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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 28, 2020

Busch in The Hill: In losing China tariffs at the WTO, the US dodged a bullet

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes that had the WTO found certain US tariffs on China legal, it would have created an endless spiral of countermeasures that put US exports at risk around the world.

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

In the News

Sep 26, 2020

Dagres quoted in Financial Times on “Tehran”

Iran Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 25, 2020

Nawaz joins Naya Daur TV to discuss his book, “The Battle For Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighbourhood”

By Atlantic Council

Pakistan Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 25, 2020

Hudson quoted in the World Politics Review on Sudan’s efforts to be removed from the US state sponsors of terrorism list

By Atlantic Council

Africa Democratic Transitions

In the News

Sep 25, 2020

Hudson in Foreign Policy: The White House wants peace with Sudan. Congress wants Khartoum to pay.

By Atlantic Council

Africa Democratic Transitions

In the News

Sep 25, 2020

Culver in Australian Financial Review: Don’t assume Xi Jinping’s version of China will last forever

By Atlantic Council

On September 25, 2020, Global China Hub nonresident senior fellow John K. Culver pubished an article in Australian Financial Review, “Don’t Assume Xi Jinping’s Version of China Will Last Forever”. “Since 1949 the Party’s controls have waxed and waned. And there is evidence that people in China are now chafing under the new constraints and […]

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 25, 2020

Kroenig and Ashford discuss the state of American democracy and institutions

By Atlantic Council

On September 25, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig and the Cato Institute’s Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discuss public opinion about American involvement in the Middle East; President Trump’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly; and the state of American democracy […]

Afghanistan China

In the News

Sep 24, 2020

Trotti and Nurkin interviewed on hypersonic weapons in Defense & Aerospace Report podcast

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Assistant Director Christian Trotti and Nonresident Senior Fellow Tate Nurkin discuss key insights from FD's recent Primer on Hypersonic Weapons in the Indo-Pacific Region, while further exploring essential issues related to the military utility of hypersonic weapons.

China Conflict

In the News

Sep 24, 2020

Hunter: Businesses don’t operate in a financial vacuum — don’t hamstring pension managers

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business United States and Canada

In the News

Sep 24, 2020

Herbst and Cagan in Morning Consult: Opposition to Nord Stream 2 sanctions is misguided

By Atlantic Council

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Germany