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Featured Analysis

Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

Issue Brief Apr 28, 2025

Modernizing the tools of economic statecraft to meet the challenges of today

By Lesley Chavkin, Eitan Danon, Kimberly Donovan, Andrew Gallucci, and Caroline Hill

As the current administration revisits the functions and mechanics of government, near-term steps can be taken, under existing statutory authorities, to modernize how the United States uses its economic strength to combat national security threats and promote American interests.
Economy & Business Financial Regulation
Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

Fast Thinking Apr 22, 2025

Is the global economy headed for a reset, recession, or both?

By Atlantic Council

The International Monetary Fund has just released its latest World Economic Outlook. Atlantic Council experts dig into the details.
Economy & Business International Financial Institutions
Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

Fast Thinking Apr 10, 2025

What to expect as Trump’s trade war zeroes in on China

By Atlantic Council

On April 9, US President Donald Trump announced that he would suspend many of his “liberation day” import tariffs—but he raised the tariff on China to 145 percent.
China Economy & Business
Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

New Atlanticist Apr 7, 2025

The IMF is a good deal for the US. Here’s how Trump can help make it even more effective.

By Elizabeth Shortino

The institution provides the United States a significant source of economic leverage, helps prevent financial crises, and serves as a counterweight to China’s influence.
Economy & Business International Financial Institutions
Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

New Atlanticist Mar 31, 2025

Dispatch from Hong Kong: How the ‘geoeconomic city’ is weathering global headwinds

By Josh Lipsky, Ananya Kumar

From Chinese and US economic growth to stablecoin regulations, a recent visit to Hong Kong offered important insights for two Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center experts.
China Digital Currencies
Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

EconoGraphics Apr 17, 2025

Russia Sanctions Database: November 2024

By Kimberly Donovan, Maia Nikoladze

The Atlantic Council’s Russia Sanctions Database tracks the restrictive economic measures Western allies have placed on Russia and evaluates whether these measures are successful in achieving the stated objectives.
China East Asia

In-Depth Research

In the News Nov 15, 2024

Avoiding Entanglement: G20 Responses in a Taiwan Crisis report cited by the Wall Street Journal on how China would respond to trade restrictions from the West

Read the full article here
Brazil China
Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

Report Oct 22, 2024

The economic and social costs of the war in Gaza

By Perrihan Al-Riffai

After a year of war, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and neighboring countries need a permanent ceasefire. But with development gains erased, billions of dollars in infrastructure damaged, and skyrocketing unemployment, the Middle East also urgently needs a solid reconstruction plan.
Conflict Israel
Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

Report Oct 9, 2024

End of the line: The cost of faltering reforms

By Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center and Rhodium Group

The China Pathfinder project examines whether China’s economy is converging or diverging with the world’s leading open market economies.
China Digital Policy
Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

Issue Brief Sep 20, 2024

Toward a financial inclusion agenda for the global majority

By Nicole Goldin

Policymakers, investors, and innovators must advance a new financial inclusion agenda designed for the global majority.
Economy & Business Fiscal and Structural Reform
Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

Report Sep 9, 2024

Sharing the post carbon economy means building a resilient EV supply chain

By Sarah Bauerle Danzman

In this report Sarah Bauerle Danzman advances the policy discussion by compiling trade, investment, and EV industrial policy data across the G20, and offers six recommendations to the G20 to build a resilient EV supply chain.
Brazil China
Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

Report Jun 7, 2024

Reconstructing Ukraine at war: The journey to prosperity starts now

By John E. Herbst, Olga Khakova, Charles Lichfield

Rebuilding the Ukrainian economy after Russia’s full-scale invasion will be a monumental task. Reconstruction can’t wait for peace and must be a well-coordinated, inclusive process.
Economy & Business Energy & Environment

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EconoGraphics

Apr 30, 2025

US-EU sanctions divergence would spell trouble for multinational companies

By Jesse Sucher

The fracturing of traditional alliances carries significant consequences for companies facing multijurisdictional compliance obligations, meaning an already complex situation will become more chaotic.

Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Apr 29, 2025

Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman on how technology can be used to tackle financial crime

By John Cookson

Artificial intelligence and other new technologies are needed to address the problem of illicit funds in the global financial system, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman told the Atlantic Council on April 25.

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

Issue Brief

Apr 28, 2025

Modernizing the tools of economic statecraft to meet the challenges of today

By Lesley Chavkin, Eitan Danon, Kimberly Donovan, Andrew Gallucci, and Caroline Hill

As the current administration revisits the functions and mechanics of government, near-term steps can be taken, under existing statutory authorities, to modernize how the United States uses its economic strength to combat national security threats and promote American interests.

Economy & Business Financial Regulation
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In the News

Jan 24, 2024

Graham and Tran featured in Investing.com on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

Read the full piece here.

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jan 24, 2024

What the EU can do now to strengthen economic ties with Ukraine and Georgia

By Maia Nikoladze and Yulia Bychkovska

EU support for capacity-building projects in Ukraine and Georgia can help deepen their ties with the West before their accession to the bloc.

Conflict Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 24, 2024

Global China Hub Nonresident Fellow Leland Lazarus in Africa Center for Strategic Studies

By Leland Lazarus

On January 22nd, Global China Hub Nonresident Fellow Leland Lazarus co-authored a report for the Africa Center for Strategic Studies on how Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean can make sure citizens’ interests are prioritized in engagements with China.

Africa Americas
Mumbai economy with skyscrapers in the distance

Econographics

Jan 24, 2024

The advanced consumer economy driving India’s ascent

By Josh Lipsky, Sophia Busch

By 2030, India could become the world's third-largest economy. Here's how the rise of powerful consumers within the country is creating a massive new domestic and international market.

India International Markets

In the News

Jan 23, 2024

Graham and Tran featured in Futubull on economic fundamentals driving dedollarization

Read the full piece here.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 23, 2024

Tran quoted in Reuters on long-term cross-border investment trends

Read the full piece here.

Economy & Business International Markets

UkraineAlert

Jan 23, 2024

No European security without Ukrainian victory

By Pavlo Zhovnirenko

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches the two-year mark, Western leaders increasingly acknowledge that there can be no European security without Ukrainian victory, writes Pavlo Zhovnirenko.

Conflict Defense Policy

New Atlanticist

Jan 23, 2024

It’s time for a US-Taiwan free trade agreement 

By Clete R. Willems

A free trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan would help protect the island democracy from China's economic coercion.

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jan 23, 2024

The US wants to end its reliance on Chinese lithium. Its policies are doing the opposite.

By Ellen Wald

US regulations are hurting demand for electric vehicles, the very products that will incentivize the development of lithium supply chains away from China.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 23, 2024

Lipsky quoted in Bloomberg on the impact of Red Sea attacks on global supply chains

Read the full piece here.

Economy & Business International Markets
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Experts

Fellow

Hung Tran

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

China Economy & Business

Staff

Alexander Tripp

Assistant Director

Africa Center

Africa China

Fellow

Atman Trivedi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Security & Defense Corruption

Millennium fellow

Levent Tuzun

Principal Economist, EBRD

Millennium Leadership Program

Economy & Business Turkey

Millennium fellow

Livio Valenti

Co-Founder, Vaxess Technologies, Inc.

Millennium Leadership Program

Economy & Business Entrepreneurship

Millennium fellow

Aby Vanterpool

Private Wealth Advisor, Goldman Sachs

Millennium Leadership Program

Economy & Business Financial Regulation
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Events

Online Event Tue, May 13, 2025 • 10:00 am ET

Rethinking US policy options in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Economy & Business Human Rights Politics & Diplomacy
Flagship Event Tue, September 30, 2025 • 9:00 am ET

2025 Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

The Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics is an annual conference convening economic and financial leaders from both sides of the Atlantic.
Digital Policy Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia European Union