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New Atlanticist

Aug 14, 2013

Central Asia Can’t Be Forgotten

By James L. Jones

The transformation of Central Asia and the Caucasus that began twenty years ago—and in which the transatlantic community has a vital stake—is incomplete and uncertain. Despite progress, numerous problems remain. They vary from country to country, but among the most ubiquitous are ineffective governance, political systems that lack public participation and transparency, shortcomings in the […]

Central Asia Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Aug 12, 2013

Is China Doomed?

By Rajan Menon

Between 1978, the year Deng Xiaoping’s sweeping economic reforms were launched, and 2011, China’s GDP increased by an average of 10 percent annually, three times that of the global economy. Now the boom times may be over.

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Aug 9, 2013

A Better AGOA for Africa

By Adrienne Chuck

The twelfth African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) forum opens on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, bringing together senior US and African policymakers to discuss the extension of the trade legislation ahead of its September 2015 expiration date.

Africa Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Aug 8, 2013

All-American Agenda: A Financially Realistic Defense

By Harlan Ullman

Perhaps the best thing that happened to the United States last week was Congress abandoning Washington for a 5-week break deferring all the major issues and problems. Will anything improve when Congress returns? The answer isn’t reassuring.

Economy & Business National Security

Trade in Action

Aug 6, 2013

Freeing Transatlantic Trade: The T-TIPping Point

By Garrett Workman

Speeches and Official Announcements Freeing Transatlantic Trade: The T-TIPping PointMartin Schulz, president of the European Parliament, fully supports TTIP and freeing transatlantic trade and investment. As he writes, TTIP could be an essential instrument to defend European and American democratic values and the free-market economic model. TTIP brings tangible benefits including €545 in average European […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

New Atlanticist

Aug 1, 2013

Power Africa the Right Choice

By Sam Fishman

President Barack Obama’s “Power Africa” initiative, announced during his six-day tour of Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania in early July, is a major step forward for an administration that has remained relatively inactive in the Sub-Sahara. Though the $7 billion pledge will be spread over three to five years, matching promises from the business community […]

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Trade in Action

Aug 1, 2013

The EU’s Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreements – Where Are We?

By Garrett Workman

Speeches and Official Announcements The EU’s Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreements – Where Are We?The European Commission released a memo today outlining the status of the EU’s various ongoing ilateral trade and investment agreements. First on the list: an upbeat overview of the TTIP negotiations.

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

New Atlanticist

Jul 31, 2013

Latin America’s Drop Out Crisis

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

It is estimated that between now and 2040, nearly 40 percent of Latin America’s labor force will lack even a high school degree – much less, any advanced academic or professional training. This is a major challenge in a century whose economic winners are being defined by the ability to innovate, adapt, and leverage advanced […]

Economy & Business Latin America

MENASource

Jul 31, 2013

Part II: Can the Transitional Government Turn the Egyptian Economy Around?

By Mohsin Khan

Transitional governments can be very weak, since they have no popular mandate, or very strong, since they do not have to face the electorate when their term ends. To arrest the decline of the economy and put it on a trajectory of high growth and job creation, Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi’s government will have to […]

Economy & Business North Africa

MENASource

Jul 30, 2013

Part I: Can the Transitional Government Turn the Egyptian Economy Around?

By Mohsin Khan

Since the fall of Hosni Mubarak in January 2011, the Egyptian economy has been struggling. While much of the blame for the economic problems that the country is facing is directed at the Morsi government that took office in June 2012, the decline started over a year earlier. Indeed, in many respects economic performance under the […]

Economy & Business North Africa

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