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Apr 12, 2022

Kroenig and Ashford in Foreign Policy and POLITICO: Would Putin use nuclear weapons?

By Atlantic Council

On April 12, Emma Ashford and Matthew Kroenig participated in a Foreign Policy debate over whether Russia would use nuclear weapons, which was also featured in Politico.  “I think one of the Cold War lessons we absolutely need to take is Ronald Reagan’s famous dictum that a nuclear war cannot be won and should never […]

Arms Control China

Econographics

Apr 12, 2022

Economic and financial multilateralism in disarray 

By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

Multilateral development banks and multilateral financial institutions have grown in number. This could be a blessing and a curse.

Africa Americas

In the News

Apr 12, 2022

Dungan quoted in CNN: Trump-style populism rises in US and Europe as Putin assaults world order

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

Econographics

Apr 11, 2022

“Inequality starts at the top”: Voting reforms in Bretton Woods Institutions

By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

Full democratization of BWIs is not realistic. A more pragmatic approach would work towards a “double majority” system.

Africa Americas

Econographics

Apr 11, 2022

Democratic challenges at Bretton Woods Institutions

By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

Voting quotas at Bretton Woods Institutions continue reflecting the 1944 power structure, despite significant changes to the global economy.

Africa Americas

In the News

Apr 11, 2022

Eftimiades in Newsweek on countering Chinese espionage

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Nicholas Eftimiades explains how China uses economic espionage to influence the US commercial sector.

China Intelligence

In the News

Apr 11, 2022

Kroenig on the Ben Domenech Podcast on the Russian nuclear threat

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig explains the nuclear shadow over Ukraine but clarifies that Putin does not want a nuclear war.

Arms Control Crisis Management

Issue Brief

Apr 11, 2022

US-India economic integration: Towards an agenda for growing manufacturing and resilient supply chains

By Atman Trivedi, Katherine Hadda, Akhil Bery

China’s rise and COVID-19 have injected greater urgency into how the United States and India work together to attract global manufacturing and ensure greater supply-chain resiliency.

Economy & Business India

UkraineAlert

Apr 11, 2022

At what point do Russian war crimes in Ukraine qualify as genocide?

By Bohdan Vitvitsky

Evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine has shocked the world but there is not yet any international consensus over whether the mass killings of Ukrainians carried out by Vladimir Putin's troops qualify as genocide.

Conflict European Union

In the News

Apr 11, 2022

Friedlander quoted in ICIJ on the failure by western countries to hold banks accountable for profiting from financial crimes in Russia

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Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

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