t afford to keep missing their inflation targets

By Jack Muldoon

While the Iran war explains the sudden rise in inflation, relying on this excuse obscures that there is potentially a long-term problem central banks will need to confront as they manage the long tail of this crisis.

Economy & Business Macroeconomics

UkraineAlert

Jun 18, 2026

Putin’s obsession with ‘denazifying’ Ukraine makes peace impossible

By Peter Dickinson

Putin’s obsession with “denazifying” Ukraine makes a mockery of efforts to portray the Russian invasion as a mere land grab and helps explain why there has been no meaningful progress toward peace despite more than a year of US-led efforts, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Disinformation

Podcast

Jun 18, 2026

“Shoot everybody”: US contractors in San Diego court

By Alia Brahimi

In Season 2, Episode 16 of the Guns for Hire podcast, host Alia Brahimi is joined by Daniel McLaughlin, an international lawyer and Legal Director of the Centre for Justice and Accountability (CJA), a California-based legal nonprofit working on behalf of victims of torture and other atrocity crimes. Daniel and CJA are leading a civil suit in San Diego against a Delaware-registered PMC, Spear Operations Group, for war crimes in Yemen. They represent the Yemeni parliamentarian Anssaf Ali Mayo, who was one of the targets of an alleged hit-squad in Yemen. Daniel talks us through the facts of the case, how it ended up in a California courtroom ten years later, and which US and international laws were ostensibly broken by the PMC. He also argues forcefully that the US government has a duty to regulate how former members of its military use their training and know-how.

Middle East Rule of Law

Latest in-depth research and reports

Content

In the News

Jun 15, 2023

Nadadur in Nikkei Asia: India’s infrastructure and logistics transformation is for real

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business India

In the News

Jun 15, 2023

Tran cited by T20 on sectors to friendshore

Read the full policy brief here.

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

In the News

Jun 15, 2023

Younus in Al Jazeera: Who is Imran Khan?

By Atlantic Council

Corruption Democratic Transitions

In the News

Jun 15, 2023

Lipsky quoted by Foreign Policy on EU interest rate hikes

Read the full piece here.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Jun 15, 2023

Mark interviewed by CNBC International on US-China tensions and de-risking

Watch the full interview here.

China East Asia

In the News

Jun 14, 2023

“Fractured Foundations” report cited by the CNN on currency risks for Hong Kong

Read the full article here.

China East Asia

In the News

Jun 14, 2023

Mezran in Aspenia: A better understanding of the puzzle called Erdogan: Libya and beyond

Turkey

In the News

Jun 14, 2023

Rich Outzen joins TRT Francais to discuss Turkey-Ukraine-Russia 

Politics & Diplomacy Russia

In the News

Jun 13, 2023

Townsend in iNews on the Ukrainian counteroffensive

By James J. Townsend Jr.

On June 13, Transatlantic Security Initiative senior advisor Jim Townsend was quoted in iNews on the likelihood of a long, complex counteroffensive in Ukraine.

Europe & Eurasia Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 13, 2023

Nawaz quoted in Nikkei Asia: Imran Khan takes on Pakistan’s powerful military establishment

By Atlantic Council

Democratic Transitions Elections