Issue briefs and reports

End of the line: The cost of faltering reforms

By Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center and Rhodium Group

The China Pathfinder project examines whether China’s economy is converging or diverging with the world's leading open market economies.

A bipartisan Iran strategy for the next US administration—and the next two decades

As tensions spike in the Middle East, how should the next US president approach Iran and its network of proxies including Hezbollah and Hamas? With a strategy that can be maintained for decades, by administrations of either party. A bipartisan, expert working group lays out the details.

Realizing a bolder transatlantic agenda for cooperation with Africa

By Rama Yade

Recent initiatives could be a beginning in the revitalization of cooperation between the United States and the European Union in Africa.

Working on a new transatlantic approach toward the Western Balkans

By Maja Piscevic, Ilva Tare

The United States and the European Union must work together, and play to their own respective strengths, to prioritize democratic and economic growth and alignment with the West.

Bridging US-EU interests and action for the Indo-Pacific and China

By Léonie Allard

The next US administration can build on a transatlantic agenda and benefit from the impetus in the European Commission to better frame the agenda on China and with Indo-Pacific countries.

Leveraging Europe and the EU as a defense power

By Rob Murray

Defense cooperation between the United States and the European Union must solidify the backbone of a resilient transatlantic alliance capable of securing global stability and upholding democratic values.

Treating the green transition like the geopolitical imperative it is

By Carol Schaeffer

Policymakers should adopt a NATO-style approach to long-term decarbonization and work to boost the green economies of the United States and the EU together.

Getting transatlantic coordination right for Ukraine

By John E. Herbst

Transatlantic support for Ukraine has been laudable, but much more is needed, particularly from Europe, given the political uncertainty in the United States.

Transatlantic horizons: A collaborative US-EU policy agenda for 2025 and beyond

By Atlantic Council experts

With new leadership on both sides of the Atlantic, this report outlines an agenda for common action for the next US administration and European Commission.

Foreword: A new agenda for the next four years of US-EU relations

By Daniel Fried, Jörn Fleck

The transatlantic partnership, powered by the US-EU relationship, is a geopolitical necessity. From the other side of the world to each other’s backyards and into cyberspace, Washington and Brussels need each other.