Why Atlantic Playbook?
I named this for the free-market nations that ring the Atlantic. Here, I publish left-critical, center-right takes on U.S. and transatlantic politics and society—especially the U.S. and U.K., where I’m active in business, politics, and philanthropy.

The focus is on free markets, pragmatic policy, and centrist-conservative environmentalism. This project pushes back against the Democratic Party’s Californian drift, the UK’s political mess, and Europe’s shift from center-left to progressive orthodoxy, defending what I see as the pillars of a free world: capitalism, common sense, and natural capital.

Still, I remain open to “third way” thinking. I’ve studied it and been shaped by it for two decades. Progress—however imperfect—is better than ideological gridlock. Partisanship has limits. Results matter.

Most of my writing lives here, alongside reposts from other outlets I contribute to. We also publish guest opinion pieces and selected podcast episodes.

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You can find Chad on Twitter/ X at @chadwickhagan.