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

Apr 27, 2023

Graham cited in PharmaNews Intelligence on US-China pharmaceutical trade

Read the full article here.

Economy & Business

In the News

Apr 27, 2023

Dickinson on “Ukraine: The Latest” by the Telegraph

By Atlantic Council

Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Apr 27, 2023

Shalomov and Pelayo in the Jerusalem Post

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus International Norms

In the News

Apr 27, 2023

Charai in Al Jazeera

By Ahmed Charai

Ahmed Charai is a Moroccan publisher and an Atlantic Council Board Director. He is also an international counselor of the Center for a Strategic and International Studies, a board of trustees member of International Crisis Group, and a member of the Advisory Board of The Center for the National Interest in Washington and Global Board […]

Arabic Democratic Transitions

In the News

Apr 26, 2023

Charai in The National Interest

By Ahmed Charai

The United States has left a vacuum in Africa and now its rivals have rushed in. It is not too late for America to offer the African continent what it really wants: peace, prosperity, recognition, and democracy. Ahmed Charai is a Moroccan publisher and an Atlantic Council Board Director. He is also an international counselor […]

Democratic Transitions International Norms

In the News

Apr 26, 2023

<strong>Baek in <em>Early Bird Books</em></strong>

On April 24, IPSI Nonresident Senior Fellow Jieun Baek was featured in Early Bird Books’ list of insightful books about living in North Korea. Early Bird Books highlighted Baek’s book, North Korea’s Hidden Revolution.

Korea Resilience & Society

In the News

Apr 26, 2023

Guevara in El Heraldo de Mexico on integration, interoperability, and resilience (in Spanish)

By Inigo Guevara Moyano

On April 11, TSI NRSF Inigo Guevara authored an op-ed in El Heraldo de Mexico that explores methods to enhance integration, interoperability, and resilience among allies and partners in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Mexico Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 25, 2023

Dickinson quoted on “Ukraine: The Latest” by the Telegraph

By Atlantic Council

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 25, 2023

Cohen in Forbes: Central Asia: An emerging food and energy supplier for the world

By Atlantic Council

Central Asia Energy Markets & Governance

In the News

Apr 25, 2023

Tantardini in Longitude on the competition for Cislunar space.

By Atlantic Council

Marco Tantardini discusses the future of lunar and cislunar space missions.

China Economy & Business