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AfricaSource

Dec 17, 2024

There’s a rare opportunity to deepen US-Somaliland ties. But several obstacles stand in the way.

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Maxwell Webb</span>

New administrations in both Washington and Hargeisa could begin a new chapter of relations.

East Africa Elections

New Atlanticist

Dec 17, 2024

The United States must revisit the basics of geostrategy

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Andrew A. Michta</span>

It’s time to return to realism in US national security policy, putting hard power considerations and geopolitics front and center.

China National Security

New Atlanticist

Dec 17, 2024

Dispatch from Damascus: Celebrations and concerns as a new Syria takes shape

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Ömer Özkizilcik</span>

Syrians in Damascus are celebrating the fall of the Assad regime, but that joy is mixed with concern for how the country’s new leaders will govern.

Conflict Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2024

Dispatch from Bucharest: Why has Romanian politics suddenly gone sideways?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Daniel Fried</span>

Twin shocks—Călin Georgescu’s political rise and the annulment of the November 24 presidential election—have shaken the hitherto complacent centrists in Romania.

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

Econographics

Dec 16, 2024

Once again, China pushes for economic stimulus, hoping for a different result

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Jeremy Mark</span>

Chinese leader Xi Jinping continues to adopt stimulus measures that fail to confront the country’s structural economic challenges.

China Economy & Business

EnergySource

Dec 16, 2024

Guyana’s low-carbon model for resource-led development

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Liliana Diaz</span>

Guyana has emerged as a model for balancing economic development with environmental stewardship. Showing how the two goals need not conflict, Guyana is both capitalizing on its recent oil discoveries while also being a pioneer in biodiversity credits, expanding protected areas, and using oil revenue to finance renewable energy projects.

Caribbean Climate Change & Climate Action

New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2024

The era of economic alliances beckons. The US should lead the way.

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Kaush Arha</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Jörn Fleck</span>

With geopolitics reshaping global trade, the United States must double down on economic partnerships with allies to counter its adversaries.

China Trade and tariffs

AfricaSource

Dec 15, 2024

Opportunity for Africa lies beyond the continent’s youth boom: It’s also in the ‘silver surge’

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Tom Bonsundy-O’Bryan</span>

Africa can set a global standard for dignity and care, proving that its elders are not a burden but a source of prosperity and resilience.

Africa Economy & Business

MENASource

Dec 13, 2024

To advance Saudi-Israeli relations, let the private sector lead

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mark Donig and Tally Zingher</span>

With the right policies in place, the US private sector can play a critical role in advancing US-Saudi-Israeli economic relations, creating a reality that will make normalization more achievable in the coming years.

Conflict Economy & Business

AfricaSource

Dec 13, 2024

What Trump’s next presidency will mean for Africa

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Rama Yade</span>

Reading between the lines of President-elect Donald Trump's campaign promises—and looking back on the president-elect’s first administration—reveals that Africa can expect substantial changes from the United States.

Africa Elections
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