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Featured Analysis

State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

Econographics Jun 6, 2025

The search for safe assets

By Hung Tran

The deterioration of the US fiscal outlook has put international investors, especially foreign central banks, in a quandary. There is no good alternative to US Treasuries as safe reserve assets.
Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

Econographics May 29, 2025

After partial relief, what’s next for Syria sanctions?

By Alex Zerden

Syria remains a high-risk jurisdiction due to years of conflict, endemic corruption, state institution collapse, narcotrafficking of captagon, insufficient anti-money laundering efforts, and inadequate financing of terrorism controls.
Economic Sanctions Economy & Business
State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

Sinographs Jun 2, 2025

Hong Kong highlights China’s policy of decoupling from US financial markets

By Jeremy Mark

The political benefits of an international financial center with Chinese characteristics will outweigh the pain that decoupling inflicts on China’s private sector.
China Economy & Business
State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

New Atlanticist May 27, 2025

What’s the Trump administration’s dollar strategy? It depends on who you ask.

By Alisha Chhangani

Within the White House, there appear to be competing and fractured views of the dollar’s role. This dissonance could result in harm to the currency’s long-term dominance.
Digital Currencies Economy & Business
State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

Issue Brief Jun 6, 2025

How Japanese economic statecraft has shifted from promotion to protection

By Charles Lichfield

Japan is in a geopolitically challenging neighborhood and is witnessing the basic tenets of its foreign policy—from alignment with the United States to fostering a rules-based environment—come under unprecedented stress.
East Asia Economic Sanctions
State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

New Atlanticist Jun 6, 2025

Even as courts step in, Trump still has plenty of tariff options. US trading partners should intensify negotiations.

By Brian Janovitz

Section 301 may entail more work for the White House, but it could provide a relatively straightforward pathway to broad-based tariffs.
Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

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

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Brazil China
State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

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
State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

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
State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

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
State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

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
State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

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

Jul 10, 2025

The stablecoin race

By Hung Tran, Barbara C. Matthews

Each country’s agenda is motivated by questions about the sustainability of the dollar’s dominant global role.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jul 8, 2025

April, July, now August: Our expert guide to Trump’s latest tariff moves

By Atlantic Council experts

“Liberation Day” was nearly ninety days ago, and now the deadline for many nations to negotiate a trade deal and avoid US tariffs is extended to next month. Atlantic Council experts explain what’s behind the moving calendar.

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy
Stablecoins

Fintech Frontlines

Jul 8, 2025

Stablecoins are trending, but what frictions and risks are getting overlooked?

By Ashley Lannquist

Stablecoin usage is complex for consumers, and large-scale adoption could introduce new challenges for financial stability and regulatory oversight.

Digital Currencies Economy & Business
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Content

Blog Post

Mar 6, 2024

State of the Order: Assessing November 2023

The State of the Order breaks down the month's most important events impacting the democratic world order.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 6, 2024

Bayoumi and Mowla in The Globe and Mail and Canadian Forces College on the Canadian-Caribbean partnership

On October 24, Imran Bayoumi, associate director at the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, and Wazim Mowla, associate director and fellow of the Caribbean Initiative at the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, were published in The Globe and Mail and featured on the Canadian Forces College’s Spotlight on Military […]

Caribbean Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Mar 6, 2024

ACFP featuring Raimondo and Vestager cited by the Washington Post on AI safety regulations

Read the full article here.

Artificial Intelligence Financial Regulation

In the News

Mar 6, 2024

China Pathfinder cited in Radio Free Asia on 2024 China GDP target

Read the full article here.

China Fiscal and Structural Reform

China-MENA Podcast

Mar 6, 2024

China’s Law of the Sea in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Isaac Kardon joins us as we dive deep into the activities of China's People's Liberation Army Navy in international and MENA waters. We'll also explore China's ambitions in global waters, ranging from deep-sea mining to infrastructure development with dual-use functionality to achieve civil-military integration.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 5, 2024

Lichfield quoted by Politico on blocked Russian reserves in Europe

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Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 5, 2024

Singh featured in Financial Times on US economic statecraft doctrine

Read the full article here.

Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 4, 2024

Roberts in VOA

On March 3, IPSI and GCH Nonresident Senior Fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts was quoted in VOA, where he discussed his expectations for how China’s economic challenges might be addressed during its ongoing annual legislative meetings, the “Two Sessions.”

China Economy & Business

Global China

Mar 4, 2024

Global China Newsletter: Two Sessions, zero reasons for economic optimism?

By Dexter Tiff Roberts

The second 2024 edition of the Global China Newsletter.

Africa China

In the News

Mar 4, 2024

Global China Hub Conference spotlighted in China Global South Project, C-Span, and South China Morning Post

From February 21st to 22nd, the Global China Hub’s conference, “China in the Global South: Development and influence in a shifting global order,” was spotlighted in C-Span, the China Global South Project, and South China Morning Post.

China Economy & Business
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Experts

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

Fellow

Ashutosh Varshney

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Nationalism Elections
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Events

Online Event Thu, July 17, 2025 • 9:30 am ET

Book talk: A portrait of ‘the man who would be king’
Economy & Business Energy & Environment Middle East 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