The ‘blocking statute’: China’s new attempt to subvert US sanctions

New Atlanticist Mar 31, 2025

Dispatch from Hong Kong: How the ‘geoeconomic city’ is weathering global headwinds

By Josh Lipsky, Ananya Kumar

From Chinese and US economic growth to stablecoin regulations, a recent visit to Hong Kong offered important insights for two Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center experts.
China Digital Currencies
The ‘blocking statute’: China’s new attempt to subvert US sanctions

New Atlanticist Mar 25, 2025

Starlink’s India launch is a crash course on New Delhi’s approach to tech sovereignty

By Trisha Ray

A recently announced partnership to deploy the Elon Musk-led company’s satellite internet in India offers a window into New Delhi’s “hybrid” approach.
Economy & Business India
The ‘blocking statute’: China’s new attempt to subvert US sanctions

New Atlanticist Mar 25, 2025

Reading between the lines of Taiwan’s new Quadrennial Defense Review

By Kitsch Liao

The recently released Quadrennial Defense Review offers a window into the Taiwanese military’s issues with prioritization, operational readiness, and manpower retention.
China East Asia

Content

New Atlanticist

Feb 8, 2021

The ‘blocking statute’: China’s new attempt to subvert US sanctions

By David Mortlock

China’s new blocking statute appears to be an attempt to blunt the impact of the threat of sanctions on additional Chinese companies for conducting business with sanctioned countries. If effectively implemented, the statute could force international companies to choose between potentially running afoul of US sanctions or risking retaliation from Beijing.

China Economic Sanctions

Global Energy Forum

Feb 8, 2021

How to design an energy transition that includes everyone—including the most vulnerable

By Katherine Golden

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed an “interdependent” world with “huge issues of inequity,” said Sunita Narain, director general of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Without addressing these realities, “we cannot deal with the virus, and it’s the same with climate change.”

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

Inflection Points

Feb 7, 2021

Why ‘The Longer Telegram’ triggered such a fierce, global China debate

By Frederick Kempe

The 26,000-word paper has served as a sort of Rorschach test for the expert community on China. The reactions have ranged between critiques from those who found the paper’s prescriptions too provocative, to praise from those who lauded its ground-breaking contributions.

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Feb 5, 2021

Busch in The Hill: COVID, Barley and a most unusual Australia-China trade war

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes that Australia may have effectively leveraged some of the WTO's misfunction to its political benefit in a trade disagreement with China.

Australia China

In the News

Feb 5, 2021

Ahmad joins Hudson Institute to discuss the United States’ peace agreement with the Afghan Taliban

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Feb 5, 2021

Shahid in NBC News: Myanmar coup and Aung San Suu Kyi’s arrest presaged by world ignoring Rohingya genocide

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Indo-Pacific

In the News

Feb 5, 2021

Nawaz joins CGTN to discuss Myanmar Military Coup

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Corruption

In the News

Feb 5, 2021

Shahid joins Human Rights Media to discuss cases of statelessness in South Asia

By Atlantic Council

Human Rights Indo-Pacific

In the News

Feb 5, 2021

Shahid joins NowThis News to discuss Myanmar Military Coup

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Democratic Transitions

New Atlanticist

Feb 5, 2021

Emmanuel Macron’s plan to rebuild US-Europe relations

By Katherine Golden

For French President Emmanuel Macron, "the number-one priority in relations with the new US administration” is clear: to boost “results-oriented multilateralism.”

China European Union
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Omaid Sharifi

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Millennium Leadership Program

Afghanistan Civil Society

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Gargi Sharma

Senior Investment Manager, Hong Kong Jockey Club

Millennium Leadership Program

East Asia Economy & Business

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Justin Sherman

Nonresident Fellow

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

China Cybersecurity

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M. Osman Siddique

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Bengali Crisis Management

Fellow

John Sipher

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Intelligence Non-Traditional Threats

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Clementine G. Starling-Daniels

Director, Forward Defense

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Security & Defense NATO
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