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

Explore the podcast series

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.

Latest commentary and analysis

Latest in-depth research and reports

Content

In the News

Sep 30, 2025

Transatlantic Forum mentioned in Bloomberg on the sessions with Keynote Speakers Teresa Ribera and Valdis Dombrovskis

Read the full article here

In the News

Sep 29, 2025

The CBDC Tracker quoted in The New York Times on the rise of sovereign digital payment systems, as countries from India to Brazil develop their own payment systems

Read the full article here

In the News

Sep 29, 2025

Klein discusses space warfighting on the Aerospace Advantage podcast

On September 27, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow John Klein was featured on the Aerospace Advantage podcast by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies alongside Major Kyle “Ghengis” Rimando and Mitchell Institute senior fellows Charles Galbreath and Jen “Boots” Reeves. They discussed the Space Force’s Space Warfighting framework, achieving space superiority, and lessons learned from […]

Security & Defense Space Security

In the News

Sep 29, 2025

Wechsler joins CNN to discuss Trump and Netanyahu meeting on Gaza ceasefire plan

By William F. Wechsler

Israel Middle East

In the News

Sep 28, 2025

CBDC Tracker cited in Modern Diplomacy in analysis of CBDC developments across the Global South

Read the full article here

In the News

Sep 28, 2025

Donovan quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Russian oligarchs maneuvers to evade sanctions

Read the full article here

In the News

Sep 28, 2025

Donovan quoted in iStories on Russian elites moving assets ahead of the Ukraine invasion

Read the full article here

In the News

Sep 28, 2025

Donovan quoted in the Post and Courier on Russian elites laundering money through the US

Read the full article here

In the News

Sep 27, 2025

Charai in The National Interest: The Last Chance for Peace in the Middle

By Atlantic Council

English Middle East

In the News

Sep 27, 2025

Rich Outzen joins TRT to discuss Trump Administration foreign and national security policies

Defense Policy National Security