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 12, 2023

Kroenig in The Wall Street Journal on Machiavelli’s position in modern political thought

By Atlantic Council

On June 11, vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director Matthew Kroenig was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal for his chapter on Niccolò Machiavelli in The New Makers of Modern Strategy. Dr. Kroenig argued that Machiavelli aligns more neatly with the “Eastern tradition” of “[prioritizing] deception and winning without fighting” as opposed to the […]

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 12, 2023

Yevgeniya Gaber quoted by the New York Times on Turkish economy

Economy & Business Turkey

In the News

Jun 12, 2023

Rich Outzen joins WION to discuss the Saudi – China trade

China Economy & Business

In the News

Jun 12, 2023

Soofer in RealClear Defense

Dr. Robert Soofer's recent nuclear arms control article was republished in RealClearDefense.

Arms Control Missile Defense

In the News

Jun 12, 2023

Feldman-Piltch recognized by the US Department of State for her work in Afghan relocation efforts

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On June 12, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch was recognized by the US Department of State at a signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding with the #AfghanEvac Coalition for her dedicated work in Afghan relocation efforts.

Defense Technologies Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Jun 12, 2023

Nooruddin in International Studies Review: The forum: Global challenges to democracy? Perspectives on democratic backsliding

By Atlantic Council

Democratic Transitions Elections

In the News

Jun 9, 2023

Chhibber, Mohseni-Cheraghlou, and Narayanan cited in ORF report on Bretton Woods and development

Read the full report here.

Africa Economy & Business

In the News

Jun 9, 2023

Webster in The China-Russia Report: Central Asia to China Pipeline and the Power of Siberia-2

China Energy & Environment

In the News

Jun 9, 2023

Webster quoted in the Wall Street Journal on Chinese exports of armored trucks to Russia

China Intelligence

In the News

Jun 9, 2023

Blakemore joins S&P Global Commodity Insights’ Energy Evolution podcast to discuss today’s battery landscape

China Energy & Environment