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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.

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Content

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Massa on Sky News Australia on China’s successful hypersonic missile test

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense assistant director Mark Massa comments on the implications of China's hypersonic missile test for nuclear strategy.

Arms Control China

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Kirchberger for The Heritage Foundation: Understanding Risk in the Great Competition with China

By Sarah Kirchberger

There is a need to understand the risks that exist in pursuing great-power competition with China.

China English

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Nawaz quoted in The News: Bombed judgements – 1

Afghanistan Crisis Management

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Nooruddin quoted in The Print on the discussion of how climate action requires the ‘speed and scale’ of private industries too.

By Atlantic Council

Climate Change & Climate Action Economy & Business

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Shahid quoted in United News of Bangladesh: Urge ASEAN, QUAD friends to distance from Myanmar military: Dhaka to Washington

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Migration

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Cunningham with BBC’s Yalda Hakim on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Ahmad in Wall Street Journal: How Pakistan Won in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Nasr quoted in Verve Times: Iran Wanted U.S. Out Of Afghanistan. It May Be Sorry The Wish Came True.

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Economy & Business

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Akhtar with CSSPR: CSSPR in Conversation with Amb.Munir Akram, Permanent Rep of Pakistan to the UN on Kashmir Black Day

By Atlantic Council

Human Rights Pakistan

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Nasr with the Cato Institute: Why, as a Muslim, I Defend Liberty

By Atlantic Council

Resilience Resilience & Society