Issue briefs and reports

What it will take to rebuild Gaza’s remote-work sector

By Avia Liberman, Melanie Robbins

Remote work could offer Gazans a path to income and economic recovery—but only if access to electricity, connectivity, and equipment improves.

AI and autonomy in contested operations

By Owen J. Daniels

Any potential major conflict the United States engages in will be shaped by AI and autonomous systems. US forces should expect their systems to operate in denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) conditions imposed by jamming techniques, cyber-attacks, and anti-satellite capabilities designed to sever the connectivity and wreak havoc on military operations.

Could a stablecoin jumpstart postwar reconstruction?

By Avia Liberman, Melanie Robbins

A stablecoin could give the Palestinian economy a secure, fast, and cost-effective pathway toward greater financial stability and autonomy.

Atoms for Appalachia: Building state capacity for nuclear-enabled economic development

By Lauren Hughes

Appalachian states, despite different industrial foundations, aim to convert interest in nuclear energy into broad economic gains. State-level strategies will be key.

An economic shock is coming. Boosting women’s economic opportunity may be the key to overcoming it.

By Jérémie Bertrand, Nina Dannaoui-Johnson, Annie (Yu-Lin) Lee, Caroline Perrin

With over a billion young people set to enter the global workforce in the next decade, policymakers must prioritize education and jobs for young women to advance prosperity.

Currency policy options for the Palestinian economy

By Avia Liberman

The Palestinian economy conducts much of its daily interactions in a currency it does not issue or control. Is there a viable alternative?

The future of money in Palestine

By Atlantic Council experts

Gaza needs more than billions in reconstruction funding. It needs a financial system that can move that money securely to households, businesses, and public institutions—and keep it from being lost, diverted, or blocked.

Opening Africa’s skies to trade, growth, and jobs

By Tom Bonsundy-O’Bryan

Air transport in Africa could be a powerful multiplier of growth, underpin regional trade, and fuel skilled job creation. What's holding the continent's air travel sector back?

A Colombia-Venezuela agenda for recovery, security, and economic growth

By the US-Colombia Strategic Alignment Coalition

The recent earthquakes in Venezuela and Colombia have created urgent humanitarian needs that will require sustained international support. As recovery advances, the US-Colombia Strategic Alignment Coalition outlines how both countries, with US support, can build a cooperation agenda.

Sovereignty without borders: Decoding the transatlantic digital relationship at a time of change

An examination of the EU–US trust deficit and its implications for digital policymaking.