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New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2019

Top ten risks of 2020

By Robert A. Manning, Mathew Burrows

2020 will likely bear more resemblance to the 1930s, as some of the developments which did not reach a denouement in the past year cross the finish line. Several simmering conflicts, symptoms of a global system under strain from US President Donald J. Trump’s “anti-globalist” America First doctrine, could well reach breakpoints in 2020. This may include a shift from the mere corroding of multilateral institutions and US alliances toward total dysfunction.

China International Norms

In the News

Dec 17, 2019

Samet in The Wall Street Journal: America’s ‘Forever War’ Retreat is China’s Gain

By Atlantic Council

China Middle East

Event Recap

Dec 16, 2019

War Words in 2019: A stage play about the men and women who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan

By Steven Grundman and Christian Trotti

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Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Dec 16, 2019

Bryza joins Indus News to discuss U.S. negotiations with the Taliban and President Trump’s plan to withdraw 4000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Defense Policy

New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2019

“Phase One” agreement: Whither the US-China trade war?

By Hung Tran

The “phase one” deal represents a truce—welcome as it is—in the trade war but nowhere near a solution to the main challenges China poses to the United States and the world trading system more generally.

China Trade and tariffs

Report

Dec 16, 2019

US-China collaboration on the Internet of Things safety: What next?

By Karl Frederick Rauscher

While the Internet of Things offers a range of humanitarian, commercial, and national security benefits, its pervasive nature has many concerned over its impacts on safety and security in society. In a new report by the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Karl Rauscher notes that the world’s two largest powers are at a crossroads with regard to their level and scope of cooperation in continued IoT advances. United States–China Collaboration on the Internet of Things Safety: What’s Next? analyzes possibilities for the United States and China to work together to establish consensus policies and standards to make their societies safer and provide a model for the world.

China Cybersecurity

In the News

Dec 14, 2019

Ahmad in The Hill: America’s ‘catastrophic success’ in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Crisis Management

In the News

Dec 13, 2019

Samet in The National Interest: Missiles, Tanks and Fighter Jets: China Is Eyeing More Middle East Arms Sales

By Atlantic Council

China Middle East

Report

Dec 12, 2019

Managed competition: Meeting China’s challenge in a multi-vector world

By Franklin D. Kramer

Understanding and responding to the challenges China presents requires a broad perspective, recognizing the interaction of economic, diplomatic, and security issues.

China Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Dec 11, 2019

US-India relationship is “moving from the era of ambitions to the era of achievements”

By David A. Wemer

Sixty years after US President Dwight D. Eisenhower traveled to India to mark the beginning of the US-Indian relationship, the close ties between Delhi and Washington today “would scarcely be recognizable to Eisenhower’s contemporaries,” Ambassador Alice Wells, US acting assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, said on December 11.

India Politics & Diplomacy

Experts

Events