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The Tiger Project: War and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific

Explore the Atlantic Council’s work on current and enduring defense and deterrence issues in the Indo-Pacific, featuring expert commentary, multimedia content, and in-depth analysis.

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The Global China Hub tracks Beijing’s actions and their global impacts, assessing China’s rise from multiple angles and identifying emerging China policy challenges. The Hub leverages its network of China experts around the world to generate actionable recommendations for policymakers in Washington and beyond.

The Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) informs and shapes the strategies, plans, and policies of the United States and its allies and partners to address the most important rising security challenges in the Indo-Pacific, including China’s growing threat to the international order and North Korea’s destabilizing nuclear weapons advancements. IPSI produces innovative analysis, conducts tabletop exercises, hosts public and private convenings, and engages with US, allied, and partner governments, militaries, media, other key private and public-sector stakeholders, and publics.

Events

Content

In the News

Oct 8, 2017

Farkas Joins CNBC to Discuss North Korea Missile Capability

By Evelyn Farkas

Watch the full discussion here.

Korea
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Trade in Action

Oct 6, 2017

TRADE IN ACTION October 6, 2017

By Global Business & Economics Program

THIS WEEK IN TRADESouth Korea indicated on Wednesday it was open to talks on revising a 2012 trade pact with the United States after initial differences that followed President Donald Trump’s threat to terminate the accord unless it was renegotiated. 

Economy & Business Korea

New Atlanticist

Oct 4, 2017

China’s Belt and Road Initiative: An Opportunity for the United States

By Caleb Darger

The United States must seize the opportunity presented by a Chinese initiative that envisions the creation of land and sea routes that will span three continents and link more than sixty countries, according to experts who participated in a panel discussion at the Atlantic Council on October 4. Making the case for engagement with China’s […]

China
The Mentimeter word cloud populated by the audience’s response to the question “What comes to your mind when you think about the Belt and Road?”

Event Recap

Oct 4, 2017

Silk Road 2.0: US Strategy Toward China’s Belt and Road Initiative

By Ellen Riina

Written by Dr. Gal Luft, Silk Road 2.0: US Strategy toward China’s Belt and Road Initiative explores how the United States should engage with China’s tremendous infrastructure-building project, and recommends the United States pursue a strategy of constructive participation. This strategy is built on five pillars: acknowledge, engage, adjust; articulate red lines; carve a role for the […]

China Russia

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Oct 4, 2017

US strategy toward China’s belt and road initiative

By Gal Luft

The balance in Eurasia is shifting. China’s President Xi Jinping has ambitious visions for Asia, while the rest of the world reshuffles to find its place in the rapidly changing global order. The United States would be better off engaging with the BRI and trying to influence its design and mechanics from within, rather than staying on the sidelines and witnessing its allies gravitating toward China.

Africa China

In the News

Sep 29, 2017

Manning in Voice of America on North Korea Nuclear Escalation

By Robert Manning

Read the full article here.

Korea

In the News

Sep 27, 2017

Cohen in The Hill: To prevail in Asia, the US needs Germany — and Europe

By Ariel Cohen

Read the full article here.

Indo-Pacific

Report

Sep 26, 2017

The MADCOM future

By Matt Chessen

Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) tools will provide propagandists radically enhanced capabilities to manipulate human minds. Human cognition is a complex system, and AI tools are very good at decoding complex systems. Interactions on social media, browsing the Internet, and even grocery shopping provide thousands of data points from which technologists can build psychological profiles on nearly […]

Americas Civil Society

In the News

Sep 25, 2017

Biberman in Modern Asian Studies: How We Know What We Know about Pakistan: New York Times news production, 1954–71 (Cambridge University Press)

By Atlantic Council

Media Pakistan

In the News

Sep 24, 2017

Manning Joins e-FM to Discuss North Korea

By Robert Manning

Listen to the full discussion here.

Korea

Experts

Events