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Econographics

Nov 25, 2025

Why the Millennium Challenge Corporation is vital to the future of US competitiveness

By Sohan Dasgupta

The United States is leveraging its unmatched economic power to reshape global partnerships, secure critical resources, and counter adversaries. Through a retooled Millennium Challenge Corporation, Washington is forging strategic alliances, strengthening supply chains, and opening billion-person markets for American companies.

Economy & Business
United States and Canada

UkraineAlert

Nov 25, 2025

Strengthening Ukraine’s wartime economy can set the stage for peace

By Zahar Hryniv

The US and Europe must take steps to strengthen Ukraine’s economic resilience if they wish to convince Putin that his dreams of outlasting the West are futile and persuade Russia to begin serious peace negotiations, writes Zahar Hryniv.

Conflict
Economic Sanctions

New Atlanticist

Nov 25, 2025

How Venezuela uses crypto to sell oil—and what the US should do about it

By Maia Nikoladze

As US sanctions on Venezuela have intensified, the Maduro regime has grown increasingly interested in leveraging digital assets to facilitate oil transactions.

China
Digital Currencies

Econographics

Nov 25, 2025

On critical minerals, the US needs more than just supply. It needs refining power.

By Bart Piasecki

Expanding global processing capacity remains a crucial—and currently missing—step in strengthening US supply-chain control and export competitiveness.

Critical Minerals
Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Nov 25, 2025

After a lackluster G20 in South Africa, Trump can take the group ‘back to basics’ in 2026

By Hung Tran

A 2026 agenda of economic and financial stability could refocus the group and make it more relevant.

Economy & Business
International Organizations

Memo to...

Nov 24, 2025

Memo to the Secretary of State: In the upcoming Honduran elections, democracy and US interests are at stake

By María Fernanda Bozmoski, Isabella Palacios, Jason Marczak

The upcoming general election in Honduras demands international attention—both because of the potential instability it could trigger and its implications for US economic interests.

Americas
Central America

The Big Story

Nov 24, 2025

Welcome to the front lines of climate change

By Peter Engelke

Climate-intensified disasters are on the rise. The goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is slipping out of reach. Nation states can't seem to coordinate the aggressive action needed to cut emissions. One solution? Let cities lead.

Africa
Americas

In the News

Nov 24, 2025

Charai for The National Interest: What the Trump-Mamdani Meeting Reveals About American Leadership

By Atlantic Council

Americas
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Nov 22, 2025

Sotiriadis on Fox News on Ukraine peace deal, Venezuela

On November 22, Jake Sotiriadis, nonresident senior fellow with the GeoStrategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, appeared on Fox News to discuss President Trump’s proposed Russia-Ukraine peace deal and the administration’s actions in Venezuela.

Conflict
Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Nov 21, 2025

The expert conversation: Separating signal from noise in Trump’s Ukraine peace plan

By John E. Herbst

The White House has increased pressure on Kyiv to accept a twenty-eight-point plan to end the war by next Thursday.

Conflict
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

Experts

Events