The Atlantic Council Technology Programs comprises five existing efforts—the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the GeoTech Center, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Democracy + Tech Initiative, and the Capacity Building Initiative. These operations work together to address the geopolitical implications of technology and provide policymakers and global stakeholders necessary research, insights, and convenings to address challenges around global technology and ensure its responsible advancement.

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In the News

Jul 22, 2022

Lipsky interviewed by CoinDesk on countries exploring CBDCs, China’s digital renminbi, and the US falling behind on digital money

Watch the full interview here.

China Digital Currencies

In the News

Jul 22, 2022

Missing Key report cited in Politico Digital Future Daily newsletter on the use of zero-knowledge proofs for CBDCs

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China Digital Currencies

In the News

Jul 22, 2022

CBDC tracker cited in Business Insider on countries exploring CBDCs

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China Digital Currencies

In the News

Jul 22, 2022

CBDC tracker cited in Forbes on countries exploring CBDCs

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China Digital Currencies

China-MENA Podcast

Jul 20, 2022

China-GCC Relations

By Atlantic Council

Mohammed Al Sudairi joins us to discuss China-GCC Relations in terms of people, culture and businesses, the political view of the GCC towards China, how the US-China competition narrative is received by GCC countries, and how people from the Gulf see China.

China Economy & Business

Strategic Insights Memo

Jul 19, 2022

Toward coherence in tech competition with China

By Peter Engelke, Emily Weinstein

This June, the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and the Global China Hub convened experts and officials in a private workshop to discuss technological competition between the United States, its allies and partners, and their biggest global competitor, China. The workshop explored the stakes in this competition across economic, military, and other domains, as well as the challenges facing Washington and its allies and partners with respect to China’s rising technological capabilities. This memo draws from insights gleaned during the workshop to give policymakers a better understanding of this competition, it stakes, and the strategic choices facing the United States and its allies and partners.

China Defense Technologies

In the News

Jul 19, 2022

Lakhani quoted in CB Insights: 422 startup failure post-mortems

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Pakistan

In the News

Jul 19, 2022

Warner to Cirilli: Chips bill needs to be on Biden’s desk ‘before August,’ via Yahoo! Finance

US Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) spoke with Kevin Cirilli in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview about tech diplomacy. Cirilli is a visiting media fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub as well as the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue as part of the Global Tech Security Commission. Cirilli is a […]

China Technology & Innovation

In the News

Jul 19, 2022

Nooruddin in Financial Times: India takes political gamble on $1.3bn battle with satellite firm

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business India

In the News

Jul 19, 2022

Lakhani in The News on Sunday: Nothing disruptive about this one

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Pakistan

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