About the Council

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

May 6, 2022

Israel Initiative event with US Ambassador Thomas Nides mentioned in Jewish Insider

By Atlantic Council

Israel Middle East

In the News

May 6, 2022

Blanford in CS Monitor: The Syria-Israeli peace deal that almost was: A diplomat looks back

By Atlantic Council

International Norms Israel

In the News

May 6, 2022

Greenwald interviewed by Politico on the potential for a ‘digital Bretton Woods’ and a global money summit to address the rise of CBDCs and other digital currencies

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

In the News

May 6, 2022

World Today News mentioned the Israel Initiative’s event with Ambassador to Israel, Thomas R. Nides

By Atlantic Council

Israel Middle East

In the News

May 6, 2022

CBDC tracker cited in CoinDesk on the status of CBDC development around the world

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Digital Currencies Digital Policy

In the News

May 5, 2022

Koster in Europe’s Edge: NATO must re-learn deterrence

By Timo S. Koster

Timo Koster writes that the Western reaction to the current crisis in Ukraine shows that NATO will have to revive the concept of deterrence, and quickly.

China Conflict

In the News

May 5, 2022

D’Anieri in the Hill: “The false promises of Biden’s Ukrainian refugee program”

By Atlantic Council

Migration National Security

In the News

May 5, 2022

Sullivan quoted in Reuters on NOPEC

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

In the News

May 5, 2022

Younus in the diplomat: How Imran Khan Is Disrupting Pakistan’s Political Economy

By Atlantic Council

In the News

May 5, 2022

Samotin in the Wall Street Journal: Why Russian conscripts can’t subdue Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

On May 5, Laura Resnick Samotin published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal examining why Russian conscripts have underperformed in the war in Ukraine.  “We have already seen one recent war between conscript armies. While conscription does not appear to have played a major role in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020, the current […]

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