Metzl on China’s Five Year Plan

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

Metzl on China’s Five Year Plan

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

Metzl on China’s Five Year Plan

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

Oct 26, 2015

Metzl on China’s Five Year Plan

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN to discuss China’s five year plan for economic stimulus and growth:

China

In the News

Oct 23, 2015

Manning: How to Deal with the Great Asian Mystery: North Korea’s Durability

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for Nikkei Asian Review on North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and predictions about the regime’s durability:

Korea

In the News

Oct 23, 2015

Herbst on Russian Troops in Afghanistan

By John Herbst

Voice of America quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on speculation that Russian President Vladimir Putin would send Russian troops to Afghanistan: 

Afghanistan Russia

In the News

Oct 22, 2015

Bensahel on President Ghani

By Nicole Hobbs

US News and World Report quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Nora Bensahel on President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani’s first year in office:

Afghanistan

In the News

Oct 22, 2015

Metzl on Xi’s UK Visit

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN to discuss President Xi’s UK visit, whether a discussion of human rights will be on the agenda, and the United Kingdom’s balancing act between economic interests, security, and values:

China

In the News

Oct 21, 2015

Nawaz on Prime Minister Sharif’s Meeting with President Obama

By Shuja Nawaz

Bloomberg quotes South Asia Center Distinguished Fellow Shuja Nawaz on Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s meeting with President Obama during his trip to Washington, DC and whether there will be any discussions on a deal to curtail Pakistan’s nuclear program:

Pakistan

In the News

Oct 21, 2015

Metzl on Warming of Relations Between the United Kingdom and China

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins BBC Newshour to discuss the implications for the United States of warming relations between the United Kingdom and China:

China United Kingdom

Event Recap

Oct 20, 2015

Will the Afghan State Survive?

By South Asia Center

On October 20th, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted a discussion with the Special Representative of the European Union Ambassador Franz-Michel Mellbin. With a fresh view from the ground in Kabul, Ambassador Mellbin discussed the slow, but consistent progress that the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have made, and argued that contrary to the […]

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Oct 20, 2015

In Afghanistan, an Opportunity for the United States to Work with China and Iran

By Ashish Kumar Sen

EU Special Representative says Islamic State’s rise has created common ground for Washington, Tehran, and Beijing Franz-Michael Mellbin is the European Union’s Special Representative in Afghanistan. In a wide-ranging interview with the New Atlanticist’s Ashish Kumar Sen on Oct. 20, Mellbin discussed the need for a sustained US and NATO troop commitment in Afghanistan, the […]

Afghanistan China
German soldiers in Afghanistan, Sept. 11, 2009

NATOSource

Oct 20, 2015

NATO Nations to Keep Presence in Afghanistan, Officials Say

By Robin Emmott, Reuters

Germany, Turkey and Italy are set to keep their deployments in Afghanistan at current levels, senior NATO officials said on Monday after the U.S. government decided to prolong its 14-year-old military presence there.

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Experts

Millennium fellow

Merry Lin

Former Senior Advisor, National Economic Council, The White House

Millennium Leadership Program

China East Asia

Staff

Josh Lipsky

Chair, International Economics

GeoEconomics Center

China Digital Currencies

Fellow

Mark Linscott

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Trade and tariffs International Markets

Climate Leadership Program participant

Qi Lu

2023 Climate Leadership Program Participant

Millennium Leadership Program

China

Millennium fellow

Sean Macrae

Investment Associate, Bridgewater Associates

Millennium Leadership Program

China Economy & Business

Fellow

Sabeen Malik

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Economy & Business
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