A rapidly evolving and uncertain world demands careful review of the traditional definitions of and agreements about security. In this area, the Atlantic Council seeks to examine U.S. relationships with allies and adversaries in an effort to build consensus around policies that contribute to a more stable, secure, and well-governed world.
The Council considers the task of transforming U.S. alliances to meet the diverse challenges of a changing international environment characterized by the lack of a single, unifying threat and seeks to develop strategies that anticipate the appropriate changes in U.S. relations with current adversaries. It looks to inform the security debate on controlling proliferation and on missile defense, while at the same time examining the record, current effectiveness, and comprehensive cost of multilateral and unilateral sanctions.
Projects
Combatant Commanders Seminar Series regular briefings by the Combatant Commanders of the unified and specified commands to discuss current challenges and potential future threats within their areas of responsibility.
Cooperation between Russia and the West an ongoing effort to analyze and address the potential for cooperation between Russia and the West, as well as among the transatlantic community vis-ΰ-vis Russia.
Cross-Strait Seminar Series addresses critical issues in cross-Strait relations in a timely manner to provide insights to policy-makers and the foreign policy community in Washington.
Global Futures and Implications for U.S. Basing examines the geopolitical context that will likely frame the security environment of the next 20 to 40 years, and to identify the implications for the U.S. overseas basing network.
NATO - EU Relations an assessment of NATO -EU relations and the prospects for future cooperation, including trips by small delegations of U.S. defense experts and former military officials to Europe for intense discussions with NATO and EU officials.
NATO Information Office administered through the Program on Transatlantic Relations, the office seeks to promote an understanding and awareness of NATO in the United States.
Pan-Atlantic Student Summit brings together students from throughout the Euro- Atlantic area to participate in a conference held in conjunction with official NATO summits.
Reversing Relations with Adversaries considers the nature of bilateral relationships between the United States and current adversaries and then prepares the U.S. government for the process of reversing its relations with them.
Senior Fellows Seminar Series provides weekly discussions of wide-ranging economic and security issues, which provide a forum to examine how other governments and societies think about specific issues and how they might respond to international and domestic developments.
Strategic Regional Assessments evaluates both the strategic importance of particular regions and the challenges they are likely to pose over the next decade, while discerning case-specific strategies for the realization of U.S. goals.
Strengthening U.S. Security Alliances while international alliances have long been the bedrock of U.S. security, growing threats to that security present difficult challenges for traditional approaches to military alliances.
Transatlantic Approaches to International Law explores the nature and extent of actual U.S. and European differences over legal issues and the broader topic of the role of the international legal system and its major institutions.
U.S.-China Cooperation aims at developing active cooperation between the United States and China on regional and global issues of strategic importance to both countries, and to other countries in Asia, including Taiwan.
U.S.-Ukraine Policy Dialogue Exchange Program one of four working groups within the U.S.-Ukraine Policy Dialogue Exchange Program which brings together Ukrainian and U.S. think tanks to work on issues facing Ukraine during its ongoing transition to democracy.
Young Leaders Programs provides experiential opportunities to young leaders through conferences, simulations, and seminars in Europe and North America.
