Airport clash raises fear of violent crackdown in Hong Kong

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.
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Airport clash raises fear of violent crackdown in Hong Kong

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
Airport clash raises fear of violent crackdown in Hong Kong

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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New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2019

Airport clash raises fear of violent crackdown in Hong Kong

By David A. Wemer

With international attention fixed on the dramatic scenes from Hong Kong, Beijing seems to be doubling down on its commitment to end the disruptive demonstrations.

China

In the News

Aug 13, 2019

Hruby in Foreign Policy: In Africa, China is the news

By Atlantic Council

Africa China

New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2019

The winners and losers of the US-China trade war

By Andrew LaScaleia

The world continues to become more economically intertwined as each day passes, and as the US-China conflict escalates, more countries will find themselves impacted for better or for worse via supply chains, foreign demand and investment, and insecurity.

China Economic Sanctions

EnergySource

Aug 12, 2019

The Chinese export we should be targeting: Climate change

By David Yellen

The Trump Administration’s trade war with China has aimed to reduce the trade deficit, but the volleys of tariffs between the US and China have impacted industries from railways to energy, and even required an aid package to keep the agriculture industry afloat. However, US trade policy should instead focus on a more menacing and enduring Chinese export, one that it does not send to the United States but whose emissions […]

China Climate Change & Climate Action

New Atlanticist

Aug 6, 2019

Washington brands Beijing a currency manipulator as trade tensions mount

By David A. Wemer

While the official ramifications of the currency manipulator designation will be limited, it risks escalating the trade tensions between the two countries even more

China Economy & Business

Strategic Insights Memo

Aug 2, 2019

How to break the Japan-Korea impasse

By Miyeon Oh and Barry Pavel

The Atlantic Council’s Asia Security Initiative hosted a strategy session with a small group of top US experts and officials to discuss ways forward and offer actionable, practical policy recommendations to the United States to help mitigate bilateral tensions and resolve the ongoing confrontation between Japan and Korea.

Crisis Management Japan

In the News

Aug 2, 2019

Livingston joins CGTN’s The Heat to discuss China’s green revolution

By Atlantic Council

China Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Aug 1, 2019

Trump announces more tariffs to put pressure on Beijing

By David A. Wemer

“Tariffed trade is the new normal.”

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Aug 1, 2019

Japan Outbound, Inc.: What policymakers, companies, and investors can learn from Japan in the Reiwa era

By Alexis Crow

Tokyo has implemented several policies that have had a quantifiable impact on changing the domestic economic landscape

Economy & Business Future of Work

In the News

Jul 30, 2019

Robert Manning about China’s nuclear arsenal

By Atlantic Council

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