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Describe the kind of content you are highlighting here, why you are highlighting, and what it says about the work your program focuses on and how it makes an impact in the real world. Below, select three top pieces of commentary & analysis to feature from the past days or weeks. Update monthly via board process with Graeme Cranston-Cuebas and Vriddhi Sujan.

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In the News

Jul 14, 2020

Kroenig quoted on Russia-China relationship in Newsweek

By Atlantic Council

On July 14, Newsweek quoted Matthew Kroenig in an article about the current state and possible trajectory of the Russia-China relationship. Kroenig commented that Russia and China have become “increasingly strategically aligned” and “have a shared threat perception as they both worry about the power of the U.S. and its democratic allies.” He noted, however, […]

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jul 14, 2020

Schwarz on Vietnam’s Road to Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery

By Atlantic Council

On July 14, Asialink published an article by Asia Security Initiative non-resident senior fellow Adam Schwarz and Asia Group Advisors’ Country Representative in Vietnam Arthur Do entitled “Vietnam is on the Road to Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery But it’s Likely to be a Rocky Ride”. The article assesses the degree to which recovery of Vietnam’s highly […]

Economy & Business Indo-Pacific

In the News

Jul 13, 2020

Rodriquez quoted in Wall Street Journal: Pentagon’s acting tech chief is a “trusted agent” of the administration

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center Senior Advisor Stephen Rodriguez discusses the implications of Michael Kratsios’ transition to Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.

Cybersecurity Defense Policy

In the News

Jul 13, 2020

Roberts on the myth of the Chinese middle class and the rural-urban divide in China

By Atlantic Council

Dexter Tiff Roberts, nonresident senior fellow at the Asia Security Initiative and a veteran China journalist, was interviewed on his book The Myth of Chinese Capitalism: The Worker, the Factory, and the Future of the World by CityMetric, a sister publication of the British magazine the New Statesman. The discussion centers on one of the […]

China Democratic Transitions

In the News

Jul 13, 2020

Busch in The Hill: USMCA needs the WTO even more than NAFTA did

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes that the World Trade Organization (WTO) backstopped NAFTA in the past and must backstop USMCA now if the new trade deal is to succeed.

Americas Economy & Business

In the News

Jul 11, 2020

Roberts on India Today

By Atlantic Council

Dexter Tiff Roberts, an award-winning journalist and Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Asia Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council, speaks to India Today about China-India relations, shifting global supply chains in China amid the US-China trade war and the COVID-19 pandemic, and the implications for the Indian economy. More about our expert

China East Asia

In the News

Jul 11, 2020

Hunter in The Palm Beach Post: Point of View: We need a March on Tallahassee

Civil Society Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jul 10, 2020

Kroenig and Ashford discuss regime change, Hong Kong, and ‘Hamilton’ in Foreign Policy

By Atlantic Council

In this biweekly Foreign Policy column, Matthew Kroenig and Emma Ashford discuss the crisis in Hong Kong and the effectiveness of regime change, using ‘Hamilton’ and its insights as a premise.

China Conflict

In the News

Jul 10, 2020

Robert Manning interviewed on TRT about India-China border dispute

By Atlantic Council

China Conflict

In the News

Jul 9, 2020

Ian Brzezinski quoted in Dallas Morning News on US troop withdrawal from Germany

Europe & Eurasia NATO