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UkraineAlert

Jun 28, 2019

Finally a new window of investment opportunity in Ukraine?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Basil Kalymon</span>

The fight against corruption, linked to a continued commitment to EU integration and general system reform, could greatly boost Ukraine’s economic strength.

Conflict Corruption

Report

Jun 28, 2019

Priority-based approach to the North Korean nuclear issue—An enlightened dose of self-centeredness

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Taisuke Mibae</span>

From the time Chairman Kim Jong-Un started his “charm offensive” early last year until the fallout of the second summit meeting between Kim and President Donald Trump in Hanoi in February 2019, officials and experts have debated whether North Korea is ready for denuclearization on the terms of the United States and its allies. Rather […]

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Korea

In the News

Jun 28, 2019

Tran in The Financial Times: Two proposals for WTO reform

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

China International Financial Institutions

Inflection Points

Jun 27, 2019

Special G20 edition: Historic test for a world adrift

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Frederick Kempe</span>

The nineteen leaders of the world’s largest economies and the European Union gather as history’s tectonic plates shift underneath them.

China Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Jun 27, 2019

Everything you know about the Donbas is wrong

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Melinda Haring</span>

Many Western experts avoid the Donbas because it’s a knotty problem without an easy solution, and there’s plenty in Kyiv to keep one busy. I was one of those experts until a few weeks ago, when I finally jumped into a car and sped to Kramatorsk.

Civil Society Inclusive Growth

New Atlanticist

Jun 27, 2019

The Trump-Xi summit and beyond

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Robert Hormats</span>

How the relationship between the United States and China is managed now and in the coming months and years will be the central international economic, political, and strategic issue of our era.

China Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Jun 27, 2019

Putin finally tells Russians the truth (sort of)

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Anders Åslund</span>

In his annual television marathon “Direct Line with Vladimir Putin” on June 20, the Russian president did something unusual. To my knowledge, this is the first time he specified the impact of Western sanctions on Russia, which he usually presents as having a positive effect on the Russian economy because of import substitution. “Look, according […]

Conflict Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2019

Can Xi and Trump pause their trade war in Osaka?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >David A. Wemer</span>

Trump and Xi could be looking for another G20 breakthrough when they meet on June 29.

China Economy & Business

Event Recap

Jun 26, 2019

What does new polling data from Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan tell us?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Hariri Center</span>

On June 26, the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East in collaboration with Arab Barometer held a public event to release the Arab Barometer’s latest public opinion survey data from Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan. The data covered topics such as the state of the economy, institutional trust, migration, government performance, media consumption, corruption, and foreign […]

Economy & Business Iraq

New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2019

US-China trade war: The issues ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Robert Hormats</span>

Perhaps the best we can hope for would be agreement on a few items as a show of progress and good faith, and a commitment not to take further adverse actions against one another for a designated period of time while negotiations continue.

China Economy & Business

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