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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

Explore the podcast series

NATO 20/2020 is a weekly podcast that explores 20 bold ideas to push NATO to be more visionary, more capable, and more self-evidently valuable to the security of more people.

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

Feb 13, 2025

Soofer’s report ‘First, we will defend the homeland’ quoted in SPIEGEL article on Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’

By Atlantic Council

On January 29, Forward Defense senior fellow Robert Soofer was quoted in a SPIEGEL article with the translated title, “That’s why Trump wants an American Iron Dome.” The article cites his recent Atlantic Council report, “‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense,” where he warns of the threat to US territory from missiles.

China Defense Policy

In the News

Feb 12, 2025

Ahmed Charai in National Interest: How Trump 2.0 Challenges the Global Order 

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Human Rights

In the News

Feb 12, 2025

Khakova quoted in ANT1 on transatlantic energy cooperation

By Olga Khakova

Eastern Europe Energy & Environment

In the News

Feb 12, 2025

Gordon quoted in Knox News on nuclear energy development in Tennessee

By Jennifer T. Gordon

Americas Energy & Environment

In the News

Feb 12, 2025

Khakova quoted in Naftemporiki on European energy security

By Olga Khakova

Eastern Europe Energy & Environment

In the News

Feb 11, 2025

Global China Hub nonresident senior fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts in Channel News Asia

By Dexter Tiff Roberts

On February 4th, 2025, Global China Hub nonresident senior fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts was quoted by Channel News Asia on the possible strategy informing the PRC’s decision to issue retaliatory tariffs against the US.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Feb 11, 2025

Global China Hub nonresident fellow Hanna Dohmen in South China Morning Post

By Hanna Dohmen

On February 7th, 2025, South China Morning Post published an article referencing Global China Hub nonresident fellow Hanna Dohmen’s testimony for the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission on the effectiveness of export controls in slowing China’s AI advances.

Artificial Intelligence China

In the News

Feb 9, 2025

Braw quoted in interview with L’Express on developments in the Northern Atlantic

By Elisabeth Braw

According to Swedish expert Elisabeth Braw, a specialist in the links between geopolitics and the global economy, the Danes have at least two ways of cooling the ambitions of the American president.

In the News

Feb 7, 2025

Event with Federal Reserve Governor Waller featured by Bloomberg TV on the role of stablecoins in promoting the dollar’s global reserve status

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Digital Currencies Economy & Business

In the News

Feb 7, 2025

Event with Fed Governor Waller featured in Cointelegraph on the role of stablecoins in promoting the dollar’s global reserve status 

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Digital Currencies Economy & Business