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

Mar 24, 2023

Pavia joins <em>Il Post</em> to discuss Tunisia’s democratic backsliding  

By Atlantic Council

Africa Middle East

In the News

Mar 24, 2023

Pavia quoted in Responsible Statecraft on Saudi Arabia- Israel relationship.

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Mar 24, 2023

Nikoladze and Bhusari cited in the Washington Post on Chinese and Russian efforts to reduce reliance on the dollar

Read the full article here.

Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 24, 2023

Bayoumi on Trending News discussing Chinese interference in Canadian elections

By Atlantic Council

On March 23, Imran Bayoumi, assistant director with the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative in the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, was interviewed by Trending Now on Canadian news station CHCH-TV on China’s meddling in Canadian elections. He argued that, while there is not evidence that China shaped the outcome of the election, this […]

In the News

Mar 24, 2023

Nikoladze and Bhusari cited by the Washington Post on Chinese-Russian collaboration on dedollarization

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China Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 23, 2023

Roberts interviewed on Bloomberg Businessweek Podcast

On March 21, IPSI Nonresident Senior Fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts spoke to Bloomberg Businessweek about the Xi-Putin meeting in Moscow.

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 23, 2023

Brzezinski in NBC News on Putin’s arrest warrant over alleged Ukraine war crimes

On March 23, the Transatlantic Security Initiative’s resident senior fellow Ian Brzezinski was quoted in a NBC news article discussing the potential impact of the arrest warrant for Putin over alleged Ukraine war crimes, issued by the International Criminal Court.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

In the News

Mar 23, 2023

Webster quoted in Axios on Russia-China relations

China Energy & Environment

In the News

Mar 23, 2023

CBDC tracker cited in Payments Journal on recent digital currency developments

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Digital Currencies Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 23, 2023

Pe’er, Bhusari, and Graham’s article on China-GCC ties cited in Congressional Research Service report

Read the full report here.

Economy & Business