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Dec 12, 2020

Burrows and Manning in The Hill: 6 policy don’ts for Joe Biden

By Atlantic Council

China Economy & Business

Fast Thinking

Dec 12, 2020

FAST THINKING: Get up to speed on India’s new mass protests

By Atlantic Council

Mass protests led by Indian farmers are presenting perhaps the greatest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to date. The protests have drawn in supporters from across Indian society, as farmers vow to dig in outside the capital for months. Why is the new movement so powerful—and how will Modi respond?

India Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Dec 11, 2020

Samad joins Figaro to discuss US withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

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Dec 10, 2020

Free World Commission convenes lawmakers from leading democracies to discuss China challenge

By Atlantic Council

On December 9, 2020, the Free World Commission, comprised of lawmakers from leading democracies, held a virtual hearing on China and called for democracies to work together to address the challenges to the rules-based order posed by Beijing. The hearing was co-chaired by MP Tom Tugendhat from the United Kingdom and Rep. Tom Malinowski from […]

China Human Rights

New Atlanticist

Dec 9, 2020

China’s economic transformation must change its relationship with the world, says World Bank President David Malpass

By Katherine Golden

China’s fourteenth five-year plan has set its aims high: achieving a majority middle-class country, through income redistribution, reducing economic inequality, and property reform and ownership. But China’s drive to reform its economy “means that China needs to also then have a different relationship with the rest of the world,” according to World Bank President David Malpass.

China Coronavirus

New Atlanticist

Dec 9, 2020

NATO must adapt to Afghanistan’s generation shift or it will lose the peace

By Ben Acheson

While the jihadi generation may be the ones who shape and sign a peace agreement with the Taliban, the youth bulge will have to implement and sustain it. They are the Afghans needed to achieve a common international aim: that nineteen one-year wars are not followed by nineteen one-year peace processes.

Afghanistan Conflict

New Atlanticist

Dec 9, 2020

Preparing for the day after peace in Afghanistan

By Khyber Farahi

While a political settlement may end the conflict, sustaining peace will depend on a common definition of what peace will look like and delivering on the promise of a better future for the Afghan people.

Afghanistan Conflict

New Atlanticist

Dec 7, 2020

US investors face half-baked Trump restrictions on Chinese securities

By Jeremy Mark

As the Trump administration tries to accelerate economic decoupling from China before leaving office, it has turned its attention to international finance by targeting investments in Chinese companies designated as threats to US national security. In that process, it is injecting uncertainty into markets by forcing investors to adjust to rapidly evolving restrictions.

China Economic Sanctions

In the News

Dec 7, 2020

Kroenig and Cimmino in Foreign Policy on new book “The China Nightmare”

By Atlantic Council

On December 7, Deputy Director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Matthew Kroenig and Program Assistant for the Global Strategy Initiative Jeffrey Cimmino published a review of Dan Blumenthal's new book, The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Decaying State, for Foreign Policy.

China Defense Policy

In the News

Dec 6, 2020

Manning in The National Interest: These 10 things could help subdue power-hungry China

By Atlantic Council

China Economy & Business

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