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The migration dividend: Unlocking new opportunities for migrants’ labor force integration

Table of contents IntroductionActionable prioritiesChallengesRecommendationsThe path forward Introduction Latin America and the Caribbean is seeing a wave of intra-regional migration that is without precedent in our hemisphere. Millions of people are displaced by lack of economic opportunities, security (including gender-based violence), poverty, and climate change, among other factors. As migration sees no sign of abating, […]

Methodolody: What does it take to be a reserve currency?

In its 2009 Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies, the US Treasury provided a historical perspective on the reserve currency status of the dollar and identified six key factors that are commonly attributed to supporting the use of a currency as a reserve. The GeoEconomics Center built on this framework by […]

Ignac interviewed by Voice of America on Montenegro’s elections

On November 3, Transatlantic Security Initiative assistant director Luka Ignac was interviewed by Voice of America on how Montenegro’s new government is perceived in the United States and what can be expected from the new government (source in Croatian).

Global China Hub assistant director Kitsch Liao spoke to Voice of America

On September 16, GCH assistant director Kitsch Liao spoke to VOA news about China’s new Fujian aircraft carrier, the training that will be required on the vessel, and the challenges posed by using electromagnetic catapults onboard.

Charai in The Hill: We survived Morocco’s earthquake. Its reconstruction is another story

By Atlantic Council

I was in Marrakech, Morocco, walking with my 89-year-old mother, when the earthquake struck Haouz last Friday. After the earth shook, my mother couldn’t stop shaking. I gently carried her out of the family home, which may no longer be the refuge that it once was only seconds earlier.