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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Content

In the News

Jan 3, 2022

Katz in National Interest: Could a Democratic China Supplant America’s Role in the World?

By Atlantic Council

China International Norms

In the News

Jan 3, 2022

Graham joined Al Jazeera Inside Story to discuss the implications of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

By Niels Graham

Watch the full panel here.

China East Asia

In the News

Jan 3, 2022

The CBDC Tracker was featured in Business Insider discussing Jamaica’s CBDC pilot

By GeoEconomics Center

Read the full article here

Caribbean Digital Currencies

In the News

Jan 1, 2022

Riaz in BBC Bengali: জো বাইডেন: যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের মানুষের মধ্যে নতুন প্রেসিডেন্টের জনপ্রিয়তা এত দ্রুত কমছে কেন?

By South Asia Center

Bangladesh Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jan 1, 2022

Alyemany in Independent Arabia: Arab Lebanon, not Persian

By Atlantic Council

Arabic Middle East

In the News

Jan 1, 2022

Sales quoted in CNN World on the consequences of Russia’s potential invasion of Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Jan 1, 2022

D’Sola in China’s Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE): What the Global North doesn’t understand about Sino-Latin American relations

By Atlantic Council

On January 4, 2022, Parsifal D’Sola published an article on CHOICE, “What the Global North doesn’t understand about Sino-Latin American relations.” He highlighted that “countering Chinese influence has to do as much with defending democratic norms and values as with bridging the North-South economic and technological gap.”

China Latin America

In the News

Dec 31, 2021

Riaz contributes to the book “Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in South Asia”: Bangladesh: In Pursuit of a One-Party State?

By South Asia Center

Bangladesh Political Reform

In the News

Dec 30, 2021

Cohen joins Bloomberg TV to discuss Ukraine tensions

In the News

Dec 30, 2021

D’Anieri in The Hill: Putin’s delusions threaten Russians

By Atlantic Council

Civil Society Human Rights