The Global China Hub tracks Beijing’s actions and their global impacts, assessing China’s rise from multiple angles and identifying emerging China policy challenges. The Hub leverages its network of China experts around the world to generate actionable recommendations for policymakers in Washington and beyond.

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This initiative capitalizes on the breadth of the Atlantic Council’s geographic reach and expertise on China across everything from security, to energy, to technology, to the economy, to information integrity in order to provide US and allied decision-makers with strategic solutions to the vexing questions posed by China’s rise.

What happens in China no longer stays in China. China’s approach to everything, from economic reform to mounting political repression, affects its trajectory as a great power and directly impacts US and allied interests and values. China Inside Out provides cutting-edge insights into the domestic drivers of China’s external behavior to shape effective allied responses.

Emerging technologies will dominate the competition for industries of the future. At risk are not only their associated economic benefits, but the future of democracy and individual rights. Promoting policy and technological advances that bolster democratic governance and individual rights will help the US and its allies outflank rather than react to China’s techno-authoritarian efforts.

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Content

Econographics

Mar 22, 2022

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine threatens a global wheat crisis 

By Niels Graham and Inbar Pe'er

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has rattled global wheat markets. Both nations account for nearly a third of global wheat exports leaving importers scrambling

China
Macroeconomics

SouthAsiaSource

Mar 22, 2022

How Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are seeing their relationships with India and China

By South Asia Center

Join the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center for a discussion on how Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are understanding the geopolitical nature of their relations with India and China as well as how these relationships may evolve in the coming years. 

China
Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 22, 2022

Fulton’s report on great power relations in the MENA region mentioned by the Middle East Institute

By Atlantic Council

China
Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 20, 2022

Gadzala Tirziu on Monocle 24 discussing the war in Ukraine and China-Russia relations

On March 14, Scowcroft Center nonresident senior fellow Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu was interviewed on Monocle 24’s “The Globalist” to discuss how the war in Ukraine is affecting the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches, the issue of foreign fighters in Europe, and China-Russia ties.

China
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 20, 2022

Gadzala Tirziu in The New York Sun on the prospect of Chinese military aid to Russia

On March 14, Scowcroft Center nonresident senior fellow Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu published an op-ed in The New York Sun outlining what China and Russia’s deepening relationship could mean for the war in Ukraine, as Russia requests Chinese military support.

China
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 20, 2022

Lipsky quoted in the Wire China on China’s cross-border interbank payment system (CIPS)

Read the full article here.

China
Digital Policy
Servicemen of the military forces of South Ossetia attend an oath of allegiance ceremony in Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway region of South Ossetia, Georgia, July 5, 2015.

New Atlanticist

Mar 18, 2022

Russian War Report: Russia sends military contractors from Georgian breakaway region to Ukraine

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

Military contractors from South Ossetia, Belarus' hesitancy to send troops, VPN's, the dilemma US tech companies face over Russian citizens' access, and more.

Belarus
China

Econographics

Mar 18, 2022

Internationalization of the Renmibi via bilateral swap lines

By Hung Tran

Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine has triggered unprecedented sanctions being imposed by the US, Europe and other countries on various Russian entities. The most important measure so far is denying the Russian central bank access to most of its international reserves held in major world currencies.

China
Digital Currencies

In the News

Mar 18, 2022

Shullman quoted in Washington Post: Biden warns China not to help Russia on Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

On March 18, 2022, Global China Hub senior director David Shullman was quoted in Washington Post’s article, “Biden warns China not to help Russia on Ukraine”. “This war is a massive disruption at a terrible time for China,” said Shullman. “Beijing doesn’t know how this will end. … They don’t see an opportunity right now […]

China
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 18, 2022

CBDC tracker cited in Indian Express

Read the full article here

China
Digital Currencies
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Experts

Staff

Charlotte Bertrand

Project Assistant

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Defense Industry

Fellow

Shawn Creamer

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Indo-Pacific Security Initiative

Security & Defense East Asia

Fellow

Deng Liu

Visiting Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

China East Asia

Fellow

Marvin J. Park

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Defense Policy

Staff

Jessie Yin

Assistant Director, GeoEconomics Center

GeoEconomics Center

China Chinese

Fellow

Jonathan Corrado

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Indo-Pacific Korea
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Events

Public Event Tue, February 10, 2026 • 12:00 pm ET

Global Foresight 2036: What will the next decade bring?
China Economy & Business Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia
Public Event Thu, February 12, 2026 • 11:00 am ET

Congressman John Moolenaar on deterring aggression against Taiwan

AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT—Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, discusses how the United States and Taiwan can strengthen deterrence in the Taiwan Strait.
China Defense Industry Defense Policy Indo-Pacific