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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.

Events

Content

In the News

Jan 27, 2022

Fulton joined the Middle East Institute to discuss his new book

By Atlantic Council

China Economy & Business

MENASource

Jan 27, 2022

China is trying to create a wedge between the US and Gulf allies. Washington should take note.

By Jonathan Fulton

Recent events indicate that leaders in Beijing are no longer satisfied with the logic of strategic hedging and are pursuing a more muscular approach to the Gulf.

China Middle East

In the News

Jan 26, 2022

Ahmad in the Middle East Institute: “The Taliban’s religious roadmap for Afghanistan”

By South Asia Center

Afghanistan Human Rights

In the News

Jan 26, 2022

Marks on Government Matters to discuss the defense budget

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center nonresident senior fellow Ronald Marks speaks to Government Matters on the defense budget process.

China Defense Industry

In the News

Jan 26, 2022

Riaz in BBC Bengali: লবিস্ট: এদের কাজ কী, কেন নিয়োগ করা হয়, এ নিয়ে আওয়ামী লীগ ও বিএনপি বাংলাদেশে কেন বিতর্ক করছে

By South Asia Center

Bangladesh Bengali

Engagement Reframed

Jan 26, 2022

Engagement Reframed: Introduction

By Robert A. Manning, Christopher Preble

The Biden administration has been slow to distribute surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries in need or to facilitate foreign manufacturing of vaccines, squandering a diplomatic opportunity and potentially endangering US security.

Africa Caribbean

In the News

Jan 25, 2022

Dr Riaz joins Georgetown Center for Security Studies for a conversation on Bangladesh and its neighbors fifty years after the 1971 war

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh South Asia

In the News

Jan 25, 2022

Fulton mentioned in Politico National Security Daily on China’s evolving role in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

China Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 25, 2022

Asat quoted in The Justice on China’s digital crackdown on students who speak out against Chinese human rights abuses

By Atlantic Council

China Cybersecurity

In the News

Jan 25, 2022

Riaz in the East Asia Forum: “Bangladesh’s democracy erodes amid tilt to China”

By South Asia Center

Bangladesh China

Experts

Events