Amb. Omar Samad with Sputnik International, Former Afghan Ambassador Reveals What Has to be Done by Taliban to Gain International Recognition

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
Amb. Omar Samad with Sputnik International, Former Afghan Ambassador Reveals What Has to be Done by Taliban to Gain International Recognition

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
Amb. Omar Samad with Sputnik International, Former Afghan Ambassador Reveals What Has to be Done by Taliban to Gain International Recognition

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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Dec 14, 2021

Amb. Omar Samad with Sputnik International, Former Afghan Ambassador Reveals What Has to be Done by Taliban to Gain International Recognition

By Atlantic Council

Indo-Pacific Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Dec 14, 2021

Dr Ali Riaz with Tritiyo Matra: Summit for democracy and Bangladesh

By Atlantic Council

Indo-Pacific Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Dec 14, 2021

Dr Ali Riaz joins BBC News, পুলিশ প্রধান বেনজির ও র‍্যাব কর্মকর্তাদের বিরুদ্ধে মার্কিন নিষেধাজ্ঞার অর্থ কী

By Atlantic Council

Indo-Pacific South Asia

In the News

Dec 14, 2021

Schuman in The Atlantic: China’s big new idea

By Atlantic Council

On December 14, 2021, Michael Schuman published a story in The Atlantic, “China’s Big New Idea.” The piece explores “why Xi Jinping won’t stop talking about ‘common prosperity’ and how the phrase is becoming “a central node in the ever-expanding lexicon of language Xi is trying to use to increase Beijing’s influence in international affairs […]

China Politics & Diplomacy

Transcript

Dec 14, 2021

Inside a new effort to define and promote tech transparency

By Atlantic Council

Our Digital Forensic Research Lab joined with partner organizations to launch the Action Coalition, a group organized under the Danish government's Technology for Democracy Initiative that will spend a year searching for clarity and progress on transparency in tech.

Digital Policy Disinformation

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Dec 14, 2021

Dr Ali Riaz joins SAMAKAL, প্রমাণহীন বলছে সরকার, ভুল দেখছে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের

By Atlantic Council

South Asia

SouthAsiaSource

Dec 14, 2021

Will Afghanistan become another Somalia, Yugoslavia, or Medellin?

By Javid Ahmad

With no regional consensus on the way forward, the mixed dangers of Afghanistan morphing into another Somalia, or breaking into a loose confederacy of statelets like the former Yugoslavia, or becoming the next drug-replete Medellin is not a distant possibility.  

Afghanistan Economy & Business

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Dec 14, 2021

Missile defense: The end of the interim solution

By Patrick O’Reilly

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow and former US Missile Defense Agency director Patrick O'Reilly argues that the time is now to invest in directed energy missile defense.

China Defense Policy

New Atlanticist

Dec 13, 2021

China’s real ‘debt trap’ threat

By Jeremy Mark

Chinese debt relief could help many indebted countries—but failure to act would ensnare both foreign borrowers and Chinese lenders.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Dec 13, 2021

Manning in The Hill: The truths and fallacies of Biden’s Summit for Democracy

By Atlantic Council

On December 13, Manning published his biweekly op-ed in The Hill, writing about the Summit for Democracy and the need for democracies to look internally at the factors causing rising authoritarianism. “Mobilizing allies and like-minded partners into coalitions to influence updated rules and norms on specific issues is the prerequisite of any viable U.S. strategy. […]

China Politics & Diplomacy
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Joanna Siekiera

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Stanislava Mladenova

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Naz El-Khatib

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