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.

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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.

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Content

EconoGraphics

Oct 24, 2022

Dual circulation in China: A progress report

By Hung Tran

Faced with a challenging international environment and hostile efforts by the United States to restrict China’s access to high technology and its products, China has adopted a dual circulation strategy to make its economy more balanced and resilient. Dual circulation means reducing the role of foreign trade in driving the Chinese economy while improving the quality of trade.

China Economy & Business

SouthAsiaSource

Oct 24, 2022

US National Security Strategy: Takeaways for Pakistan

By Syed Ali Zia Jaffery

To ignore Washington's new National Security Strategy just because it does not mention Pakistan would be incredibly shortsighted for Islamabad, primarily because whatever the United States plans to do—directly and indirectly—will affect it.

National Security Pakistan

In the News

Oct 21, 2022

China Pathfinder Project cited in SAPO on the end of rapid Chinese growth.

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China Economy & Business

In the News

Oct 21, 2022

Our China Pathfinder Project was cited in Yahoo Finance on economic indicators to watch before the CCP Congress.

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China Economy & Business

In the News

Oct 21, 2022

China Pathfinder Project cited in the Wall Street Journal on Xi Jinping inhibiting prospective Chinese economic growth

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China Economy & Business

In the News

Oct 21, 2022

Nonresident senior fellow Hung Tran interviewed for the WBUR On Point radio show on ending US reliance on China 

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China Economy & Business

In the News

Oct 21, 2022

Assistant Director Niels Graham quoted in Luzerner Zeitung on linkages between the EU and the Chinese economy

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Americas China

In the News

Oct 21, 2022

Younus quoted in Aljazeera: Economic woes, shifting ties complicate Pakistan’s flood recovery

By Atlantic Council

Climate Change & Climate Action Economy & Business

SouthAsiaSource

Oct 20, 2022

The lionesses of Kabul & Tehran in Khorasan

By Davood Moradian

Afghan and Iranian women continue to be denied their basic human rights, and this shared struggle is built on an overlapping Iranian-Afghan history and civilizational space known as the Iranian plateau.

Afghanistan Human Rights

China-MENA Podcast

Oct 20, 2022

Arab Barometer and Perceptions of China in MENA

By Atlantic Council

Michael Robbins joins us to discuss the region's perception of China based on the Arab Barometer's surveys conducted in MENA, and the different perspectives of the general public versus the elite—as the latter tends to be more favorable toward Beijing.

China East Asia

Experts

Events