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Mar 31, 2025

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

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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.

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McFate in POLITICO: I Was a Mercenary. Trust Me: Erik Prince’s Plan is Garbage.

New Atlanticist
Mar 25, 2025

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

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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

McFate in POLITICO: I Was a Mercenary. Trust Me: Erik Prince’s Plan is Garbage.

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.

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Aug 31, 2017

McFate in POLITICO: I Was a Mercenary. Trust Me: Erik Prince’s Plan is Garbage.

By Sean McFate

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Afghanistan

In the News

Aug 30, 2017

Kroenig Quoted in ABC News on the Threat Posed by North Korean Missiles

By Matthew Kroenig

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Korea

In the News

Aug 29, 2017

Castello-Catchot Quoted in Clarin on Trump’s Policy Toward North Korea

By Carles Castello-Catchot

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Korea

New Atlanticist

Aug 29, 2017

North Korea Tests Donald Trump

By Ashish Kumar Sen

North Korea’s missile test over Japan on August 29 came “perilously close” to being an act of war; the question now is how will US President Donald J. Trump react, said the Atlantic Council’s Robert A. Manning. In response to past North Korean missile tests, Trump vowed to rain down “fire and fury”  on the […]

Japan Korea

In the News

Aug 29, 2017

Kroenig Joins Al Jazeera to Discuss Escalating Tensions with North Korea

By Matthew Kroenig

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Korea

In the News

Aug 28, 2017

Ullman in UPI: No Good Choices In ‘Ungrateful Volcano’ of Afghanistan

By Harlan Ullman

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Afghanistan

In the News

Aug 27, 2017

Alfoneh in Arab Weekly: Washington and Tehran on Collision Course in Afghanistan

By Ali Alfoneh

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Afghanistan

In the News

Aug 27, 2017

Castello Joins Univision to Discuss the Surge of US Troops in Afghanistan

By Carles Castello-Catchot

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Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Aug 24, 2017

Trump’s Afghanistan Strategy Turns Up the Heat on Pakistan

US President Donald J. Trump’s new strategy for Afghanistan effectively puts the onus on Pakistan to end its support for terrorists. If this strategy is to succeed, the United States must “adopt a very serious policy toward Pakistan,” said C. Christine Fair, the provost’s distinguished associate professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. […]

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Aug 24, 2017

Castello-Catchot Joins Corresponsales en Linea to Discuss Trump’s New Strategy for Afghanistan

By Carles Castello-Catchot

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Jennifer Turner

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Afaq Hussain

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