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Featured Analysis

Dean in the Conversation on Australia’s FY 2022 budget

New Atlanticist Aug 11, 2025

The US-EU trade agreement is not set in stone. This presents pitfalls and opportunities.

By Charles Lichfield

The trade and tariff deal recently struck in Scotland has several important elements that are yet to be determined.
Economy & Business European Union
Dean in the Conversation on Australia’s FY 2022 budget

New Atlanticist Aug 4, 2025

Trump’s review of US membership in the IMF offers a rare chance for reform

By Martin Mühleisen

The institution needs its major shareholders aligned to tackle new challenges, and it deserves a management team qualified to lead it on this new path.
Economy & Business International Financial Institutions
Dean in the Conversation on Australia’s FY 2022 budget

New Atlanticist Aug 1, 2025

How Donald Trump remade global trade

By Josh Lipsky

The US president has smashed the system, but the speed and scale of the smashing owes to a system that had been growing increasingly brittle for years. 
Economy & Business Macroeconomics
Dean in the Conversation on Australia’s FY 2022 budget

Sinographs Jul 31, 2025

Beijing extends and pretends to deal with its mountain of local government debt

By Jeremy Mark

Beijing’s three-year local debt restructuring plan fails to actually address the trillions of dollars weighing on local governments and will only cause greater problems down the road.
China Economy & Business
Dean in the Conversation on Australia’s FY 2022 budget

Econographics Aug 22, 2025

Trump’s challenges to the Fed’s independence loom over Jackson Hole Symposium

By Alisha Chhangani

As Trump tests the limits of what he can do, the credibility of the Fed—and by extension, global financial stability—is increasingly at risk.
Economy & Business Macroeconomics
Dean in the Conversation on Australia’s FY 2022 budget

New Atlanticist Jul 17, 2025

What Ancient Greece can teach the United States about defending against cyber attacks

By Carole House

Applying lessons from the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC to present-day cyber warfare is surprisingly instructive.
Cybersecurity Iran

In-Depth Research

Dean in the Conversation on Australia’s FY 2022 budget

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 Economy & Business
Dean in the Conversation on Australia’s FY 2022 budget

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
Dean in the Conversation on Australia’s FY 2022 budget

Issue Brief Mar 3, 2025

Financing the future: Unlocking private capital for global infrastructure and climate goals

By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou, Nisha Narayanan, Hung Tran

MDBs and international financial institutions alone cannot bridge the climate and development financing gaps.
Economy & Business Financial Regulation

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Econographics

Jan 28, 2026

China’s property slump deepens—and threatens more than the housing sector

By Jeremy Mark

China’s property sector slump is in its fifth year, with no end in sight. This poses real risks to the banking system and the country’s financial stability.

China
Economy & Business

Podcast

Jan 27, 2026

Markets, monetary policy, and central bank independence

By The GeoEconomics Center

In this episode of Guide to the Global Economy, experts assess the significance of the US Justice Department’s investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and growing tensions between the White House and the Fed over interest rates, why markets aren’t reacting to the clash, and what’s at stake for US economic credibility and the US economy as a whole.

Economy & Business

Econographics

Jan 26, 2026

Africa enters 2026 facing a debt crisis. The answer lies in regional solutions.

By Juliet Lancey

The solution to debt crises in African nations lies in global and regional cooperation.

Africa
Financial Regulation
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Content

In the News

Mar 29, 2022

Dean in the Conversation on Australia’s FY 2022 budget

By Atlantic Council

Peter J. Dean breaks down Australia's 2022 fiscal year budget.

Australia
Defense Policy

New Atlanticist

Mar 29, 2022

Putin’s ruble ploy confirms that energy exports are his lifeline

By Charles Lichfield

Western allies can only 'reduce the ruble to rubble' by dramatically reducing oil and gas imports.

Economy & Business
Europe & Eurasia

SouthAsiaSource

Mar 28, 2022

For Afghanistan’s economic revival, focus on macroeconomic stability, financial flows, and economic governance

By Paul Fishstein and Murtaza E. Amiryar

The Biden administration’s General License, announced in February 2022 and exempting international commercial transactions from US sanctions, is a step in the right direction, but its effects will prove limited.

Afghanistan
Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 28, 2022

Friedlander quoted in Quartz on the unprecedented nature of the sanctions imposed on Russia

Read the full article here.

Corruption
Crisis Management

In the News

Mar 28, 2022

Tran quoted in South China Morning Post on the impact of western sanctions imposed on Russia and how countries might attempt to circumvent them

Read the full article here.

China
Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Mar 27, 2022

Russian energy embargo: Europe must stop financing Putin’s Ukraine war 

By Diane Francis

Naftogaz CEO Yuriy Vitrenko has accused European countries of funding Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and called for an immediate embargo on all Russian energy exports in order to stop the war.

Conflict
European Union

In the News

Mar 27, 2022

Arbit quoted in Haaretz on Biden adminstration’s foreign policy goals in the Middle East regarding Iran nuclear deal

By Atlantic Council

Defense Policy
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

In the News

Mar 27, 2022

Slavin joins BBC Sounds to discuss implications of Negev Summit on Iran nuclear deals

By Atlantic Council

Defense Policy
Defense Technologies

In the News

Mar 27, 2022

Nikoladze piece on cybersecurity export controls on Russia’s tech sector featured in National Interest

Read the full article here.

Economy & Business
European Union

Britain Debrief

Mar 26, 2022

#BritainDebrief – What’s the Future of Russia and its War? A Debrief from Dmitri Alperovitch

By Ben Judah

Senior Fellow Ben Judah interviews Dmitri Alperovitch, Chairman of the Silverado Policy Accelerator think tank and the Co-Founder of Crowdstrike, to learn more about under what circumstances Russia would retreat from Ukraine. How will the Russian political system change in response to a retreat? Would Putin's rule be threatened by a tactical defeat in Ukraine?

Conflict
Cybersecurity
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Experts

Fellow

Randi Charno Levine

Distinguished Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Cybersecurity Economy & Business

Fellow

Aminata Niang

Visiting Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Africa Inclusive Growth

European Leadership Accelerator Participant

Pauline Deschryver

Senior Manager, DTEK Group

Millennium Leadership Program

Africa Central Europe

Fellow

Zeena Nisar

Nonresident Fellow

Global China Hub

Central Asia China

Fellow

Antonio Ortiz-Mena

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Economy & Business English

Fellow

Laura Shen

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative Indo-Pacific Security Initiative

Artificial Intelligence China
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Events

Public Event Thu, February 5, 2026 • 3:00 pm ET

Balkans Forward Summit
Civil Society Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy
Public Event Tue, February 10, 2026 • 12:00 pm ET

Global Foresight 2036: What will the next decade bring?
China Economy & Business Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia
Online Event Thu, February 12, 2026 • 10:00 am ET

Iraq’s economic agenda for the next government
Economy & Business Elections Iraq Middle East
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