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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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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

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Nasr quoted in The New York Times: Iran Wanted U.S. Out of Afghanistan. It May Be Sorry the Wish Came True.

Afghanistan Iran

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Sakhi with Notre Dame Events: Prioritizing Afghan Voices: How the International Community Can Assist Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan G20

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Halaimzai and Sakhi in Middle East Institute: Women in Afghanistan: No Hope for Human Rights?

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 28, 2021

Shahid in Scroll.in: Explained: Why religious fault lines are emerging in Tripura

By Atlantic Council

India Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 27, 2021

Kroenig in the Hill on China’s hypersonic weapon test

By Atlantic Council

SCSS Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig quoted by the Hill in an article on China’s test of a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle.

Arms Control China

In the News

Oct 27, 2021

Ortagus warns about risks to Americans traveling to China

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Scowcroft Center senior advisor Morgan Ortagus writes for CNN on the risks of traveling to China as Beijing increasingly employs hostage diplomacy.

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 26, 2021

Ahmad in The Wall Street Journal: How Pakistan won in Afghanistan

"For decades Islamabad played a double game, hosting the Taliban while posing as a US partner," writes Javid Ahmad in the Wall Street Journal.

Afghanistan Middle East