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Dec 18, 2024

What the fall of the Assad regime really means for China

By Jonathan Fulton

Assad’s fall makes the Middle East more complicated for Beijing but does not threaten China’s most important relationships in the region.

China
Conflict

Inflection Points

Dec 18, 2024

The stage is set for Trump’s global leadership moment

By Frederick Kempe

The lightning-like fall of the Assad regime in Syria reveals larger weaknesses in Russia and Iran. These weaknesses present the incoming president with three historic opportunities.

China
Lebanon

In the News

Dec 15, 2024

Nikoladze quoted by Handelsblatt on Georgia’s trade with Russia, China, and Iran

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China
Economy & Business

Inflection Points Today

Dec 13, 2024

Monitoring the global ‘Trump effect’

By Frederick Kempe

The incoming president is already making waves in China, Iran, Ukraine, and NATO as he articulates goals and the world responds to them.

China
Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Dec 12, 2024

Can China’s new ambassador to Israel reset the strained relationship?

By Tuvia Gering and Ofir Dayan

Ambassador Xiao Junzheng faces the task of restoring trust between China and Israel after more than a year of bilateral tensions.

China
Israel

Report

Dec 6, 2024

The threats posed by the global shadow fleet—and how to stop it

By Elisabeth Braw

Since 2022 the number of aging ships whose ownership, insurance status, and safety is unknown has exploded, prompted by Russia's reliance on this "dark fleet" to ship its oil in defiance of Western sanctions. What can be done about this environmental, economic, and safety threat on the high seas?

China
Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Dec 4, 2024

To help Georgians, the West must drive a wedge between Georgia and the Russia-China-Iran camp

By Maia Nikoladze

Despite strong support among Georgians for their country to join the European Union, the governing Georgian Dream party has taken big steps to break with the West in favor of the “axis of evasion.”

China
European Union

New Atlanticist

Nov 21, 2024

‘You cannot separate’ the ‘unholy alliance’ that is Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, warns Congressman Michael McCaul

By Katherine Golden

Ukraine is central to US interests because if Ukraine falls, it will embolden US adversaries, McCaul said at an Atlantic Council Front Page event.

China
Conflict

In the News

Nov 21, 2024

Fulton in ISPI: Asia’s Expanding Footprint in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

China
Economy & Business

In the News

Nov 21, 2024

Donovan and Nikoladze cited in the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s annual report on the cooperation between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea

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China
Economic Sanctions
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