The Atlantic Council’s work in this area is wide-ranging, but unified in the belief that cooperation in confronting international terrorism will be more effective to the extent that it is built on a foundation of shared concepts, frames of reference and fundamental understanding. Conferences, working groups, and policy papers compare and explore different analyses of the nature – and likely future development – of the threat.
Building on this conceptual work, the Council seeks to strengthen transatlantic and international efforts against terrorism by identifying concrete roles and key areas for closer cooperation.
Projects
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-ŕ-vis Russia.
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.
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.
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.
U.S.-China Cooperation on Failing States — assesses long-term commitments and cooperative measures by the globalizing states, notably China, to contain the immediate dangers and to move these states into the category of successful states contributing to economic growth and international stability.
