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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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Sep 17, 2021

Nawaz joins DW News to discuss the latest development in Afghanistan

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Pavel in the Hill on counterterrorism post-Afghanistan withdrawal

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center director Barry Pavel speaks on counterterrorism in the Hill

Afghanistan Extremism

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Sakhi was quoted in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs: Iran Looks for Stable Relations With Taliban

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Alam was quoted in the Eurasia Review and the article from Arab News on “Warming Iran-Taliban Ties To Have Consequences For Region”

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Alam was quoted in Business Insider article: Afghan resistance leader hires DC lobbyist in bid for continued US financial and military support

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Alam wrote a piece for The Japan Times: Afghan resistance in desperate need of world’s support

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Nasr was quoted in The New York Times article: For Some, Afghanistan Outcome Affirms a Warning: Beware the Blob

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

O’Toole quoted in Voice of America about what’s next for the US in Afghanistan

By Brian O’Toole

Read the whole article here.

Afghanistan Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Alam was quoted in Business Insider News article: Afghan resistance leader hires DC lobbyist in bid for continued US financial and military support

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 16, 2021

Preble on the Net Assessment podcast: A Tale of Two Biden Doctrines

By Atlantic Council

On September 16, Christopher Preble debated whether there is a “Biden doctrine” and if so, what exactly it is, with co-hosts Melanie Marlowe (CSIS) and Zack Cooper (AEI) on the War on the Rocks Net Assessment podcast. They identified two separate threads in Biden’s thinking and that of his team — one idealist vision for […]

English Politics & Diplomacy