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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.

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 11, 2022

Jamil in the International Journal of Nuclear Security: “Gift Baskets for South Asia: Nuclear Risk Reduction and Crisis Management”

By South Asia Center

Nuclear Deterrence Security & Defense

In the News

Jan 11, 2022

Charai in the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune: A letter from the publisher on a year of American and global comeback

By Ahmed Charai

Let the challenges of 2022 come; they will find their match in you America. Ahmed Charai “Fortified by new vaccines, new treatments, and a restored confidence in our purpose and ability to overcome,” Charai argues, “2022 will be the year where we turn to new realities”. Read Charai’s latest in the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune on […]

Politics & Diplomacy Resilience & Society

In the News

Jan 11, 2022

Pavel and Cimmino in The National Interest: America and Europe defeated authoritarians before, and can do so again

By Atlantic Council

On January 11, The National Interest published a piece by Barry Pavel and Jeffrey Cimmino arguing that the United States needs to strengthen and adapt its alliances to navigate the challenge presented by two continental great-power rivals in China and Russia. The piece sketches the contours of a refreshed European-American alliance relationship to tackle the challenges […]

China Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 11, 2022

Wieslander interviewed by Radio Sweden on Russian demands

By Anna Wieslander

Russia’s demands that NATO should not expand any further, or face the consequences, has raised concerns over the security of the two Nordic non-NATO members Sweden and Finland. “This is very troublesome for Sweden… and it is not the first time Russia has done this,” Wieslander said.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

In the News

Jan 10, 2022

Akhtar reviews “Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence and Deviance” by Hassan Abbas at Cambridge University Press

By South Asia Center

Nuclear Deterrence Pakistan

In the News

Jan 10, 2022

Azodi quoted in Defense News on Iran’s growing naval power

By Atlantic Council

Defense Policy Iran

In the News

Jan 10, 2022

Haring joins CNN to discuss the protests in Kazakhstan

In the News

Jan 10, 2022

Ullman in The Hill: Can Putin be ‘shocked and awed’?

In the News

Jan 10, 2022

GeoEconomics Center analysis on a contractual dispute between the US and Israeli governments and a Chinese construction company was cited in Politico

By Josh Lipsky

Read the analysis here.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 10, 2022

Peek in Wall Street Journal: U.S. Mistakes Fed Putin’s Ukraine Temptation

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management