GeoEconomics Commentary & Analysis

How to respond if Putin goes nuclear? Here are the economic and political options.

By Brian O’Toole, Daniel Fried

Conversations about responding to Russian nuclear use should not end with military options. Here's an economic plan for the West to respond.

AC Selects: Addressing Jordan and Egypt’s economic challenges and China’s unprecedented third term presidency

Last week, Jordan’s Minister of Finance, Mohamad Al-Ississ and Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Hala H. Elsaid sat down with the EmpowerME initiative to discuss challenges and potential areas of growth for their economic and financial sectors. The GeoEconomics Center and Global China hub hosted two panels of experts to examine the 20th […]

Experts react: Xi solidifies his power at China’s Communist Party Congress. What should the world take away?

By Atlantic Council experts

We asked our China watchers to explain how the world should read Xi Jinping's approach to the economy, Taiwan, and more.

Reading between the lines of Xi’s party congress speech

By Atlantic Council

How should the world interpret his rhetoric about Taiwan? What was conspicuously absent from the speech? Our experts weigh in.

Full transcript: Former deputy NSA Daleep Singh’s argument for a digital dollar

By Atlantic Council

Former deputy NSA Daleep Singh debated Federal Reserve Governor Waller at Harvard Law School and National Security Journal's digital currencies and national security symposium.

Companies on the front line: Trends in overseas Chinese listings

By Maia Nikoladze

Delisting more than 150 Chinese companies is a bigger hit than Chinese private sector can take at this time. However, we don’t yet know whether Beijing will follow through on its side of the audit-sharing deal. 

Three priorities for the IMF to fix the global economic crunch

By Hung Tran

The institution was designed to deal with crises like these. Can it rise to the challenge?

The EU and US must continue to work together, as a recession ‘can no longer be ruled out,’ says Paolo Gentiloni

By Atlantic Council

"Transatlantic cooperation is a necessary but not sufficient condition to tackle the challenges the world is facing," Gentiloni told the audience at the 2022 Frankfurt Forum.

Here’s how to prepare for the world’s next economic shock, according to the Deutsche Bundesbank president

By Atlantic Council

Policymakers are rethinking elements of their strategic approach to take into account the unexpected, Nagel said at an event before the Frankfurt Forum in Germany.

Why China’s leadership must respond to the country’s property crisis

By Jeremy Mark

The country’s rapidly metastasizing property downturn threatens to engulf heavily indebted developers, homeowners, financial institutions, and local governments.