The National Defense Strategy shows the Pentagon’s increased focus on the gray zone. Here’s what that means.

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
The National Defense Strategy shows the Pentagon’s increased focus on the gray zone. Here’s what that means.

New Atlanticist Mar 25, 2025

Starlink’s India launch is a crash course on New Delhi’s approach to tech sovereignty

By Trisha Ray

A recently announced partnership to deploy the Elon Musk-led company’s satellite internet in India offers a window into New Delhi’s “hybrid” approach.
Economy & Business India
The National Defense Strategy shows the Pentagon’s increased focus on the gray zone. Here’s what that means.

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

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Hybrid Conflict Project

Dec 13, 2022

The National Defense Strategy shows the Pentagon’s increased focus on the gray zone. Here’s what that means.

By Gray Zone Task Force experts

The DOD is officially recognizing that competitors’ coercive and malign activities in the gray zone present a challenge to US security. What does this mean for US strategy in the years ahead?

China
Defense Industry

In the News

Dec 11, 2022

Riaz in Aljazeera: Bangladesh opposition stages protests as it challenges PM Hasina

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh
Democratic Transitions

In the News

Dec 11, 2022

Riaz in Al Jazeera English: What’s behind anti-government protests in Bangladesh?

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh
Democratic Transitions

In the News

Dec 10, 2022

Riaz in The Daily Star: One year of US sanctions: Denial and defiance

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh
Freedom and Prosperity

New Atlanticist

Dec 9, 2022

What Xi Jinping’s Saudi Arabia visit means for the Middle East

By Atlantic Council experts

The Chinese leader's trip for a series of summits with countries from around the Middle East cemented dozens of deals with a good bit of pageantry. Our experts lay out what comes next.

China
Economy & Business

In the News

Dec 9, 2022

Webster in The China Project: Mongolian coal anti-corruption protests draw attention of Beijing and Moscow
Central Asia
Energy & Environment

Econographics

Dec 8, 2022

The numbers that drove China’s Zero-COVID policy

By Niels Graham

China's adherence to zero-COVID was primarily driven by poor vaccination rates among seniors and weak health care infrastructure. As the country opens, both factors remain key health risks.

China
Coronavirus

In the News

Dec 8, 2022

Nawaz quoted in Dawn: US to tighten noose around TTP, IS-K: State Dept

By Atlantic Council

Extremism
Pakistan

360/StratCom

Dec 8, 2022

Holes in the great fire wall: Dissent and protests in China

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

At 360/StratCom, the DFRLab hosted a panel of experts on China’s Communist Party, surveillance architecture, protest, and the information environment for a conversation on the implications of recent events for China.

China
Coronavirus

SouthAsiaSource

Dec 6, 2022

A reframed engagement with Afghanistan

By Annie Pforzheimer

Some form of engagement is important to ensure that Afghanistan’s people are not forgotten and can sustainably recover from the economic shocks of drought, COVID-19, and lost international assistance associated with the NATO presence. 

Afghanistan
Human Rights
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Program Assistant, Strategic Litigation Project

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Jake Sotiriadis

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia
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Jonathan Green

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Industry

Fellow

Nathan K. Finney

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Conflict Defense Policy
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Josh Kirshner

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Arms Control Defense Policy

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Yi Zhou

Visiting Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Democratic Transitions East Asia
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