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New Atlanticist

Aug 14, 2024

The case for the United States and China working together in space

By Dan Hart

Washington and Beijing should work to revive the idea that the exploration of space should be undertaken for peaceful purposes.

China Space

New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2024

NATO must recognize the potential of open-source intelligence

By AM Sir Christopher Harper, KBE, RAF (Ret.), Robert Bassett Cross MC

By taking steps to use OSINT more effectively, NATO can preempt, deter, and defeat its adversaries’ efforts to expand their influence and undermine the security of member states.

Artificial Intelligence Disinformation

New Atlanticist

Aug 9, 2024

Is Ukraine’s raid into Russia a ‘crossing the Delaware’ moment?

By Daniel Fried

With echoes of earlier raids, Ukraine's recent push into the Kursk region of Russia shows its tactical cunning, audacity, and tenacity against a superior foe.

Conflict Russia

New Atlanticist

Aug 7, 2024

Hasina is out. Yunus is in. Here are the three biggest factors to watch in Bangladesh.

By Ali Riaz

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has fled Bangladesh, and Nobel Prize–winner Muhammad Yunus will lead an interim government. But several important questions remain unanswered.

Bangladesh India

GeoTech Cues

Aug 6, 2024

The Great IT Outage of 2024 is a wake-up call about digital public infrastructure

By Saba Weatherspoon and Zhenwei Gao

The July 19 outage serves as a symbolic outcry for solution-oriented policies and accountability to stave off future disruptions.

Cybersecurity Internet

New Atlanticist

Aug 5, 2024

Monday’s market rout is a painful but fundamentally healthy correction

By Hung Tran

The global market selloff has been driven by the normalization of outsized expectations for the high-tech sector and one-way betting for low Japanese interest rates and yen exchange rates.

Economy & Business Japan

New Atlanticist

Aug 5, 2024

Behind the market turmoil: Why a bad jobs report and the risk of war are shaking the financial world

By Josh Lipsky

A geopolitical crisis and disappointing economic news at the same time create a haze that can make each situation appear more threatening than it actually is.

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2024

Turkey’s linchpin role in the Russia prisoner swap offers a lesson

By Rich Outzen

Turkey’s role in facilitating the prisoner swap that freed Evan Gershkovich demonstrates how Ankara’s diplomatic balancing act can be an asset to its Western allies.

Politics & Diplomacy Russia

New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2024

As sixteen of Putin’s prisoners come home, don’t forget the millions of hostages who remain

By Mikhail Zygar

Thousands of Russians are sitting in Putin’s prisons. And over the years, he has successfully turned the whole country into a gulag.

Human Rights Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2024

A violent crackdown has put Bangladesh at a crossroads

By Ali Riaz

At least two hundred people have been killed and thousands more injured in protests that included law enforcement firing on protestors.

Bangladesh Conflict

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