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The Atlantic Council promotes constructive leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the Atlantic Community’s central role in meeting global challenges. The Council provides an essential forum for navigating the dramatic economic and political changes defining the twenty-first century by informing and galvanizing its uniquely influential network of global leaders. Through the papers we write, the ideas we generate, and the communities we build, the Council shapes policy choices and strategies to create a more secure and prosperous world.

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.

Read our provocative essays on the future of NATO

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Making a difference

Learn more about the Atlantic Council’s insights & impact through these stories of how our regional and thematic programs are making a difference not only in shaping how we view global issues but also in shaping their outcome.

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Content

In the News

Sep 20, 2026

In Amwaj media, Matthew Bryza comments on the Mecca Agreement and the question of it extending to the South Caucuses

Security & Defense The Caucasus

In the News

Sep 19, 2026

Charai for the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune: The Muslim Brotherhood: Follow the Money

By Atlantic Council

Egypt Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

In the News

Sep 18, 2026

Tannebaum quoted in the New York Times on US unreliability influencing de-dollarization efforts

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In the News

Sep 18, 2026

Lipsky quoted in the New York Times on the prospects of de-dollarization

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In the News

Sep 18, 2026

Goldsmith Romero interviewed on CNN about the rise in prediction market trading

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In the News

Sep 17, 2026

Rich Outzen appears on Saudi Arabia’s AlHadath, discussing space militarization threats from Russia and China, and the US commitment to the Outer Space Treaty of 1967

Security & Defense Space Security

In the News

Sep 17, 2026

In Al-Monitor, Yevgeniya Gaber comments on the Black Sea security architecture, saying closer coordination among the region’s NATO members are all the more important

Europe & Eurasia NATO

In the News

Sep 16, 2026

Budginaite-Froehly published in International Centre for Defence and Security

By Atlantic Council

On September 16, nonresident senior fellow Justina Budginaite-Froehly published a report with the International Centre for Defence and Security, “Europeanising NATO: Keeping America Onside,” which focuses on how Europe can build up its own capabilities to rebalance and ultimately bolster the transatlantic alliance.

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Sep 10, 2026

Lipsky quoted in MSNow on the use of tariff revenue to fund “Trump Dividends”

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In the News

Sep 9, 2026

Woolf in Orbis on the role of nuclear norms in an era of renewed competition

By Atlantic Council

On July 20, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Amy Woolf published an article in Orbis titled “Nuclear Norms in an Era of Renewed Nuclear Competition.” She highlights that the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in February 2026 has left nuclear weapons states without formal systems that reduce the risk of […]

Arms Control Nuclear Deterrence