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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 12, 2021

Nasr quoted in The Guardian: US deserves big share of blame for Afghanistan military disaster

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Conflict

In the News

Aug 12, 2021

Garlauskas participates in Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center workshop report on “A Policy of Public Diplomacy with North Korea”

On August 12, Markus Garlauskas presented remarks and answered questions at a panel discussion hosted virtually by Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The event was organized to launch a new Belfer workshop report to which Garlauskas contributed, “A Policy of Public Diplomacy with North Korea: A Principled and Pragmatic Approach to […]

Arms Control
Indo-Pacific

In the News

Aug 12, 2021

Samad quoted in Stars and Stripes: Taliban unlikely to support keeping US counterterrorism in Afghanistan, analysts say

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Conflict

Britain Debrief

Aug 12, 2021

#BritainDebrief – The collapse of American Afghanistan and the view from Kabul: A debrief from Bruno Maçães

By Ben Judah

For this #BritainDebrief, author Bruno Maçães speaks with Ben Judah to discuss the Taliban's sweep across Afghanistan and what it reveals about Europe's foreign policy.

Afghanistan
Conflict

New Atlanticist

Aug 11, 2021

Three paths for counterterrorism after the Afghanistan withdrawal

By William F. Wechsler

As US forces withdraw from the country twenty years after 9/11, it is yet again terrorism—or a lack thereof—that could determine how President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan policy is remembered.

Afghanistan
Conflict

In the News

Aug 11, 2021

Samad on TRT World to discuss if the Afghan army can fend off Taliban gains?

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Conflict

In the News

Aug 11, 2021

Cunningham featured in Daily Mail: Ex-US ambassadors demand Biden reverse course on Afghanistan, continue air strikes and replace the State Department envoy to prevent ‘catastrophic outcome’ as situation continues to deteriorate

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Conflict

In the News

Aug 11, 2021

Nawaz joins StratNews Global to discuss how Pakistan should resist the temptation to act as Taliban spokesperson

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Conflict

In the News

Aug 11, 2021

Nasr quoted in ORF special report: Iran Under Ebrahim Raisi: The View from India

By Atlantic Council

India
Iran

In the News

Aug 11, 2021

Samad quoted in Al Jazeera: Taliban seizes eighth Afghan provincial capital in five days

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Conflict

Experts

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