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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.

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Content

In the News

Jul 18, 2022

Lipner quoted in Jewish Insider on US-Israel relations following Biden’s Middle East trip

By Atlantic Council

Israel Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jul 18, 2022

Slavin quoted in L’Orient Le Jour on what Biden’s Middle East trip means for Iran

By Atlantic Council

French Iran

In the News

Jul 18, 2022

Pavel in New Voice of Ukraine on war scenarios

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Barry Pavel revisits his March forecasts for how the war in Ukraine might end.

Conflict Russia

In the News

Jul 18, 2022

Lakhani quoted in The Print: Pakistan’s start-up industry is collapsing

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Coronavirus Economy & Business

In the News

Jul 18, 2022

Quirk in The National Interest on how democracies can counter authoritarian aggression

On July 11, Scowcroft Center nonresident senior fellow Patrick Quirk and International Republican Institute (IRI) president Daniel Twining published Fighting Back: How Democracies Can Check Authoritarian Aggression in the National Interest. In the piece, they assert that the democratic world must take action and execute a long-term and sustainable campaign against transnational authoritarianism that the […]

China Civil Society

In the News

Jul 18, 2022

Kroenig and Ashford debate Biden’s Middle East policy

On July 15, Foreign Policy published its biweekly "It's Debatable" column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and NAEI resident senior fellow Emma Ashford. In their latest column, they debate Biden's Middle East policy on his first trip to the region as president.

Energy & Environment Middle East

In the News

Jul 17, 2022

Katz quoted in the Wall Street Journal on Putin’s travel to Iran

By Atlantic Council

Iran Middle East

In the News

Jul 17, 2022

Vali Nasr on CNN with Fareed Zakaria, GPS: Putin turns to Iran

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Conflict Drones

In the News

Jul 16, 2022

Lipner quoted in Politico National Security Daily on the Biden administration’s interests in the Middle East

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Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jul 16, 2022

Shapiro quoted in VOA News on Biden’s trip to the Middle East and what that means for Israel

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Israel Middle East