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

Feb 8, 2023

CBDC tracker cited in Blockworks article about digital pound

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Digital Currencies Economy & Business

In the News

Feb 8, 2023

Sullivan quoted in Arab News on the energy transition in the Middle East

By Paul Sullivan

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

In the News

Feb 8, 2023

China Pathfinder featured in Sinocism

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China Economy & Business

In the News

Feb 8, 2023

CBDC tracker cited in CoinTelegraph article about the Bank of International Settlements’ stablecoin monitoring project

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Digital Currencies Economy & Business

In the News

Feb 7, 2023

Deni in Defense One on Germany’s indecisiveness sending tanks to Ukraine

Deni in Defense One: On February 7, TSI NRSF Dr. John R. Deni authored an op-ed in Defense One arguing that Germany’s indecisiveness regarding sending tanks to Ukraine reveals that the hope of Europe standing on its own so that Washington can focus more on the Pacific theater remains farfetched.

Defense Policy Germany

In the News

Feb 7, 2023

Roberts Offers Insights on China’s Spy Balloon

On February 3, IPSI Nonresident Senior Fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts was featured in the Daily Montanan, discussing the details on China’s spy balloon. On February 4, he was interviewed on NewsNation on this matter, and spoke to CBC about it. He was also quoted in the New York Post, explaining, “the spy balloon saga came […]

China Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 7, 2023

Binnedijk in Defense News on the implications of China’s spy balloons on nuclear tensions

Binnendijk in Defense News: On February 7, SCSS Distinguished Fellow Hans Binnendijk co-authored an op-ed in Defense News discussing the implications of China’s spy balloons on US-China nuclear tensions.

China Defense Policy

In the News

Feb 7, 2023

Goldwyn in The Hill: How to address vulnerability at our ‘third border’

Americas Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Feb 7, 2023

Evans-Pritchard Jayanti in Time: Climate change saved Europe from Putin this winter

By Atlantic Council

Central Europe Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Feb 7, 2023

Fishman quoted in the New York Times: “Sanctions, in general, are more like a marathon than a sprint”

By Atlantic Council

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Russia