Global China Hub nonresident fellow Wen-Ti Sung in Reuters

New Atlanticist Mar 31, 2025

Dispatch from Hong Kong: How the ‘geoeconomic city’ is weathering global headwinds

By Josh Lipsky, Ananya Kumar

From Chinese and US economic growth to stablecoin regulations, a recent visit to Hong Kong offered important insights for two Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center experts.
China Digital Currencies
Global China Hub nonresident fellow Wen-Ti Sung in Reuters

New Atlanticist Mar 25, 2025

Reading between the lines of Taiwan’s new Quadrennial Defense Review

By Kitsch Liao

The recently released Quadrennial Defense Review offers a window into the Taiwanese military’s issues with prioritization, operational readiness, and manpower retention.
China East Asia
Global China Hub nonresident fellow Wen-Ti Sung in Reuters

Report Mar 24, 2025

How Beijing uses inducements as a tool of economic statecraft

By William Piekos

As strategic competition between the United States and China intensifies, Washington and Beijing seek every possible advantage to gain an edge. In this environment, both countries are increasingly turning to economic statecraft—the use of economic coercion or inducement to pursue strategic goals—to advance their interests.
China Economy & Business

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Apr 2, 2025

Global China Hub nonresident fellow Wen-Ti Sung in Reuters

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Wen-Ti Sung</span>

On April 2nd, 2025, Global China Hub nonresident fellow Wen-Ti Sung was quoted in a Reuters article about CCP internal reshuffling.

China Politics & Diplomacy

China’s tech ambitions

Apr 2, 2025

Global China Hub nonresident fellow Dakota Cary in the Economist

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Dakota Cary</span>

On March 25th, 2025, Global China Hub nonresident fellow Dakota Cary’s report with Eugenio Benincasa on the PRC’s hacking competition ecosystem was cited by the Economist.

China Technology & Innovation

China’s military ambitions

Apr 2, 2025

Global China Hub nonresident fellow Wen-Ti Sung featured in Al Jazeera

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Wen-Ti Sung</span>

On April 1st, 2025, Global China Hub nonresident fellow Wen-Ti Sung was featured in an Al Jazeera article on the PRC’s latest round of military exercises around Taiwan.

China Maritime Security

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Apr 2, 2025

Gen Kevin P. Chilton, USAF (ret.), featured on the Mitchell Institute’s Commander panel

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

On March 31, Forward Defense distinguished fellow Kevin P. Chilton was featured on the Mitchell Institute’s panel, “Setting the Nuclear Deterrence Record Straight: Commanders’ Perspectives.” On the panel, he joined former US Strategic Command commanders Gen. Robert Kehler, USAF (Ret.), and Adm. Charles A. Richard, USN (Ret.), to discuss the realities of nuclear deterrence today. Additionally, […]

China Defense Industry

GeoTech Cues

Apr 1, 2025

DeepSeek shows the US and EU the costs of failing to govern AI

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ryan Pan, Kolja Verhage </span>

The West must urgently consider what DeepSeek’s R1 model means for the future of democracy in the AI era.

Artificial Intelligence China

UkraineAlert

Apr 1, 2025

Peace on Putin’s terms would lead to a new era of international insecurity

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Oleksandr Merezhko</span>

As Trump seeks to end the war in Ukraine, it is apparent that any peace on Putin’s terms would signal the dawn of a dangerous new era marked by mounting instability, international aggression, and the looming threat of nuclear war, writes Oleksandr Merezhko.

China Conflict

New Atlanticist

Mar 31, 2025

Dispatch from Hong Kong: How the ‘geoeconomic city’ is weathering global headwinds

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Josh Lipsky</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Ananya Kumar</span>

From Chinese and US economic growth to stablecoin regulations, a recent visit to Hong Kong offered important insights for two Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center experts.

China Digital Currencies

In the News

Mar 27, 2025

Soofer featured in Brookings report titled, “An Iron Dome for America?”

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

On March 25, Forward Defense senior fellow Robert Soofer was quoted in a Brookings report entitled, “An Iron Dome for America?” The article features insights from Soofer’s recent report, “‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense.” Brookings author Michael E. O’Hanlon argues that Soofer’s proposal offers a more realistic alternative to Trump’s ambitious “Golden Dome” vision, suggesting […]

China Defense Industry
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Issue Brief

Mar 27, 2025

Canada needs an economic statecraft strategy to address its vulnerabilities

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Kimberly Donovan</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Maia Nikoladze</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Lize de Kruijf</span>

To address threats from Russia and China and reduce trade overdependence on the United States, Canada’s federal government will need to consolidate economic power and devise an economic statecraft strategy that will leverage Canada’s economic tools to mitigate economic threats and vulnerabilities.

China Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

Mar 25, 2025

Dispatch from Hong Kong: The Panama Canal port sale has put Chinese authorities in a bind

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Josh Lipsky</span>

Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings’ decision to sell its Panama Canal ports to BlackRock stunned officials in Hong Kong and Beijing.

China Economy & Business
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