Economy & Business

The energy transition depends on trade—and on China. Geoeconomic fragmentation could impact global climate targets.

When it comes to the future of digital currencies, interoperability is top of mind for governments and financial institutions.

Argentina’s economy is due for radical change from the Peronist status quo as libertarian TV personality Javier Milei is set to become the country’s next president.

Divergent regulatory and technological standards are evolving along geopolitical fault lines. Such an outcome would be costly.

Atlantic Council experts break down the US and Chinese leaders’ four-hour summit and what’s coming next.

After Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, the United States must strengthen its capabilities to combat terrorism financing and other illicit finance threats in the Middle East and beyond.

Sanctions and export controls have played a central role in the West’s response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, but there are other tools of economic statecraft, too.

Given China’s current resource advantage, Western countries need to make better use of the IMF and World Bank where doing so is in their interest. If applied more broadly, this approach could provide incentives for other governments to return to multilateral institutions, instead of China, for support.

Fragmentation resulting from geopolitical competition between large economies is posing a serious challenge to the fulfillment of IMF’s core missions. Here’s how it can respond.

The African continent potential to revitalize the world economy and reverse the downward trend in global growth. However, for this to materialize, it needs substantial investments in its physical and social infrastructure.

To improve its global analysis, the IMF should consolidate its conjunctural analysis into a single, shorter, and more pointed report.

The economic statecraft landscape is becoming more complex as transatlantic partners increasingly leverage the tools to counter transnational threats. There is a growing need to understand how these tools are used, by whom, and when, as well as their intended and real impacts worldwide.

New research on possible options and their costs of G7 sanctions on China in the event of a Taiwan Crisis.