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Featured Analysis

Slavin quoted in USA Today on Russian sanctions and support for Ukrainian humanitarian efforts

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 Crimes & Illicit Trade

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Report Jun 7, 2024

Reconstructing Ukraine at war: The journey to prosperity starts now

By John E. Herbst, Olga Khakova, Charles Lichfield

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

On February 23, Robert Manning had his op-ed on the ability of the United States to shape a world order published by the Pacific Forum. He argues that the United States has urgent domestic needs that it needs to be tackled before it can offer solutions for similar problems on the international stage. “It is […]

Digital Policy Economy & Business

In the News

Feb 23, 2022

Aboudouh quoted in Inside Arabia on US-China rivalry in the Gulf region

By Atlantic Council

China Economy & Business

In the News

Feb 23, 2022

Kadhim joins Alhurra Iraq to discuss Iraq’s economy and developing foreign policy in the region

By Atlantic Council

Arabic Defense Policy

UkraineAlert

Feb 23, 2022

Time to go after the Kremlin’s wallets

By Doug Klain

Going after the Kremlin’s oligarchs who stash their illicit wealth in the West is an essential move that should happen now before Putin goes further in his campaign to end Ukrainian independence and revise Europe as we know it today.

Conflict Economic Sanctions

AC Selects

Feb 23, 2022

AC Selects: Ecuador’s recovery, EU data regulation, and China’s latest digital currency

Week of February 18, 2022 Last week, the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center sat down with Vice President of Ecuador, Alfredo Borrero to discuss post-pandemic recovery, and relations with the United States and China. The Europe Center looked at the future of the the European Union’s regulation of data through the Data Governance Act (DGA) […]

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Featured Analysis

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

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

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

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

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

Russia Sanctions Database: November 2024

In-Depth Research

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

The economic and social costs of the war in Gaza

End of the line: The cost of faltering reforms

Toward a financial inclusion agenda for the global majority

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

Reconstructing Ukraine at war: The journey to prosperity starts now

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The search for safe assets

How Japanese economic statecraft has shifted from promotion to protection

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

Content

Slavin quoted in USA Today on Russian sanctions and support for Ukrainian humanitarian efforts

Friedlander quoted in The New York Times on EU sanctions against Russia

Ambassador Fried quoted in Politico on Biden’s sanctions actions

Ambassador Fried interviewed on Bloomberg Sound ON podcast on Putin’s next move

Ambassador Fried in Foreign Affairs on Putin’s Ukraine strategy

Manning in Pacnet: Is the US capable of shaping a rules-based international order?

Aboudouh quoted in Inside Arabia on US-China rivalry in the Gulf region

Kadhim joins Alhurra Iraq to discuss Iraq’s economy and developing foreign policy in the region

Time to go after the Kremlin’s wallets

AC Selects: Ecuador’s recovery, EU data regulation, and China’s latest digital currency

Experts

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Thomas Storch

Events

Marine energy: Harnessing the power of the Atlantic

Why the UN’s Internet Governance Forum still matters twenty years on

Beyond critical minerals: Capitalizing on the DRC’s vast opportunities

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