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Financing & Genocide: Development Finance and the Crisis in the Uyghur Region

In the News

Feb 17, 2022

New DFRLab report featured in the The Washington Post: World Bank unit is financing Chinese companies that appear to employ forced laborers, report says

Read The Washington Post's coverage of the DFRLab's latest report, "Financing & genocide: Development finance and the crisis in the Uyghur Region."

Op-Ed

Feb 14, 2022

Haring in The National Interest: The West is falling for Putin’s real play in Ukraine

Western governments should carefully calculate the second-order effects of information they publicly release with an eye to preventing panic.

Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Feb 4, 2022

Shullman joins CNN to discuss diplomacy around the Beijing Winter Olympics

David Shullman, senior director of the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub, speaks with CNN's Becky Anderson on the diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Op-Ed

Jan 28, 2022

Haring in USA Today: Biden needs to get Ukraine right. America’s security depends on it.

Despite Vladimir Putin's troops at Ukraine's border, there’s still time. Russia doesn't have forces in place for a full-on invasion, yet.

Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jan 24, 2022

Herbst joins NPR to discuss the Russia-Ukraine crisis

As the State Department orders relatives of embassy staff in Kyiv to leave, John Herbst joins NPR to discuss where the diplomatic effort goes from here.

Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jan 14, 2022

Fried in The Financial Times: Western unity will prevail in the stand-off with Putin

"Coming weeks may see rising tensions but outright war with Ukraine would be a risky roll of the dice for Russia," writes Daniel Fried for the Financial Times.

Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jan 8, 2022

Haring joins NPR All Things Considered to discuss the situation in Kazakhstan

Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Dec 7, 2021

Vershbow joins CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to discuss the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine

Atlantic Council Distinguished Fellow, Amb. Alexander Vershbow, and Andrey Kortunov say an invasion wouldn't lead to a 'happy scenario' for President Putin.

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Dec 7, 2021

Shullman quoted in The Washington Post on the US diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics

“The hope is that Washington’s leadership here will embolden allies in Europe and perhaps Australia to do the same,” said David Shullman, director of the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub.

Op-Ed

Dec 1, 2021

Albright and Mogherini in CNN: It’s time for the US to make good with Afghanistan

By Madeleine Albright and Federica Mogherini

"With new leadership in the White House, there is an opportunity to strengthen the Afghan peace process and secure our shared interests in peace, security, and regional stability," write Secretary Madeline Albright and Rector Federica Mogherini in CNN Opinion.

Afghanistan Politics & Diplomacy