The US, EU, and UK need a shared approach to economic statecraft. Here’s where to start.

Report Mar 7, 2023

Fractured foundations: Assessing risks to Hong Kong’s business environment

By Logan Wright

The report analyzes in detail the risks to the commercial operating environment in Hong Kong that have emerged since the 2020 introduction of the National Security Law.
China East Asia
The US, EU, and UK need a shared approach to economic statecraft. Here’s where to start.

New Atlanticist Feb 22, 2023

China and private lenders are blocking a solution to the global debt crisis. The G20 must step in.

By Vasuki Shastry and Jeremy Mark

The international community must apply pressure so that China and private-sector lenders join in facilitating a collective haircut that includes all lenders.
China Economy & Business
The US, EU, and UK need a shared approach to economic statecraft. Here’s where to start.

Report Feb 17, 2023

The transformative power of reduced wait times at the US-Mexico border: Economic benefits for border states

By Alejandro Brugués Rodríguez, Noé Arón Fuentes Flores, David Gaytan, John Gibson, Mayra Maldonado, Jason Marczak, Jorge Eduardo Mendoza Cota, José Ángel Moreno, Roberto Ransom, and Ignacia Ulloa-Peters

Atlantic Council’s new data shows that a mere 10-minute reduction in wait times – without any additional action – can create thousands of Mexican jobs, grow the gross domestic product (GDP) of several Mexican states, and generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in new spending in the United States.
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Report

Sep 20, 2023

The US, EU, and UK need a shared approach to economic statecraft. Here’s where to start.

By Kimberly Donovan, Maia Nikoladze, Nicole Goldin, Mrugank Bhusari, Sarah Bauerle Danzman, Ambuj Sahu, and Daniel McDowell

The economic statecraft landscape is becoming more complex as transatlantic partners increasingly leverage the tools to counter transnational threats. There is a growing need to understand how these tools are used, by whom, and when, as well as their intended and real impacts worldwide.

Economic Sanctions
Economy & Business

Econographics

Sep 18, 2023

How Germany’s security strategy incorporates economic resilience

By Hung Tran

The National Security Strategy represents a step forward for Germany, but highlights how difficult "integrated security" can be.

China
Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 16, 2023

Nikoladze, Meng, and Yin cited in the International Law Studies Journal on China’s assistance to bypass sanctions on Russia

Read the full journal here.

China
Economic Sanctions

In the News

Sep 15, 2023

Charai in The Hill: We survived Morocco’s earthquake. Its reconstruction is another story

By Atlantic Council

I was in Marrakech, Morocco, walking with my 89-year-old mother, when the earthquake struck Haouz last Friday. After the earth shook, my mother couldn’t stop shaking. I gently carried her out of the family home, which may no longer be the refuge that it once was only seconds earlier. 

Economy & Business
Inclusive Growth

In the News

Sep 8, 2023

“Missing Key: The challenge of cybersecurity and central bank digital currency” report cited by the IMF on central bank digital currency product development

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Digital Currencies
G20

In the News

Sep 7, 2023

Tran cited by Politico on Vietnam’s economic ties with the US

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G20
India

In the News

Sep 7, 2023

Roberts quoted in RFA

On September 6, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts was quoted in RFA regarding the widening effect of China’s property market challenges on the wealth gap. He explains that “China’s attempt to deal with $9 trillion of off balance sheet government debt is exacerbating the gap between wealthier coastal provinces and poorer ones in […]

China
Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 5, 2023

Lipsky quoted by Politico on the spillover effects of China’s slowing economy

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China
Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Sep 2, 2023

Why the Inter-American Development Bank-World Bank deal matters, and what’s next

By Jason Marczak and Pepe Zhang

Presidents Ilan Goldfajn and Ajay Banga signed a landmark agreement on August 31 to address development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Americas
Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 29, 2023

Kumar interviewed by Coin Desk on the future of CBDCs

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China
Economy & Business
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Kymberly Bays

Director of Global Communications, CrossBoundary Group

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Mandeep Jangi 

Former Director, Private Sector Partnerships Modernization Office, USAID

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Geoffrey Lien Zhou Han

Business Strategist, Fixed Income & Multi Asset (Chief Operating Officer's Office), GIC Private Limited

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Jeppe Kofod

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Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

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Rabah Arezki

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Nonresident senior fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

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