LOOK BACK ON THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT


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Live commentary, authoritative analysis, and high-level events covering NATO’s Washington summit, courtesy of our experts.

Essays on the Alliance’s future

NATO’s seventy-fifth anniversary is a milestone in a remarkable story of reinvention, adaptation, and unity. However, as the Alliance seeks to secure its future for the next seventy-five years, it faces revanchist old rivals, escalating strategic competition, and uncertainties over the future of the rules-based international order. 

With partners and allies turning attention from celebrations to challenges, the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative invited contributors to engage with the most pressing concerns ahead of the historic Washington summit and chart a path for the Alliance’s future. This series features seven essays focused on concrete issues that NATO must address at the Washington summit and five essays that examine longer-term challenges the Alliance must confront to ensure transatlantic security. 

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The Transatlantic Security Initiative, in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, shapes and influences the debate on the greatest security challenges facing the North Atlantic Alliance and its key partners.

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In the News

Apr 4, 2016

Gramer Quoted by Politico on US Military Presence in Europe

By Robbie Gramer

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In the News

Apr 4, 2016

Ullman in UPI: With Members Under Attack, Where Has NATO Gone?

By Harlan Ullman

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Donald Trump, Feb. 10, 2011

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Apr 4, 2016

Trump Willing to Break Up NATO

By Ashley Parker, New York Times

Donald J. Trump on Saturday went further than ever before in his criticism of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, telling a crowd here that he would be fine if NATO broke up.

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Donald Trump, Feb. 10, 2011

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Apr 1, 2016

Benitez: Trump’s Views on NATO are ‘Superficial and Childlike’

By Molly O'Toole, Foreign Policy

Slamming NATO as “obsolete,” Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump pulls all American troops out of Europe and announces that the U.S. will slash its financial contributions to the decades-old military alliance.

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US forces in NOBLE PARTNER exercise, May 11, 2015

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Apr 1, 2016

US Forces in Europe Switching from ‘Assurance To Deterrence’ Due to ‘Aggressive Russia’

By AFP

NATO and the United States are switching their defense doctrine from assurance to deterrence in Eastern Europe in response to a “resurgent and aggressive Russia,” the top US general in Europe said Thursday.

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In the News

Apr 1, 2016

Benitez Quoted by Foreign Policy on Trump’s Stance on NATO and US Foreign Policy

By Jorge Benitez

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In the News

Mar 31, 2016

Atlantic Council “Smart Homes” Report Highlighted in Politico’s Morning Cybersecurity Tipsheet

By Atlantic Council

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Event Recap

Mar 31, 2016

A Regional Approach for Nordic-Baltic Defense Cooperation

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On March 31, the Atlantic Council hosted a private workshop aimed at building a regional approach for Nordic-Baltic defense cooperation. The event convened a range of Nordic and Baltic experts, embassy representatives, and US government officials to develop new and actionable policy proposals to strengthen regional security and stability. Panel discussions focused on assessing Russian […]

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Defense Industrialist

Mar 31, 2016

Before Tallinn burns

By James Hasik

The Third Offset must address NATO’s local numerical inferiorities. As Inside Defense reported earlier this month, current events have the US Army questioning its organization, wondering if it’s otherwise destined to be perennially late to the game. The Russian Army, after all, has gotten rather good at showing up unannounced on short notice. It would […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 30, 2016

Georgia’s President Wants Security Guarantees for Eastern Partnership Countries

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Paris, Brussels terrorist attacks add to urgency, says Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili The terrorist attacks on Paris and Brussels show that there is an urgent need for “bigger security guarantees” for countries of the Eastern Partnership, Georgia’s President, Giorgi Margvelashvili, said at the Atlantic Council on March 30. “At the end of the day…are we […]

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