Francis in The American Interest: Three Glimpses of the Future

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

Francis in The American Interest: Three Glimpses of the Future

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

Francis in The American Interest: Three Glimpses of the Future

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

In the News

Jun 20, 2018

Francis in The American Interest: Three Glimpses of the Future

By Diane Francis

Read the full article here.

China Cybersecurity
Major General Ci Guowei, Deputy Chief of the Office for International Military Cooperation led the Chinese delegation, June 11, 2018 (photo: NATO)

NATOSource

Jun 18, 2018

NATO and China Resume Military Staff to Staff Talks

By NATO

After a three year pause NATO and China have reconvened military to military staff talks.

China NATO

In the News

Jun 17, 2018

Manning in Global Times: Take Northeast Asian States On Board to Solve North Korea Crisis

By Robert A. Manning

Read the full article here.

Korea

In the News

Jun 17, 2018

Pavel Quoted in The Hill on Trump’s Decision to Cancel Military Exercises with North Korea

By Barry Pavel

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Korea

New Atlanticist

Jun 16, 2018

Beyond the Trump-Kim Summit: A Coalition is Critical for Achieving Denuclearization

By Ashish Kumar Sen

In the wake of US President Donald J. Trump’s June 12 summit with North Korean leader  Kim Jong-un, R. Nicholas Burns, an Atlantic Council board member who served as US undersecretary of state from 2005 to 2008, discussed the tough work that lies ahead and lessons from a not too distant past.

Korea United States and Canada

In the News

Jun 15, 2018

Oosterveld Quoted in The South China Morning Post on Trump’s Tariff Announcement

By Bart Oosterveld

Read the full article here

China Economy & Business

In the News

Jun 15, 2018

Slavin Joins the International Institute for Strategic Studies to Discuss Diplomacy with Iran and North Korea

By Barbara Slavin

Watch the full discussion here.

Iran Korea

Issue Brief

Jun 15, 2018

How to increase pressure if diplomacy with North Korea fails

By Daleep Singh and Peter E. Harrell

Peter E. Harrell, adjunct senior fellow at CNAS, explain that a truly “maximum pressure” campaign on North Korea would require the credible threat of targeted sanctions against China.

China Korea

Issue Brief

Jun 15, 2018

How to increase pressure if diplomacy with North Korea fails

By Daleep Singh and Peter E. Harrell

The uncertain results of President Trump’s June 12 summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un underscore the fact that the United States needs to keep developing tools to intensify the “maximum pressure” campaign that helped bring North Korea to the negotiating table. If North Korea proves unwilling to denuclearize and diplomacy breaks down once […]

China Korea

Event Recap

Jun 14, 2018

Plight of Rohingya Worsens

By Masoud Mostajabi and Sachin Mathur

The deplorable condition of ethnic minorities in Myanmar has further deteriorated in recent years and Myanmar’s ongoing transition to democracy has been imperiled by ethnic conflict, pervasive religious discrimination, and other recurrent human rights abuses. Once a thriving hub for trade and a major agricultural producer, the State of Rakhine in western Myanmar has more recently […]

South Asia
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Matthew Kroenig

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