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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

Nov 10, 2021

Nasr quoted in Los Angeles Times: Biden offers to lift sanctions if Iran ‘changes course’

By Atlantic Council

Iran United States and Canada

In the News

Nov 10, 2021

Drun quoted in Newsweek: China rejects historic US law protecting Taiwan as ‘illegal and invalid’

By Atlantic Council

On November 10, 2021, Jessica Drun was quoted in a Newsweek article, “China rejects historic US law protecting Taiwan as ‘illegal and invalid’.”

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Nov 10, 2021

Fontenrose quoted in Financial Times on Saudi’s role behind recent oil price spikes

By Atlantic Council

Energy & Environment Middle East

In the News

Nov 10, 2021

Bell in Senator Coons press release on first bipartisan delegation to COP26 climate conference

Climate Change & Climate Action United States and Canada

In the News

Nov 10, 2021

Melissa Flagg on revamping the US federal government’s R&D strategy

By Maxwell Kushnir

Nonresident Senior Fellow Melissa Flagg on re-energizing the United States' domestic innovation capacity and solidifying its position as the global leader in technology.

Political Reform Technology & Innovation

In the News

Nov 9, 2021

Manning in The Hill: The tragic politics of climate change

By Atlantic Council

On November 9, Robert Manning published an op-ed in The Hill on the COP26 climate conference and the US stance at the conference. Manning pointed to the dark irony of President Biden calling on countries to end their dependence on oil while at the same time asking OPEC countries to increase their production. There were […]

China Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Nov 9, 2021

Manning in VOA: Should Biden ease humanitarian sanctions on North Korea?

By Atlantic Council

On November 9, Robert Manning was quoted in a Voice of America article on US sanctions on North Korea. Manning argued that the United States does not need to ease sanctions for humanitarian goods to reach North Koreans, but rather there is a need to streamline the process. Robert Manning, a senior fellow at the […]

Indo-Pacific Korea

In the News

Nov 9, 2021

Friedlander quoted in Financial Review on the growing role of foreign investments in national security calculus

By Julia Friedlander

Read the full article here.

Economy & Business European Union

In the News

Nov 9, 2021

Charai in the National Interest: Khalifa Haftar can make or break Libya’s Paris Peace Conference

By Ahmed Charai

After years of murder and misery, long-suffering Libyans finally have a ray of hope: the Paris Conference on Libya, scheduled for November 14, 2021. Ahmed Charai “America’s support for the Libyan peace process is strongly signaled by the presence of U.S. vice president Kamala Harris” Charai argues. Read Charai’s latest in the National Interest on […]

Africa Conflict

In the News

Nov 9, 2021

Friedlander quoted in Financial Review on the growing role of foreign investments in national security calculus

By Julia Friedlander

Read the full article here.

Economy & Business European Union