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 13, 2022

Khoury quoted in L’indro on Iran and Saudi Arabia relations in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Jan 13, 2022

The CBDC Tracker was cited by Fortune on nine countries around the world that have fully launched a central bank digital currency

By GeoEconomics Center

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Digital Currencies Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 13, 2022

Schuman in The Atlantic: China is watching Ukraine with a lot of interest

By Atlantic Council

On January 13, 2022, Michael Schuman published a story in The Atlantic, “China Is Watching Ukraine With a Lot of Interest.” The piece analyzes how “Biden’s handling of Putin may tell Xi Jinping how resolutely the US would defend Taiwan.”

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jan 13, 2022

Slavin quoted in L’Orient-Le Jour on negotiations between Washington and Tehran

By Atlantic Council

French Iran

In the News

Jan 13, 2022

Ashford in The New York Times: “It will certainly produce more militarization of the alliance’s eastern flank.”

By Atlantic Council

On January 13, Emma Ashford was quote in the New York Times on the Russia-Ukraine standoff. “It will certainly produce more militarization of the alliance’s eastern flank,” Emma Ashford, a researcher at the Atlantic Council research group wrote of NATO’s likely response to Russia’s threats against Ukraine. “Just because we think it’s a stupid, self-defeating […]

English Europe & Eurasia

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Jan 13, 2022

Wieslander in Carnegie Europe’s “Judy Asks: Can diplomacy rescue European security?”

“There is something utterly disturbing about a situation where the perpetrator demands security guarantees and those under threat are willing to discuss them: an Alice-In-Wonderland-Upside-Down kind of feeling,” wrote Anna Wieslander, Director for Northern Europe.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

In the News

Jan 12, 2022

The CBDC Tracker was featured in Market Insider discussing a Bill to limit the Fed’s ability to issue its own digital currency

By GeoEconomics Center

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Digital Currencies Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 12, 2022

The CBDC Tracker was featured in CNBC discussing Jared Kushner’s advocacy for digital dollar adoption in 2019

By GeoEconomics Center

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Digital Currencies Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 12, 2022

Peek joins the Townhall Review to discuss negotiations with Russia regarding Ukraine

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Conflict Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Jan 12, 2022

Ullman in UPI: America must contain its divisions to avoid another horrible year in 2022