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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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In the News

Aug 14, 2022

Pelayo and Katz quoted in Inside Arabia on how the war in Ukraine will affect Russia’s influence in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 14, 2022

Shuja Nawaz in Dawn: What went wrong in 1971?

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Conflict

In the News

Aug 14, 2022

Nawaz in Dawn: The forever shining idea of Pakistan

By Atlantic Council

Nationalism Pakistan

In the News

Aug 14, 2022

Nawaz speaks with American Pakistani Public Affairs Committee: Pakistan at a crossroads: the role of diaspora in uplifting the country

By Atlantic Council

Civil Society Indo-Pacific

In the News

Aug 14, 2022

Schnapper-Casteras co-author of a piece in Mirror on how the EPA Supreme Court decision could impact emerging tech development

Read the full article here.

Energy & Environment Technology & Innovation

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