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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

Sep 3, 2021

O’Toole quoted in Reuters about the potential impact of releasing Afghan assets

By Brian O’Toole

Read the whole article here.

Afghanistan Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 3, 2021

Haring & Vershbow join Brussels Sprouts podcast to talk Zelenskyy’s White House visit

By Atlantic Council

Politics & Diplomacy Ukraine

In the News

Sep 3, 2021

Haring in The National Interest: What Was the Point of Zelenskyy’s Visit Anyway?

By Atlantic Council

Politics & Diplomacy Ukraine

In the News

Sep 3, 2021

Nasr joins The NPR Politics Podcast broadcasted on WWNO New Orleans Public Radio to discuss the United States in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 3, 2021

Nasr joins The NPR Politics Podcast broadcasted on WUNC North Carolina Public Radio to discuss the United States in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 3, 2021

Sakhi quoted in Khmer Times on how Afghanistan has come full circle with the return of Taliban

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Sep 3, 2021

Kroenig quoted on the future of US global engagement in NBC News analysis

By Atlantic Council

On September 1, NBC News quoted Matthew Kroenig in an article about Afghanistan and the future of US engagement abroad. Kroenig commented that the US withdrawal from Afghanistan delivered “a big blow to US credibility” with adversaries and allies. He added that NATO allies were “somewhat caught off-guard” that the president decided to withdraw “without […]

Afghanistan Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 3, 2021

Wieslander gives keynote address at Marshall Center European Security Seminar

The seminar “Cooperation or Confrontation in the High North” developed a broader understanding of regional perspectives on the European High North and Baltic region. A keynote address by Anna Wieslander, director for Northern Europe at the Atlantic Council, highlighted strategic interests and military activities in the region. 

Climate Change & Climate Action Conflict

In the News

Sep 2, 2021

Warrick in the Washington Post on the Special Immigrant Visa

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Thomas Warrick writes in the Washington Post on the urgent need for the United States to update its SIV program.

Afghanistan Crisis Management

In the News

Sep 2, 2021

Samad on Channel4 News stated that “The burden of proof is on the Taliban to show they mean what they say.”

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict