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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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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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In the News

Jun 28, 2021

Nawaz joins the Hudson Institute to discuss US-Pakistan relations after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Pakistan

In the News

Jun 27, 2021

Schuman in Bloomberg Opinion: The West can’t call the shots on China’s agenda

By Atlantic Council

On June 27, 2021, Michael Schuman published a piece in Bloomberg Opinion cautioning Western countries to avoid the mistake of believing they can be in the “driver’s seat” of China’s foreign policy.

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jun 27, 2021

Burrows in Lawfare: How the United States can compete with Chinese influence in Southeast Asia

By Atlantic Council

China English

In the News

Jun 26, 2021

Lipner joins VOA Blinken’s appeals to Middle East leaders to support Gaza recovery

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Jun 26, 2021

Fulton quoted in South China Morning Post on China-Iran relations

By Atlantic Council

China Elections

In the News

Jun 26, 2021

Busch in The Hill: Is this the end of the generalized system of preferences on trade?

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes that a recent bill in Congress to update the United States' Generalized System of Preferences risks undermining incentives for developing countries and thus hurting US exports.

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

In the News

Jun 25, 2021

Schultz in War on the Rocks reviewing new memoir on the plight of US interpreters in Iraq

By Atlantic Council

On June 25, Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Tammy S. Schultz published a book review with Noah Ramsey in War on the Rocks titled “Interpreters on the run: Baghdad underground railroad.” Schultz, the Director of National Security and Professor of Strategic Studies at the US Marine Corps War College, reviews Steve Miska’s book, Baghdad Underground […]

Iraq Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

In the News

Jun 25, 2021

Deese remarks analyzed in POLITICO

By GeoEconomics Center

Read the whole article here.

Economy & Business Fiscal and Structural Reform

In the News

Jun 25, 2021

Propp in Lawfare: Progress on Transatlantic Data Transfers? The Picture After the US-EU Summit

Arriving at a successor to the Privacy Shield Framework is still the looming major hurdle to a return to relative stability for transatlantic data transfers. The longer it takes, the more likely it becomes that European data protection authorities in the meantime will take action of their own accord to interrupt data transfers to the […]

Digital Policy Economy & Business

In the News

Jun 25, 2021

Kroenig and Ashford review the Biden-Putin Summit

By Atlantic Council

On June 25, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discussed the successes of the Biden-Putin Summit, the Iranian presidential elections and the potential for a nuclear deal, and the future of […]

Afghanistan Cybersecurity