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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 24, 2020

Slavin quoted in Jewish News Syndicate US relations with Iran

Economy & Business Iran

In the News

Sep 24, 2020

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

Economy & Business United States and Canada

In the News

Sep 24, 2020

Lipner in The Hill: Peace is great. Now, about that virus…

Israel Middle East

In the News

Sep 24, 2020

Ferziger in Foreign Policy: Israeli TV Spy Thriller ‘Tehran’ Flouts Stereotypes About Iran

Iran Israel

In the News

Sep 23, 2020

Simakovsky joins Voice of America to discuss the USA-Russia-China triangle

Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 23, 2020

Cohen in Forbes: Airbus unveils designs for hydrogen-powered aircraft which could be flying by 2035

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Sep 23, 2020

Report launch on Ukraine’s veterans covered by Voice of America’s Ukraine Service

By Atlantic Council

Voice of America’s Ukraine Service covered the Eurasia Center’s report launch event for The trip from Donbas: Ukraine’s pressing need to defend its veterans by Nonresident Senior Fellow Lauren van Metre and Combined Arms CEO John Boerstler. The report dives deep on why the difficulties that Ukrainian veterans experience with reintegration are a challenge to […]

Security & Defense Ukraine

In the News

Sep 23, 2020

Shaffer in The Brown Journal of World Affairs: In the era of US energy abundance: the role of the Caspian Region in US policy

Eastern Europe Energy & Environment

Article

Sep 23, 2020

Dohner quoted in MENAFN on remarks on China’s BRI

By Atlantic Council

On September 23, Robert Dohner, nonresident senior fellow at the Asia Security Initiative and former deputy assistant secretary at the US Department of the Treasury, was quoted in an article titled “China’s Lack of Transparency is Creating ‘Antisynopathy’” by MENAFN for his comments on China’s Belt and Road Initiative, originally published in an Atlantic Council […]

China East Asia

In the News

Sep 22, 2020

Ashford’s Power Problems podcast: A tour of South Asia

By Atlantic Council

On the September 22 Power Problems podcast, Paul Staniland of the University of Chicago joins Emma to discuss current events in India, Pakistan, and South Asia. More about our expert

Conflict South Asia