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May 26, 2020

Expert panel briefs Congressional staffers on Sudan

By Africa Center

On Tuesday, May 26, the Africa Center hosted a closed Sudan briefing for Congressional staffers who are currently at work on several important pieces of Sudan-related legislation. The private briefing featured remarks from Sudanese Minister of Finance H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Elbadawi and Sudanese Minister of Justice H.E. Nasredeen Abdulbari, followed by an expert panel of DC-based Sudan experts.

Africa Democratic Transitions

UkraineAlert

May 26, 2020

Statement by former US Ambassadors to Ukraine

By Atlantic Council Eurasia Center

Former US ambassadors to Ukraine emphasize the importance of the US-Ukraine relationship.

Politics & Diplomacy Ukraine

UkraineAlert

May 24, 2020

Ukraine’s showbiz president shuns mainstream media

By Tetiana Gaiduk

Volodymyr Zelenskyy won the Ukrainian presidency with a campaign that positioned him as an everyman alternative to the country's discredited political elite, but a lack of media engagement now risks undermining his democratic credentials.

Democratic Transitions Internet

Inflection Points

May 23, 2020

Special China edition: Hong Kong is just one of President Xi’s many high-stakes bets

By Frederick Kempe

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s apparent rolling of the dice on Hong Kong is just one of his many calculated wagers aimed at greater domestic control, regional influence and global gain. Here are just three potential elements for a new American strategy equal to our times.

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

May 23, 2020

Cimmino in The National Interest: The coronavirus pandemic could halt China’s rise

By Atlantic Council

Global Strategy Initiative program assistant Jeffrey Cimmino argues China is failing to demonstrate it can be a responsible, leading global power amid the coronavirus pandemic and its dramatic rise in recent decades might be reaching its limits.

China Coronavirus

In the News

May 23, 2020

Mathew Burrows and Bob Manning in The Hill about a global “Manhattan Project” to end pandemics

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus English

In the News

May 22, 2020

Hudson quoted in the Middle East Eye on Sudan and the United States reaching a preliminary settlement over 1998 embassy bombings

By Atlantic Council

Africa Democratic Transitions

In the News

May 22, 2020

Vajdich in Foreign Policy: Congress Has Been AWOL on U.S. Coronavirus Diplomacy

Coronavirus Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

May 21, 2020

Akhtar in South Asian Voices: The Future of the India-Pakistan Nuclear Rivalry

By Atlantic Council

Arms Control India

In the News

May 21, 2020

Cohen in Forbes: Phase One U.S.-China Trade Deal Fails In Energy And Beyond

Energy Markets & Governance Geopolitics & Energy Security

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