Democracy under siege: Advancing cooperation and common values in the Indo-Pacific

Inflection Points Mar 2, 2025

Zelenskyy and Europe confront the first contours of the Trump World Order

By Frederick Kempe

The Ukrainian president’s tempestuous recent meeting at the White House was a window into a larger transformation of global order by the US president.
Europe & Eurasia International Norms
Democracy under siege: Advancing cooperation and common values in the Indo-Pacific

UkraineAlert Feb 13, 2025

A Putin-friendly peace deal would be disastrous for global security

By Ihor Smeshko

As US President Donald Trump announces the start of negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, Ihor Smeshko warns that a Putin-friendly compromise peace would have catastrophic consequences for the future of international security.
Conflict International Norms
Democracy under siege: Advancing cooperation and common values in the Indo-Pacific

New Atlanticist Feb 5, 2025

Trump is serious about shaking up the Middle East, even if his Gaza plan isn’t

By Jonathan Panikoff

It’s almost impossible to imagine Trump’s plan for Gaza coming to fruition. But it would be a mistake to think that he was anything but serious with the proposal he laid out Tuesday night.
Human Rights International Norms

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Issue Brief

Jan 9, 2020

Democracy under siege: Advancing cooperation and common values in the Indo-Pacific

By Dr. Kharis Templeman

“Democracy under Siege: Advancing Cooperation and Common Values in the Indo-Pacific” examines challenges and opportunities for advancing cooperation and common values in the Indo-Pacific as the region faces an increasing challenge from China.

Australia China

New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2019

Top ten risks of 2020

By Robert A. Manning, Mathew Burrows

2020 will likely bear more resemblance to the 1930s, as some of the developments which did not reach a denouement in the past year cross the finish line. Several simmering conflicts, symptoms of a global system under strain from US President Donald J. Trump’s “anti-globalist” America First doctrine, could well reach breakpoints in 2020. This may include a shift from the mere corroding of multilateral institutions and US alliances toward total dysfunction.

China International Norms

In the News

Dec 10, 2019

Nia in The Washington Post: Iran’s dark history could repeat itself — unless the world acts

By Atlantic Council

Human Rights International Norms

UkraineAlert

Dec 10, 2019

How not to discuss with Russia

By Anders Åslund

With global security threatened by the dawn of a new Cold War, dialogue between Russia and the West has never been more important, but when the desire for discussion prevents honest appraisal of the facts, the results can be counterproductive, argues Anders Åslund

International Norms Politics & Diplomacy

Report

Dec 3, 2019

Strategic estrangement between South Korea and Japan as a barrier to trilateral cooperation

By Dr. Cheol Hee Park

Demand for trilateral cooperation between the United States, South Korea, and Japan is on the rise. However, political willingness and capacity for trilateral cooperation are declining.

Elections Indo-Pacific

In the News

Nov 14, 2019

Livingston joins The World Today to discuss the historic flooding in Venice

By Atlantic Council

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News

Nov 13, 2019

Ullman in UPI: Anniversaries that changed the world: 1918, 1989 and 2016?

By Harlan Ullman

Corruption Democratic Transitions

Report

Nov 12, 2019

Thinking foreign policy in Russia: Think tanks and grand narratives

By Anton Barbashin & Alexander Graef

Russia’s post-Crimean foreign policy does not exist in a vacuum. Its ramifications are colliding with regional and global trends that are effectively destabilizing the post-Cold War international order.

Civil Society International Norms

Inflection Points

Nov 10, 2019

Hopes and gains from Berlin Wall’s fall at risk

By Frederick Kempe

If US and European leaders don’t recover the common purpose they shared at that time – and there is yet little sign they will – this weekend’s Berlin Wall anniversary is more a moment for concern than celebration.

China Europe & Eurasia

Insights & Impact

Nov 5, 2019

Report Launch: Present at the Re-Creation: A Global Strategy for a World at Risk

By Atlantic Council

How can the rules-based international system be re-created for the 21st century? Can and should the US re-build a liberal, rules-based international system? What goals should the US, and its allies, pursue in a changed world, where emerging risks and enduring challenges persist? Those were some of the key questions which animated the event Present […]

China European Union
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Experts

Fellow

Daniel Fried

Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative Eurasia Center

Eastern Europe Democratic Transitions

Fellow

David Hathaway

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Global China Hub

China Chinese

Fellow

Ivan Horodyskyy

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Eastern Europe English

Fellow

Alexandra Lily Kather

Legal Advisor

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Human Rights International Norms

Fellow

Mark Klamberg

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

English European Union

Staff

Tyler Lennon

Program Assistant

Millennium Leadership Program

Corruption Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion
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