GeoEconomics Commentary & Analysis

What US outbound investment screening means for Transatlantic relations

By Elmar Hellendoorn

Whether the EU follows through with new outbound investment controls and what those might look like will also depend on the evolution of American national security policy and transatlantic diplomacy.

The global infrastructure financing gap: Where sovereign wealth funds and pension funds can play a role

By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou and Naomi Aladekoba

Having more than $65 trillion in assets, institutional investors such as SWFs and pension funds are uniquely positioned to bridge low-income economies’ infrastructure financing gap in the coming decades. The Bretton Woods Institutions (BWI) can encourage investment in developing countries’ infrastructure through providing various guarantee and insurance mechanisms, thereby reducing risk for private investors.

How the US compares to the world on unionization

By Jeff Goldstein

Explore how US unionization rates compare to other economies and what that means for US labor markets going forward.

US economic tools: The frontline of protecting national security—maybe even from Twitter

By Jonathan Panikoff

Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter shows how the United States views CFIUS, and related government tools, as the new pointy end of the spear when it comes to protecting US national security.

Dual circulation in China: A progress report

By Hung Tran

Faced with a challenging international environment and hostile efforts by the United States to restrict China’s access to high technology and its products, China has adopted a dual circulation strategy to make its economy more balanced and resilient. Dual circulation means reducing the role of foreign trade in driving the Chinese economy while improving the quality of trade.

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.