stay updated


Featured Reading

featured events

The Russia Tomorrow series

In-depth Research & reports

programs

The Europe Center promotes the transatlantic leadership and strategies required to ensure a strong Europe.

The Eurasia Center’s mission is to enhance transatlantic cooperation in promoting stability, democratic values and prosperity in Eurasia, from Eastern Europe and Turkey in the West to the Caucasus, Russia and Central Asia in the East.

The Atlantic Council Turkey Program aims to promote and strengthen transatlantic engagement with the region by providing a high-level forum and pursuing programming to address the most important issues on energy, economics, security, and defense.

Explore the Power Vertical podcast

Explore the Debrief series

Content

In the News

Jun 29, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in Axios on the NATO Summit and the Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

Read the full article here.

NATO Russia

New Atlanticist

Jun 29, 2018

Managing a Trump-Putin Summit Amid Confusion Over US Policy Toward Russia

By Brian O'Toole

The Janus-esque Russia policy of US President Donald J. Trump’s administration has been thrust back into the forefront with the president’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16.  On one hand, the Trump administration has been tougher on Russia than it is sometimes given credit for: it has levied several rounds […]

Russia United States and Canada

In the News

Jun 29, 2018

Stein in War on the Rocks: The Roadmap to Nowhere: Manbij, Turkey, and America’s Dilemma in Syria

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Syria Turkey
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a meeting of the European Council, June 28, 2018 (photo: NATO)

NATOSource

Jun 29, 2018

NATO Secretary General: North America and Europe ‘Have to Stand Together’

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

We should have no illusions, Europe and North America need each other especially now when we see security threats, challenges we haven’t seen for many decades.

NATO Russia

In the News

Jun 29, 2018

Cohen Quoted in Newsweek on the Trump-Putin Summit

By Ariel Cohen

Read the full article here.

Russia

UkraineAlert

Jun 29, 2018

Forget Defense Spending Debates. Here’s What NATO Summit Should Focus On

By Stephen Blank

From the standpoint of defense spending, Russia’s navy might be thought of as the neglected stepchild of the Russian military. But that conclusion would be wrong. That’s especially true if one considers its recent deployments and activities; in the past year, Russia has actively and strategically utilized its navy to send clear signals to its […]

Russia Ukraine
G7 leaders meeting in Canada, June 8, 2018 (photo: White House)

NATOSource

Jun 29, 2018

Trump Trashed NATO at G7, Officials Confirm

By Jonathan Swan, AXIOS

AXIOS: In one extraordinary riff during his meeting with the G7 heads of state earlier this month in Quebec, [President Donald] Trump told the other leaders: “NATO is as bad as NAFTA.”

NATO Russia

In the News

Jun 28, 2018

Fried Quoted in the Atlantic on the Trump-Putin Summit

By Daniel Fried

Read the full article here.

European Union International Organizations

In the News

Jun 28, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in Fox Business on the Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

Read the full article here.

Russia

In the News

Jun 28, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in the New Yorker on the Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

Read the full article here.

Russia

Experts

Events