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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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In the News

Feb 23, 2022

Fried in Foreign Affairs: Putin’s long game in Ukraine

Putin believes that time is on his side—that if he continues to squeeze Kyiv but avoids a large-scale invasion, the United States and Europe will eventually grow weary of a protracted struggle for Ukraine's freedom, write the Atlantic Council's Daniel Fried and CEPA's Alina Polyakova.

Politics & Diplomacy Russia

In the News

Feb 23, 2022

Emily Weinstein quoted in MIT Technology Review: The US government is ending the China initiative. Now what?

By Atlantic Council

On February 23, 2022, Weinstein was quoted in MIT Technology Review’s article “The US government is ending the China initiative. Now what?” “The China Initiative was going after problems in academia that academia hadn’t even realized were issues yet,” says Weinstein. “There needs to be some type of olive branch,” she added. “Just fixing the […]

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Feb 23, 2022

Friedlander quoted in Yleisradio on US sanctions against Russia

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Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Feb 23, 2022

O’Toole quoted in Washington Examiner about US sanctions actions

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Economy & Business Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

In the News

Feb 23, 2022

Ambassador Fried quoted in WSLS on economic consequences in Ukraine

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Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Feb 22, 2022

Friedlander quoted in ABC News on sanctions escalation

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Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Feb 22, 2022

O’Toole interviewed by Bloomberg News on Russia sanctions

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Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Feb 22, 2022

O’Toole quoted in Financial Times on energy-related sanctions

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Eastern Europe Economy & Business

In the News

Feb 22, 2022

Friedlander interviewed in Formiche on sanctions against Russia

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Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Feb 22, 2022

O’Toole quoted in Quartz on Western sanctions against Russia

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Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia