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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

Aug 30, 2021

Alam quoted in The Media Line on the lack of a working government and its impact on Kabul residents

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 30, 2021

Schuman in Bloomberg Opinion: Xi is forgetting the very thing that made China great again

By Atlantic Council

On August 30, 2021, Michael Schuman published a piece in Bloomberg Opinion arguing that the Chinese economy “only began to excel when the party’s cadres released their grip from the nation’s throat” and suggesting that “Beijing should not take a backward step now.”

China Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 30, 2021

Garlauskas participates in US Institute of Peace event on North Korea: “Whose court is the ball in?”

On July 28, Markus Garlauskas spoke at a US Institute of Peace event titled “Whose Court Is the Ball In? Making Progress on Peace and Denuclearization With North Korea” held at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC. Garlauskas cautioned against considering Kim Jong Un to be desperate, against optimism on the near-term prospects for diplomacy […]

Korea Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 30, 2021

Sadat in USA Today on Americans in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Mir Sadat quoted in USA Today on the need to evacuate Americans from Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Civil Society

In the News

Aug 29, 2021

Ghori-Ahmad was quoted in KAKE News: “The Taliban’s social media dilemma”

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 29, 2021

Ghori-Ahmad was quoted in KIMT3 News: “The Taliban’s social media dilemma”

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 29, 2021

Ghori-Ahmad quoted in Action News Now on the Taliban’s social media dilemma

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 29, 2021

Fontenrose joins PBS NewsHour to discuss US drone airstrikes against ISIS-K

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 29, 2021

Fontenrose quoted in USA Today on prior US knowledge of weaknesses of the Afghan security forces

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 29, 2021

Ghori-Ahmad quoted in KITV4 Island News on the Taliban’s social media dilemma

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict