Program Impact Stories

Irdi featured in Jamestown Perspectives on modern political warfare

By Beniamino Irdi

On May 2, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Beniamino Irdi was featured in Jamestown Perspectives discussing modern political warfare, how new technologies and authoritarian states effect vulnerabilities in democracies, and on countering hybrid warfare campaigns.

Global China Hub and Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Indo-Pacific Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts in South China Morning Post

By Dexter Tiff Roberts

On April 25th, 2025, Global China Hub and Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Indo-Pacific Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts spoke to South China Morning Post about China weaning itself off of US agricultural products.

Global China Hub nonresident fellow Wen-Ti Sung on Beijing’s response to tariffs

By Wen-Ti Sung

From April 25th to 28th, 2025, Global China Hub nonresident fellow Wen-Ti Sung spoke to three media outlets about Beijing’s responses to tariffs:

Irdi featured in Formiche on Italian defense interests

By Beniamino Irdi

On April 30, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Beniamino Irdi was interviewed in Formiche on strategies Italy should implement to defend itself against hybrid warfare.

Lichfield quoted by Bloomberg on US intelligence sharing with Ukraine

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Pınar Dost contributed to Giorgio Cafiero’s article at Responsible Statecraft about US’ potential mediation role between Turkey and Israel regarding their discord over Syria.

Michta in 19FortyFive and RealClearDefense on how a growing ideological gap across the Atlantic threatens NATO 

On April 26, Andrew Michta, senior fellow in the GeoStrategy Initiative, was published in 19FortyFive on the increasingly distant relations between Washington and Brussels that threaten to harm the future of the transatlantic alliance. He argues that the tensions between the United States and Europe are not merely based on policy but instead represent fundamental […]

Ullman in the Hill on US President Donald Trump’s worldview 

On April 28, Atlantic Council Senior Advisor Harlan Ullman published an op-ed in the Hill on President Trump’s tendency to operate on instinct. He argues that a greater focus on on-the-ground realities could result in reaching his administration’s goals and achieving prosperity for the American people.  

Charai in National Interest: Donald Trump’s First 100 Days: Disruption, Diplomacy, and a New American Moment

By Atlantic Council

Kumar quoted by Axios on stablecoins and global payments systems

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