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Value beyond price: Prioritizing political stability and regional integration when financing Mediterranean gas

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
Value beyond price: Prioritizing political stability and regional integration when financing Mediterranean gas

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
Value beyond price: Prioritizing political stability and regional integration when financing Mediterranean gas

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 International Markets
Value beyond price: Prioritizing political stability and regional integration when financing Mediterranean gas

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
Value beyond price: Prioritizing political stability and regional integration when financing Mediterranean gas

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 International Markets
Value beyond price: Prioritizing political stability and regional integration when financing Mediterranean gas

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

Value beyond price: Prioritizing political stability and regional integration when financing Mediterranean gas

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
Value beyond price: Prioritizing political stability and regional integration when financing Mediterranean gas

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
Value beyond price: Prioritizing political stability and regional integration when financing Mediterranean gas

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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New Atlanticist

Dec 10, 2025

China’s overcapacity problem ‘doesn’t mean we can’t trade together,’ says US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer

By Katherine Golden

Greer spoke at an Atlantic Council Front Page event, where he unpacked a year in which US President Donald Trump implemented an aggressive trade strategy that resulted in clashes with China.

China
European Union

Transcript

Dec 10, 2025

Inside the Trump trade strategy with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer

By Atlantic Council

Greer joined the Atlantic Council to discuss the US approach to trade and tariffs in the next year.

China
Mexico

Econographics

Nov 25, 2025

Why the Millennium Challenge Corporation is vital to the future of US competitiveness

By Sohan Dasgupta

The United States is leveraging its unmatched economic power to reshape global partnerships, secure critical resources, and counter adversaries. Through a retooled Millennium Challenge Corporation, Washington is forging strategic alliances, strengthening supply chains, and opening billion-person markets for American companies.

Economy & Business
United States and Canada
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Mediterranean

Report

Oct 7, 2020

Value beyond price: Prioritizing political stability and regional integration when financing Mediterranean gas

By Olgu Okumuş

A comprehensive overview of the tensions surrounding natural gas resources in the Eastern Mediterranean which argues that development projects must take into account geopolitical rivalries as a reality in determining how to leverage East Med gas by mobilizing the power of multilateral dialogue platforms and international development banks.

Europe & Eurasia
European Union

New Atlanticist

Oct 7, 2020

The time to address an emerging market crisis is before it hits

By Jeremy Mark and Vasuki Shastry

The global economy is too weak to wait for another full-blown financial crisis to erupt. Now is the time to anticipate solutions.

Coronavirus
International Financial Institutions

In the News

Oct 7, 2020

Director Josh Lipsky Quoted in CNN on the Breakdown of Stimulus

By Josh Lipsky

Read the full article here.

Economy & Business
United States and Canada

In the News

Oct 7, 2020

Akhtar in Pakistan Politico: Deepfakes, AI & Digital Soldiers: Challenges of Cross-Domain Coercion for Pakistan

By Atlantic Council

Cybersecurity
Digital Policy

In the News

Oct 6, 2020

Director Josh Lipsky Quoted in USA Today on the Failed Stimulus

By Josh Lipsky

Read the full article here.

Economy & Business
United States and Canada

Past events

Oct 6, 2020

Central America economic reactivation: Finding opportunities in a COVID-19 world

On September 29, the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center hosted an event to discuss Central America’s economic reactivation in the context of COVID-19 and how countries can take advantage of the demographic bonus of a large working-age population, attract nearshoring opportunities, and renew momentum towards regional integration.

Central America
Coronavirus

In the News

Oct 5, 2020

Tran Quoted in SCMP News on Unsustainable Liquidity Injections

By Hung Tran

Read the full article here.

China
Economic Sanctions

In the News

Oct 2, 2020

Riaz in CIPE: Bangladesh’s Economic ‘Recovery’ in the COVID-19 Era: A Paradox, a Puzzle or a Mirage

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh
Coronavirus

In the News

Oct 2, 2020

Director Josh Lipsky Quoted in SCMP News on Unemployment and the Chance for Fiscal Stimulus

By Josh Lipsky

Read the full article here.

Economy & Business
United States and Canada

In the News

Sep 30, 2020

Chhibber in The Economic Times: View: The $5 trillion economy goal seems attainable with structural reforms

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business
Financial Regulation
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Experts

Fellow

Margaritis Schinas

Distinguished Fellow

Europe Center

English European Union

Fellow

Aminata Niang

Visiting Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Africa Future of Work

European Leadership Accelerator Participant

Martin-Sebastian Abel

Co-Founder & Managing Director, TransitionPlan

Millennium Leadership Program

Central Europe Economy & Business

Fellow

Christopher Aw

Nonresident Senior Fellow, N7 Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Economy & Business Intelligence

Staff

James Mazzarella

Senior Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Corruption Economy & Business

Executive Leadership Intensive participant

Thomas Scott

Emerging Technology General Counsel

Millennium Leadership Program

Digital Currencies Economy & Business
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Events

Online Event Tue, December 16, 2025 • 11:00 am ET

What lies ahead for Chile’s new president
Americas Civil Society Democratic Transitions Elections
Online Event Fri, December 19, 2025 • 10:00 am ET

Can Europe meet the geopolitical moment?
Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia European Union Politics & Diplomacy
Online Event Thu, January 8, 2026 • 10:15 am ET

AI, supply chains, and trade resets: The global economy in 2026
Economy & Business