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

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Content

In the News

May 10, 2023

Bhusari cited in CBC on the US debt ceiling

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Economy & Business United States and Canada

In the News

May 10, 2023

Webster in The China-Russia Report: Putin’s strategy in Ukraine runs through Western elections

Energy & Environment

In the News

May 10, 2023

Kumar quoted in Forbes on Japan’s crypto exchange regulation

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Economy & Business

In the News

May 10, 2023

Bhusari cited by CNN on debt ceilings and political brinksmanship

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Economy & Business

In the News

May 10, 2023

CBDC tracker and Kumar cited by Bank of England on number of countries pursuing CBDCs and China’s e-CNY

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China Digital Currencies

In the News

May 10, 2023

Garlauskas, Webster, and Verges in RealClear Defense 

On May 9, Markus Garlauskas, Emma Verges, and Global Energy Center Fellow Joseph Webster were featured in RealClear Defense for their New Atlanticist piece on PRC support vital to Putin’s war in Ukraine. 

China Russia

In the News

May 9, 2023

Zysk in Radio Canada International on Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic

By Katarzyna Zysk

On May 9, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Katarzyna Zysk was quoted in Radio Canada International discussing the implications of the memorandum between the Russian and Chinese coast guard concerning Arctic Cooperation.

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

In the News

May 9, 2023

Senior Fellow Jeremy Mark interviewed on the German Marshall Fund’s China Global podcast on sovereign debt restructuring

Listen to the full interview here.

Economy & Business

In the News

May 9, 2023

Charai in Israel Hayom: Jake Sullivan’s moment

By Ahmed Charai

Jake Sullivan was 44 when President Biden named him as national security advisor, making him the youngest American to hold the post in nearly 60 years. He comes not from a college campus with sweeping, untested theories, but rather from Capitol Hill and the State Department with practical experience as a diplomat and policymaker. He […]

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

May 8, 2023

Jeglinskas in 15min.IT on Lithuania’s goals for the Vilnius Summit

By Giedrimas Jeglinskas

On May 8, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Giedrimas Jeglinskas was mentioned in 15min.lt discussing Lithuania’s goals at the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius which include strengthening cooperation between NATO and Indo-Pacific allies.

Europe & Eurasia Security & Defense