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.

Events

Content

In the News

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

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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

In the News

Dec 14, 2021

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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

Issue Brief

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

Experts

Events