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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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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.

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Insights & Impact

Dec 8, 2022

Slavin quoted in Voice of America on Iran’s crackdown

By Atlantic Council

Iran Middle East

Insights & Impact

Dec 8, 2022

Pelayo joins Mind-Field Podcast to discuss the World Cup in Qatar

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

Insights & Impact

Dec 8, 2022

Warrick in The Hill: Congress needs to act immediately so drone authorities don’t lapse

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

Insights & Impact

Dec 8, 2022

Nia and Kmiotek in Foreign Policy: What Iranian Human Rights Defenders Can Learn From Syria and Beyond

By Atlantic Council

Iran Middle East

Insights & Impact

Dec 8, 2022

Nia quoted in Quartz on the UN Commission on the Status of Women

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Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

Insights & Impact

Dec 8, 2022

Nia quoted in The Guardian on the UN’s fact-finding mission in Iran

By Atlantic Council

Iran Middle East

Insights & Impact

Dec 8, 2022

Nia joins NPR’s Morning Edition to discuss how other countries can help protestors in Iran

By Atlantic Council

Iran Middle East

Insights & Impact

Dec 8, 2022

Nia joins CNN to discuss the UN resolution to investigate the protest crackdown in Iran

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Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

Insights & Impact

Dec 8, 2022

Nia joins The Mehdi Hasan Show to discuss the UN Commission on the Status of Women

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Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

Insights & Impact

Dec 8, 2022

Nia quoted in L’Orient Le Jour on the protests in Iran

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