About the Council

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

Apr 12, 2021

Singh joins GW IIEP to discuss India’s trade policy

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business India

In the News

Apr 12, 2021

Busch in The Hill: US whiskey and wine exporters brace for a summer of tariffs

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes in The Hill that the potential for EU tariffs on US whiskey and wine highlights the political nature of retaliatory tariffs and effectively rules out a tariff exclusion for the products.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Apr 11, 2021

Warrick quoted in the Washington Post on new CISA leadership

Cybersecurity Defense Industry

In the News

Apr 9, 2021

Lipsky spoke with Yahoo Finance on the IMF’s role in global economic recovery and the digital Yuan

By Josh Lipsky

Read the full article here.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Apr 9, 2021

Slavin quoted in Middle East Eye on Republican opposition to the JCPOA

Iran Middle East

In the News

Apr 9, 2021

Power Vertical Podcast: The Guns of April

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Democratic Transitions

In the News

Apr 9, 2021

Mulder in DODReads on “Warbots 1.0: AI Goes to War”

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Senior US Air Force Fellow Lt Col Christopher P. Mulder wrote a book review in DODReads on the novel “Warbot 1.0: AI Goes to War.”

National Security Non-Traditional Threats

In the News

Apr 9, 2021

Norrlöf in Washington Post on China and Russia’s plan to “de-dollarize”

By Dr. Carla Norrlöf

Read the full article here.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Apr 8, 2021

Slavin joins i24 to discuss lifting US sanctions on Iran

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Iran

In the News

Apr 8, 2021

Dagres in the Guardian: “The biggest impediment to a new nuclear deal with Iran? Domestic politics”

Iran Middle East