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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

Aug 18, 2021

Wechsler and Lipsky in The Wall Street Journal: “Will the IMF Bankroll the Taliban?”

By Atlantic Council

"The first real test of whether the Taliban will be accepted by the international community will happen in the IMF boardroom," write Josh Lipsky and William Wechsler in the WSJ.

Afghanistan Crisis Management

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Samad quoted in Bloomberg: How Afghanistan’s Ghani Went From President to Villain in Hiding

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Nooruddin quoted in TV5Monde: On Afghanistan, Biden faces disappointed Americans and bitter allies

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Nooruddin quoted in Euronews: What will happen next in Afghanistan, which came under the rule of the Taliban?

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Nooruddin quoted in Global Bursa: What will happen next in Afghanistan under Taliban rule?

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Nooruddin quoted in Radio Slobodna Evropa: The Taliban should not be trusted until they keep their promises

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Samad quoted in Hot News Romania: From the providential hero to the “traitor” who fled the Taliban: How Ashraf Ghani went from a star in the West to a president without a country

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Manning in The Hill: After hubris and humiliation in Afghanistan, will humility follow?

By Atlantic Council

On August 18, Robert Manning published an op-ed in The Hill entitled “After hubris and humiliation in Afghanistan, will humility follow?” Manning highlighted that, for the United States, there are “a surfeit of lessons to be learned — lessons about misjudging basic requirements of counter-insurgency; about the perils of mission creep and imposing US notions […]

Afghanistan English

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Samad quoted in Fortune: How Ashraf Ghani went from Afghanistan’s President to pariah in hiding

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Aug 18, 2021

Alam quoted in the Independent: Key players in the Taliban’s power structure

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

Experts

Events