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

New Atlanticist

Aug 25, 2021

PTSD is an endless war for veterans. The news from Afghanistan is making it worse.

By Kirsten Fontenrose

The realities of the Afghanistan withdrawal and its framing as a defeat put service members and veterans at risk for debilitating mental health problems and suicide.

Afghanistan
Conflict

In the News

Aug 25, 2021

Samad in Financial Times: “How exile changed the Taliban”

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 25, 2021

Nooruddin quoted in Vegna News: “Joe Biden’s Plan B: What Will US Troops Do If Evacuations In Afghanistan Expand?”

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Democratic Transitions

In the News

Aug 25, 2021

Kamal Alam with CNBC: “Need at least two more weeks to get everyone out of Afghanistan”

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Human Rights

In the News

Aug 25, 2021

Nilofar Sakhi speaks with The Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, “What’s Next for Afghanistan Amid Taliban’s Rise and US Withdrawal?”

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 25, 2021

Rothschild in The Dispatch: A Morgenthau moment for Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild offers recommendations to the Biden administration on how to avert a growing humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 25, 2021

Kroenig in the Hill on upgrading US missile defense in Guam

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig writes in the Hill on upgrading US missile defense systems to counter China.

Arms Control
China

Fast Thinking

Aug 25, 2021

FAST THINKING: The clock is ticking in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Biden is sticking to his August 31 timeline for withdrawing all American troops from Afghanistan. How will the coming days play out?

Afghanistan
Conflict

New Atlanticist

Aug 25, 2021

Why the US failure in Afghanistan won’t break NATO

By Michael John Williams

Europeans shouldn't draw narrow conclusions about the security risks they’ll face based on the botched Afghanistan withdrawal.

Afghanistan
European Union

In the News

Aug 25, 2021

Samad quoted in Yahoo News on the Taliban’s recent takeover

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Conflict

Experts

Events