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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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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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In the News

Nov 15, 2021

Ashford in H-Diplo: Oil and great power politics

By Atlantic Council

On November 15, Emma Ashford authored a review of two books, Rosemary A. Kelanic’s Black Gold and Blackmail: Oil and Great Power Politics and Emily Meierding’s The Oil Wars Myth: Petroleum and the Causes of International Conflict, in H-Diplo. Using the books, Ashford probes the question of why the United States going from an energy […]

Energy & Environment English

In the News

Nov 15, 2021

Dr Riaz with Channel i Shows: Defending Against Authoritarianism

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Economy & Business Indo-Pacific

Events

Nov 15, 2021

Fontenrose joins Emirates Policy Center for debate on the post pandemic world

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Nov 15, 2021

Shullman and Edel in the Washington Post: In the case of conflict with China, check your Cold War analogies

By Atlantic Council

On November 15, 2021, the Washington Post published an op-ed by David O. Shullman and Charles Edel, “In the case of conflict with China, check your Cold War analogies.” Shullman and Edel explore the significant national security implications of US-China Cold War analogies and ultimately conclude that, “the CCP’s methods may be different, but its […]

China Politics & Diplomacy

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Nov 15, 2021

Schuman in The Atlantic: Xi Jinping’s terrifying new China

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On November 15, 2021, Michael Schuman published a story in The Atlantic, “Xi Jinping’s terrifying new China.” He argues that the series of business regulations and restrictions on daily life in China in recent months “can be viewed as one element of Xi’s broader agenda to mold a new Chinese society that will be instilled […]

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Nov 14, 2021

Alam quoted in the Medialine News: Taliban Regime Says it Has ISIS Afghan Affiliate on the Run

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Nov 13, 2021

Melcangi quoted in Formiche on the necessity to hold Libyan elections on time

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Elections Italian

In the News

Nov 12, 2021

Preble on the Crashing the War Party podcast: US is no longer “the indispensable” — so what now?

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On November 12, Christopher Preble featured on the Crashing the War Party podcast, where he discussed his latest Assumptions Testing paper, which examines the notion that the United States is indispensable for the global order. Preble examined the question of what the international order might look like without American hegemony. More about our expert

English Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Nov 12, 2021

Bryza joins TRT world to discuss Belarus sending refugees to its border with Poland

Belarus Poland

In the News

Nov 12, 2021

Eftimiades in the New Delhi Times on password theft

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Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Nicholas Eftimiades speaks in the New Delhi Times on the theft of passwords by hacking groups.

China Cybersecurity