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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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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.

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Content

In the News

Sep 13, 2022

Binnendijk for the National Defense University Press on lessons from the civil war and revolutions in naval affairs

By Hans Binnendijk

Binnendijk and Gompert argue that owing to new strategy, new technology, or the vagaries of war, the character of naval warfare and course of naval history undergo rapid, profound, and lasting change.

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Sep 13, 2022

Roberts Featured in The China Project

On September 9, IPSI Senior Fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts published an article, “The financial news that really matters: The local government cash crunch holding back China,” in The China Project. Roberts discusses Chinese local governments’ challenge to stimulate economic growth amid COVID lockdowns and collapsing land sales, a market which otherwise serves as the main […]

China Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 12, 2022

Center research featured in Politico’s Global Insider newsletter

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China Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 12, 2022

Propp in European Law Blog: European Cybersecurity Regulation Takes a Sovereign Turn

Europe Center nonresident senior fellow Kenneth Propp explores the status and implications of a European Union initiative to create an EU-wide certification framework for ICT products and services (EUCS). New cybersecurity regulation thus is seen as another way to safeguard Europe’s ‘sovereign’ interest in protecting data from foreign government access.  It also would reinforce separate […]

Digital Policy Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 12, 2022

Mark quoted in MorningStar’s MarketWatch on current challenges in the Chinese economy

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China Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 11, 2022

Younus in Profit: Millions of homes have been destroyed. Could we rebuild them with solar rooftops?

By Atlantic Council

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News

Sep 10, 2022

Whitmore in Foreign Policy: A Ukrainian victory would liberate Eastern Europe

By Atlantic Council

Democratic Transitions Eastern Europe

In the News

Sep 9, 2022

Shapiro interviewed on Bahrain Banter about growing cooperation in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 9, 2022

Ferziger in Circuit News: UAE-Israel cyber intelligence firm grows with its perch in the Gulf

By Atlantic Council

Israel Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 9, 2022

Kroenig in Foreign Policy on what Biden’s speech means for US foreign policy

On September 9, Foreign Policy published its biweekly "It's Debatable" column featuring Scowcroft Center acting director Matthew Kroenig. In it, he discussed what Biden's recent speech means for US foreign policy and the "democracy-versus-autocracy" framing.

China Politics & Diplomacy