Indo-Pacific

Encompassing the nations of South and East Asia, the Indo-Pacific holds some of the greatest promise and most difficult challenges in the world. Home to some of the fastest-growing economies, greater trade links and development cooperation are positioning the region to be the driver of economic growth in the next century. Lingering conflicts and growing geopolitical competition between the region’s powers, however, could endanger the stability of the region and limit its potential global leadership.

Projects

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The Tiger Project: War and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific

Explore the Atlantic Council’s work on current and enduring defense and deterrence issues in the Indo-Pacific, featuring expert commentary, multimedia content, and in-depth analysis.

Explore the programs

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.

The Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) informs and shapes the strategies, plans, and policies of the United States and its allies and partners to address the most important rising security challenges in the Indo-Pacific, including China’s growing threat to the international order and North Korea’s destabilizing nuclear weapons advancements. IPSI produces innovative analysis, conducts tabletop exercises, hosts public and private convenings, and engages with US, allied, and partner governments, militaries, media, other key private and public-sector stakeholders, and publics.

Events

Content

In the News

Sep 8, 2023

Lipsky interviewed by CNBC on the implications of China’s absence from the G20 summit

Watch the full interview here.

China G20

In the News

Sep 8, 2023

Webster for the China-Russia Report: A conversation on Central Asia with Niva Yau

Central Asia China

In the News

Sep 7, 2023

Tran quoted by Bloomberg on Biden’s aim to strengthen the IMF

Read the full piece here.

China G20

In the News

Sep 7, 2023

Tran cited by Politico on Vietnam’s economic ties with the US

Read the full piece here.

G20 India

In the News

Sep 7, 2023

Lipsky quoted by the Associated Press on the upcoming G20 summit

Read the full piece here.

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion G20

In the News

Sep 7, 2023

Roberts quoted in RFA

On September 6, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts was quoted in RFA regarding the widening effect of China’s property market challenges on the wealth gap. He explains that “China’s attempt to deal with $9 trillion of off balance sheet government debt is exacerbating the gap between wealthier coastal provinces and poorer ones in […]

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Sep 7, 2023

Will the G20 Summit help India become the voice of the Global South?

By Hung Tran

New Delhi has raised the prospect of G20 membership for the African Union, reform of global financial institutions, restructuring of sovereign debt, and additional climate financing.

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Issue Brief

Sep 6, 2023

Alternative security futures in the High North

By David Auerswald

Climate change, combined with increasing geopolitical competition and hostilities, has focused renewed attention on national security interests in the Arctic. By 2035, how will those variables combine to influence the High North?

China Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Sep 6, 2023

Wired picked up a Global China Hub and Cyber Statecraft Initiative report on how China demands tech firms to reveal hackable flaws in their products. The initial report was written by Global China Hub Nonresident fellow Dakota Cary and Kristin Del Rosso

Andy Greenberg at Wired wrote about the recent Atlantic Council report which “investigates the fallout of a Chinese law passed in 2021, designed to reform how companies and security researchers operating in China handle the discovery of security vulnerabilities in tech products.” The original article report was written by Global China Hub nonresident fellow Dakota […]

China Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

In the News

Sep 6, 2023

Derentz joins Formiche to discuss energy, climate, and EU-US cooperation

China Climate Change & Climate Action

Experts

Events