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Apr 1, 2022

Foreign direct investment, infrastructure, and supply chain resiliency: A new nexus for US industrial strategy

By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

Introduction                                      The United States’ aging infrastructure is currently unable to support the kind of economic growth and productivity it needs to successfully compete with other advanced and emerging economies. This includes the present state of nontraditional infrastructure, such as the semiconductor industry; and recent shortages have highlighted US dependency on foreign producers. Inbound FDI stock […]

China Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 30, 2022

Global Times cites Kroenig on strategic simultaneity

By Atlantic Council

Chinese Communist mouthpiece criticizes' Matthew Kroenig's recommendation that US defense strategy address strategic simultaneityto effectively balance China and Russia at the same time.

Arms Control China

In the News

Mar 29, 2022

Manning in VOA: US experts say North Korea is more likely to resume missile provocations and nuclear tests

By Atlantic Council

On March 29, Manning was interviewed by Voice of America about North Korea’s procurement of components for missiles and the need to crack down on their international sourcing of materials. “Robert Manning, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, also told VOA that the possibility of North Korea’s further provocations and the resumption of nuclear […]

Defense Technologies East Asia

In the News

Mar 29, 2022

Gadzala Tirziu in The New York Sun on foreign fighters in Ukraine and Russia

On March 22, Scowcroft Center nonresident senior fellow Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu published a piece in The New York Sun discussing the ways in which the presence of foreign fighters in Ukraine and Russia is internationalizing the conflict, with possible repercussions for the North Caucasus and the Middle East.

China Conflict

In the News

Mar 28, 2022

Nooruddin in the Wall Street Journal: China, India try to improve ties damaged by deadly border crash

By Atlantic Council

China India

In the News

Mar 28, 2022

Tran quoted in South China Morning Post on the impact of western sanctions imposed on Russia and how countries might attempt to circumvent them

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China Economy & Business

Inflection Points

Mar 27, 2022

By doubling down on Putin, Xi is gambling his own power

By Frederick Kempe

If Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II produces Putin’s military withdrawal, failure, or political ouster, it has all the ingredients to pose the biggest threat yet to Xi’s leadership.

China Conflict

In the News

Mar 25, 2022

Kroenig in Financial Times on US nuclear force posture

By Atlantic Council

Matthew Kroenig expresses concern that Biden's shift in nuclear force posture is putting politics ahead of US allies and national security interests.

Arms Control China

In the News

Mar 25, 2022

Konaev in Fortune on Russian artificial intelligence research hindered by sanctions

By Atlantic Council

Margarita Konaev explains how economic sanctions will likely limit Russia's ability to fund its artificial intelligence research.

China Conflict

Econographics

Mar 25, 2022

Beijing’s message to financial markets: We’re listening

By Daniel H. Rosen, Logan Wright

Chinese markets are in flux as they react to a domestic COVID outbreak, defaults by Chinese property developers, regulatory crackdowns against Chinese firms, and rising political risk associated with China’s alignment with Russia. The recent statement from the Financial Stability and Development Committee aims to stabilize this.

China Economy & Business

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