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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

China English

In the News

Jul 26, 2019

Hruby joins the China Africa project to discuss Chinese commercial expansion in Africa

By Atlantic Council

Africa China

In the News

Jul 26, 2019

Mezran and Samet in The Diplomat: China Has Quietly Carved out a Foothold in North Africa

China Economy & Business

In the News

Jul 25, 2019

Hruby in The Africa Report: The US must pay attention to new Chinese capital flows to Africa

By Atlantic Council

Africa China

New Atlanticist

Jul 25, 2019

New missile tests cast doubt on North Korea’s commitment to nuclear talks

By David A. Wemer

New missile launches from North Korea could derail US President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to restart talks on Pyongyang’s nuclear program

Korea Nuclear Nonproliferation

EconoGraphics

Jul 23, 2019

My Way or the Huawei: 5G at the Center of US-China Strategic Competition

By OLE MOEHR | GRAPHICS BY MARIANNA ASLUND, NICK BROWN, ANDREW LASCALEIA

On July 22, President Trump met with a group of major tech CEOs to discuss the easing of some restrictions on US companies supplying high-tech parts to Chinese telecommunications company Huawei. In May, the US Commerce Department banned US companies from selling any products to Huawei. The Chinese company’s position as the world’s leading provider of 5G technology has made it a focal point of the escalating great power competition between China and the United States. This edition of the EconoGraphic explains the US government’s move to blacklist Huawei, outlines the ban’s potential costs, and describes why US allies are conflicted about banning Huawei.

China Economy & Business

Experts