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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

Aug 13, 2022

Binnendijk in Eurasian Times: The importance of sharing NATO focus on security in the Indo-Pacific

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

Aug 13, 2022

Gaber quoted in the Middle East Eye: Why Ukrainian grain is not going to countries with a food crisis

Conflict Middle East

In the News

Aug 12, 2022

Dr. Shahid in The Geopolitics: Revisited: Partition and the Bengali Muslims of India

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Civil Society

In the News

Aug 12, 2022

Younus published in Dawn: At 75 years, Pakistan is viewed as the sick man of South Asia. Can it heal over the next 25?

By Atlantic Council

Democratic Transitions Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 12, 2022

Azodi interviewed on Al Hurra about the status of the Iran nuclear deal

By Atlantic Council

Arabic Iran

In the News

Aug 12, 2022

Roberts featured in SupChina

On August 5, Senior Fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts published an article, “Jeep shuts China factory as decoupling continues,” in SupChina. Roberts discusses Jeep’s decision to close its last remaining factory in China, over broken trust with the Chinese government. More broadly, he describes the larger picture for multinationals in China as “not pretty,” due to […]

China Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 11, 2022

Shahid quoted in Foreign Policy: How China-Taiwan tensions play out in India

By Atlantic Council

China East Asia

In the News

Aug 11, 2022

Kadhim interviewed on Alhurra about Al-Sadr’s movements in Iraq

By Atlantic Council

Arabic Iraq

In the News

Aug 11, 2022

Rafiq quoted in Voice of America: Security concerns bring China closer to Taliban

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan China

In the News

Aug 11, 2022

Lipner mentioned in the Jewish Insider about his latest article discussing Israel’s military operation against the PIJ

By Atlantic Council

Israel Security & Defense