GeoEconomics Center

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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In the News

Aug 18, 2025

Tannebaum interviewed by BBC on Trump-Putin summit stakes and sanctions options if progress is not made

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Economic Sanctions
Financial Crimes & Illicit Trade

In the News

Aug 18, 2025

CBDC Tracker cited by VISA on the status of CBDC development across the world

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Digital Currencies
Digital Policy

In the News

Aug 18, 2025

Lipsky quoted in Bloomberg on how the US benefits from the dollar’s status as the global reserve currency

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Economy & Business
International Markets

New Atlanticist

Aug 15, 2025

What Russia’s war on Ukraine means for Central Asia 

By Tatiana Gfoeller

The course of Russia’s war against Ukraine will have massive implications for Moscow and Beijing’s competition for influence in Central Asia.

Central Asia
China

New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2025

Trump’s Armenia-Azerbaijan agreement advanced peace, but Washington can’t let up now

By Robert F. Cekuta and Richard L. Morningstar

The US-brokered agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan was an important step. But to achieve a lasting peace, the Trump administration must remain actively engaged as negotiations continue.

Conflict
Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Aug 6, 2025

US-India trade relations are getting worse. Quality control orders can be part of a reset.

By Gopal Nadadur

While ostensibly targeted mainly at Chinese dumping, quality control orders often cause “collateral damage” by impacting imports from other economies.

Economy & Business
India

Infographic

Aug 1, 2025

Economic pulse of the Americas: How dependent is Latin America on taxes on international trade?

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

This infographic explores the fiscal implications of reducing customs revenues, shows which countries are most dependent on trade taxes, and explores what changes to import volumes and related revenues mean for LAC’s economic future.

Americas
Fiscal and Structural Reform

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

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

New Atlanticist

Jul 30, 2025

For emerging markets, the biggest threat isn’t reduced aid. It’s financial volatility

By Achilles Tsirgis

Emerging markets’ sovereign and corporate bonds are under strain, largely driven by erratic fiscal and trade policy signals from Washington.

China
Economy & Business

Experts

Events