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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

Event Recap

Apr 5, 2017

Xi & Trump at Mar-a-Lago: US-China Relations and the Impact on Latin America

By Mario Zampaglione

In early April, President Xi Jinping sat down with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in what was a highly anticipated event between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies. Coming off a campaign in which then-candidate Trump criticized China, the first meeting between the two was intended to focus primarily on the uneven trade relations […]

China

New Atlanticist

Apr 5, 2017

Trump-Xi Summit: ‘America First’ Paves the Way for the ‘Chinese Dream’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump’s “America First” policy—marked by a retreat from multilateralism—has paved the way for China to step into the void and for its president, Xi Jinping, to realize his “Chinese Dream,” according to two Atlantic Council analysts. Trump and Xi met at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on April 6 […]

China

In the News

Apr 5, 2017

Ahmad in Foreign Affairs: What Drives Insider Attacks in Afghanistan?

By Javid Ahmad

Read the full article here.

Afghanistan

In the News

Apr 4, 2017

Manning in Nikkei Asian Review: Trump-Xi summit: For China, a Tale of Two Trumps

By Robert A. Manning

Read the full article here.

China

In the News

Apr 3, 2017

Metzl Quoted by CNBC on China’s Interest in the US Infrastructure Boom

By Jamie Metzl

Read the full article here.

China

In the News

Apr 3, 2017

Hruby Joins WBUR’s Here and Now to Discuss Africa and the Economy

By Aubrey Hruby

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Africa China

Report

Mar 31, 2017

Transforming the power sector in developing countries: The critical role of China in post-Paris implementation

By Robert F. Ichord, Jr.

Since the International Energy Agency projects that almost 90 percent of world growth in electricity generation in 2014-2040 will occur in developing and non-OECD countries, increasing investment in clean energy and changing the electricity mix in these countries are of critical importance. China’s role will be central, accounting for an estimated one-third of future electricity growth in the non-OECD countries.

China East Asia

Defense Industrialist

Mar 27, 2017

Will DARPA get its Cylons back?

By James Hasik

The Pentagon’s concerns over Chinese investment in the US should be considered carefully. In this morning’s Wall Street Journal, Daniel Michaels and his team write of how what’s “Driving U.S. Factories [is] Foreign Robotics.” All the best machine tools, it would seem, are made by the Germans and the Japanese. If that sounds like the 1980s, he asserts […]

China Defense Industry

In the News

Mar 26, 2017

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss Hong Kong’s Election Results

By Jamie Metzl

Watch the full interview here.

Elections Indo-Pacific

In the News

Mar 23, 2017

Manning in Nikkei Asian Review: Saudi Royal Tour Highlights Asia-Mideast Economic Nexus

By Robert A. Manning

Read the full article here.

Economy & Business Indo-Pacific

Experts

Events