An Afghan opening: opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls

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

An Afghan opening: opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls

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

An Afghan opening: opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls

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

Jul 11, 2019

An Afghan opening: opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls

By Omar Samad

The frank conversations between the Afghan representatives laid bare the country’s decades-long wounds and contrasting positions on a host of policies and values

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Jul 10, 2019

Engelke in Nikkei Asian Review: Himalayan states must unite to protect mountain environment

By Atlantic Council

Climate Change & Climate Action South Asia

In the News

Jul 8, 2019

Biberman releases Gambling with Violence: State Outsourcing of War in Pakistan and India (Oxford University Press)

By Atlantic Council

Defense Industry India

Inflection Points

Jul 6, 2019

Special edition: saving democracy

By Frederick Kempe

Dangers are accelerating to the democratic ideals that the American Revolution inspired.

China Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Jul 3, 2019

Women’s World Cup 2019: Where is the Middle East?

By Sheva Tabatabainejad and Rana Abdulhadi

With all the excitement these past months have generated, it is hard not to notice a glaring discrepancy in representation. There is not one team from the Middle East that qualified.

Afghanistan Iran

In the News

Jul 3, 2019

Steve Levine in Axios about the impact of demography in the US-China competition

By Atlantic Council

China English

New Atlanticist

Jul 2, 2019

The G20 turns into G19+1

By Hung Tran

The Osaka Summit shows that the international community struggles to cope with the challenges represented by China’s state capitalism and US unilateralism.

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2019

A financial statecraft strategy for the United States to address the rise of China

By Michael B. Greenwald

Sanctions can be effective in compelling a change in Huawei’s behavior within realistic boundaries.

China Economic Sanctions

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2019

With one small step, Trump makes history in North Korea

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The two leaders agreed to have their negotiators resume an effort to reach what has so far been an elusive nuclear deal.

Korea Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Jun 29, 2019

Trump, Xi pause US-China trade war

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump agreed on June 29 to lift some restrictions on Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and delay imposing new tariffs on Chinese goods.

China Economy & Business
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