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Jun 20, 2025

NATO Defense Spending Tracker

The Transatlantic Security Initiative’s NATO defense spending tracker delves into data and figures to analyze current defense spending trends.

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Jul 1, 2022

Scheunemann in AP News: after years of anti-NATO rhetoric, the US has rebuilt its bond with the transatlantic alliance

By Leah Scheunemann

Leah Scheunemann was quoted in AP News expressing that "the Biden administration has done a lot of good in terms of rebuilding the reputation of NATO in America, and explaining the value of NATO as an alliance."

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In the News

Jul 1, 2022

Jain quoted in the Los Angeles Times on Biden’s global democracy agenda

On June 30, Scowcroft Center director for democratic order Ash Jain was quoted in the Los Angeles Times discussing support for Biden's global democracy agenda despite domestic challenges.

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In the News

Jul 1, 2022

Grieco in Defense News: NATO touts country pairings as key to defending the eastern flank

By Atlantic Council

On July 1, Kelly Grieco was quoted in a Defense News article addressing NATO’s announcement that it would pre-assign allied forces to specific countries for territorial defense. Grieco explained the intent of NATO’s posture change to change the character of their eastern deployments from a ‘tripwire force,’ intended to hold invading Russia forces up long enough […]

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TURKEYSource

Jul 1, 2022

Experts react: What the NATO summit breakthrough means for Turkey and the Alliance

By Atlantic Council IN TURKEY

Atlantic Council IN TURKEY asks experts for their perspectives on the Turkey's agreement with Sweden and Finland to proceed with NATO accession.

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In the News

Jul 1, 2022

Wieslander cited in New York Times on European unity over Ukraine

“Anna Wieslander, the Swedish director for Northern Europe for the Atlantic Council, said that although support for Ukraine had mostly held across the alliance, it was uneven: strongest in nations with long experience and deep fears of Russian domination, like Poland and the Baltic states, and more difficult to maintain in countries like Belgium, the […]

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In the News

Jul 1, 2022

Wieslander quoted in New York Times on NATO’s changed geostrategic reality

“Referring to the changing geostrategic reality wrought by February’s invasion, Anna Wieslander, the Swedish director for Northern Europe for the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think-tank, said the shift toward collective defense was much bigger than previously seen. ‘It really is a before Feb. 24 and after,’ she said, referring to the date of Russia’s invasion […]

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Fast Thinking

Jun 30, 2022

The triumphs and question marks from this week’s NATO summit

By Atlantic Council

How will history judge this consequential gathering? From Madrid to Washington, our experts are here with answers.

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UkraineAlert

Jun 30, 2022

Goodwill gestures and de-Nazification: Decoding Putin’s Ukraine War lexicon

By Peter Dickinson

From “goodwill gestures” to “de-Nazification” and “reclaiming Russian lands,” the Atlantic Council's Peter Dickinson decodes some of the key phrases from the lexicon of Putin’s Ukraine War into plain English.

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Markup

Jun 30, 2022

Our experts decipher NATO’s new Strategic Concept

By Atlantic Council experts

What were the allies really saying amid all the jargon? And what did they leave out? Our experts carefully combed through the document and dropped their insights in the margins.

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In the News

Jun 30, 2022

Lipsky cited in Associated Press on the low likelihood of G7 summit coordination to successfully address inflation

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