Category: In the News

Ashford in the New York Times: A once firm antiwar alliance splinters over Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

On February 9, Emma Ashford was quoted in the New York Times on the domestic politics of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. “‘This is definitely not a left-right thing,’ said Emma Ashford, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and co-author of an article expressing opposition to American support of Ukraine, arguing that the United States is stretched too […]

IMF-GeoEconomics Center event on CBDC development was cited in Yahoo Finance

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Coindesk featured Georgieva’s keynote remarks from the IMF-GeoEconomics Center event on CBDC development

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Wieslander on “Finlandization” of Ukraine in New York Times

By Anna Wieslander

“‘Finlandization’ would appear to rule out [the possibility of NATO membership for Ukraine] and allow Moscow a heavy hand in Ukrainian affairs — concessions Kyiv and NATO have rejected as unacceptable, ” wrote the New York Times. “All of this goes against what Ukraine has been striving for,” said Anna Wieslander, director for Northern Europe […]

Bloomberg featured Georgieva’s keynote remarks from the IMF-GeoEconomics Center event on CBDC development

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Wieslander interviewed on Putin-Macron meeting by Sweden’s “Expressen”

“[Putin] does not want to stop negotiating but rather continue increasing his sphere of influence in Europe. It is an interplay between military escalation and negotiations…If nothing happens militarily now, the chances of him taking action may be reduced. However, he can always withdraw and come back in the summer. We just don’t know. He […]

Slavin quoted in Al Jazeera on the Iran nuclear deal

Frampton Quoted in Euractiv on Transatlantic Standard-Setting Cooperation

The National covered empowerME’s entrepreneur tracker launch

By Atlantic Council

Sullivan in The National: For its energy needs, Lebanon must look within – in more ways than one