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Dec 13, 2021

Pepe Zhang in Financial Times: Taiwan ally Guatemala fends off Beijing overtures

On December 13, 2021, Pepe Zhang was quoted in a Financial Times article, "Taiwan ally Guatemala fends off Beijing overtures."

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Dec 13, 2021

Manning in The Hill: The truths and fallacies of Biden’s Summit for Democracy

By Atlantic Council

On December 13, Manning published his biweekly op-ed in The Hill, writing about the Summit for Democracy and the need for democracies to look internally at the factors causing rising authoritarianism. “Mobilizing allies and like-minded partners into coalitions to influence updated rules and norms on specific issues is the prerequisite of any viable U.S. strategy. […]

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Dec 13, 2021

Ashford in Inkstick: Debating the efficacy of US sanctions on Venezuela and Ethiopia

By Atlantic Council

On December 13, Emma Ashford was featured in Inkstick’s Adults in a Room column, writing on the Biden administration’s review of sanctions policy. “The Biden administration’s recently released sanctions review was emblematic of a core problem faced by advocates of sanctions reform. To the surprise of many, the review laid out extremely clearly some of […]

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Dec 13, 2021

Azodi quoted in The New Arab on the implication of the UAE’s top national security adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s recent visit to Tehran

By Atlantic Council

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Dec 13, 2021

Iran’s water is running dry. Now its water woes are worsening.

By Sahab Bahar

With the Islamic Republic disregarding the environmental and human costs of erratic development projects, coupled with the climate catastrophe that the world is facing, Iran has plunged headlong into a crisis with no safe shore in sight.

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Dec 13, 2021

Afghanistan is about to collapse. Here’s what the US must do about it.

By John F. Campbell, Ryan Crocker, James Cunningham, James Dobbins, Hugo Llorens, P. Michael McKinley, John Nicholson, Ronald E. Neumann, Richard Olson, David Petraeus, and Earl Anthony Wayne

Eleven former US ambassadors and commanders issue an urgent warning to Washington and its allies.

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Dec 12, 2021

Rothschild quoted in the Washington Examiner on the G20 Leaders’ Summit

On October 26, nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild was quoted in the Washington Examiner discussing the format and messaging of the G20 Leaders’ Summit amid Covid-19 and rising tensions with China.

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Dec 12, 2021

Rothschild quoted in South China Morning Post on how Covid-19 has shaped the US economy

On October 29, nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild was quoted in the South China Morning Post discussing how the Covid-19 pandemic has harmed the US economy.

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Dec 12, 2021

Rothschild quoted in TIME on the state of US alliances amid Biden’s G20 and COP26 participation

On October 28, nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild was quoted in TIME discussing how US withdrawal from Afghanistan affected longstanding US alliances.

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Dec 12, 2021

Drun quoted in South China Morning Post

By Atlantic Council

On December 12, 2021, Jessica Drun was quoted in a South China Morning Post article, “Who needs Nicaragua? Taiwan and the tug of war for diplomatic allies.”

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