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At the intersection of economics, finance, and foreign policy, the GeoEconomics Center is a translation hub with the goal of helping shape a better global economic future.
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Econographics
Jul 21, 2025
Why European businesses are now stuck in the middle of an EU-China storm
By
Alisha Chhangani
If relations continue to deteriorate, the world’s three major economies could find themselves in economic conflict and European businesses will be caught squarely in the middle.

Econographics
Jul 17, 2025
Charting a strategic path for Syria’s postwar reconstruction
By
Kimberly Donovan, Jonathan Panikoff, Lize de Kruijf, Manal Fatima
As Syria emerges from over a decade of conflict, easing sanctions by the United States, the European Union (EU), and other European partners is an important step toward reintegrating Syria into the global economy. Yet, for a country that has been economically isolated for over fourteen years, lifting sanctions is only the beginning.

Econographics
Jul 14, 2025
Injecting new life into Europe’s life science industry to improve competitiveness
By
Emma Nix
US turmoil under Trump has shaken the life sciences sector, prompting top researchers to consider leaving. Europe now has a rare chance to attract this talent and revive its biotech and pharma industries—but only if it moves quickly and decisively before China does.

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.

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.

Econographics
Jul 7, 2025
Building BRICS
By
Bart Piasecki
Fifteen years after its founding, BRICS has evolved into a formidable counterweight to Western dominance in global economic governance. Yet despite its growing influence, the bloc’s ability to translate bold rhetoric into concrete results remains uncertain.
In-Depth Research

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.