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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.

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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In the News

Apr 28, 2021

Theros and Halaimzai in Chatham House: US withdrawal will not end the forever war

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Defense Policy

In the News

Apr 28, 2021

Akhtar joins Strategic Vision Institute to discuss South Asian nuclear history

By Atlantic Council

Defense Technologies Indo-Pacific

In the News

Apr 28, 2021

Varshney joins Watson Institute to discuss COVID-19 crisis in India

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus India

In the News

Apr 28, 2021

Fernandes quoted in The New Indian Express on potential of private medical colleges to help COVID-19 patients in India

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus India

In the News

Apr 28, 2021

Fernandes quoted in The News Minute on Karnataka’s lockdown

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus India

Future of DHS

Apr 28, 2021

Warrick in Cipher Brief on the coming border crisis

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense and Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs Nonresident Senior Fellow Thomas S. Warrick published an article in the Cipher Brief titled "How do we get past the coming border crisis?"

Migration National Security

In the News

Apr 28, 2021

Nurkin in Defense News on future US space capabilities

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Tate Nurkin published an article in DefenseNews titled "What focus areas are key to America's future space capabilities?"

Defense Industry Defense Technologies

In the News

Apr 27, 2021

Haring and Magid in the National Interest: How to solve the humanitarian crisis in Donbas

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Human Rights

In the News

Apr 27, 2021

Kadhim quoted in Al Arabiya on NATO’s “surrogate force”

By Atlantic Council

Iraq Middle East

In the News

Apr 27, 2021

Forren in Italian Institute for Political International Studies: Green by Design: The American Jobs Plan

Energy Transitions Politics & Diplomacy