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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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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 2, 2022

Polymeropoulos in the Washington Examiner on espionage

By Atlantic Council

Marc Polymeropoulos explains the difference between real-world espionage and the movies.

Intelligence United States and Canada

In the News

Feb 2, 2022

Schuman in The Atlantic: These Beijing Olympics send a much darker message

By Atlantic Council

On February 2, 2022, Michael Schuman published an article in The Atlantic, “These Beijing Olympics Send a Much Darker Message.” The article explores how “the China of 2022 is not the China of 2008, and the Olympics are making that all too clear.”

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Feb 2, 2022

Tran quoted in the South China Morning Post on the implications of a stronger strategic alliance between Russia and China

Read the full article here.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Feb 2, 2022

Charai in the Hill: The Iranian nuclear talks offer Biden much-needed bipartisan consensus

By Ahmed Charai

President Biden should apply pressure on non-nuclear fronts rather than signal a willingness to offer concessions, Charai argues. Read Charai’s latest in The Hill on the Iranian nuclear talks. Ahmed Charai is a Moroccan publisher and an Atlantic Council Board Director. He is also an international counselor of the Center for a Strategic and International […]

Iran Middle East

In the News

Feb 2, 2022

Katz quoted in Asia Times on Iran-Russia diplomatic relations

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Iran

In the News

Feb 2, 2022

Slavin quoted in L’Oreient Le Jour on significance of US-Iran nuclear talks

By Atlantic Council

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion French

In the News

Feb 2, 2022

Asat quoted in Al-Jazeera on Chinese exiles boycotting Winter Olympics about Uighur genocide

By Atlantic Council

China Human Rights

In the News

Feb 1, 2022

Speckhard in The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs: Putin’s obsession with Ukraine

Why does Putin care so much about Ukraine, and what is he trying to achieve with the saber rattling and a potential invasion when it comes with such great risk and potential cost to Russia? While I can’t get inside Putin’s head, I think the answer revolves around four key areas – political, security, economic, […]

In the News

Feb 1, 2022

Rodriguez in Dark Reading on cybersecurity

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense senior advisor Stephen Rodriguez discusses the need for companies to actively respond to cyberattacks.

Cybersecurity Defense Industry

In the News

Feb 1, 2022

Wechsler quoted in Spiegel on Putin’s military campaigns in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management