Cunningham: Why Afghanistan Matters for United States

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

Cunningham: Why Afghanistan Matters for United States

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

Cunningham: Why Afghanistan Matters for United States

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

Aug 25, 2015

Cunningham: Why Afghanistan Matters for United States

By James B. Cunningham

Zalmay Khalilzad Chair on Afghanistan and former US Ambassador to Afghanistan James B. Cunningham cowrites for CNN with former US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker on the need for the United States to continue to be an engaged partner with Afghanistan:

Afghanistan

In the News

Aug 24, 2015

Nawaz on the Death of Mullah Omar

By Shuja Nawaz

The Cipher Brief quotes South Asia Center Distinguished Fellow Shuja Nawaz on the death of Taliban ex-supreme commander and religious leader Mullah Muhammad Omar: 

Afghanistan

In the News

Aug 24, 2015

Metzl on China’s Market Plunge

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins Bloomberg to discuss the plunge in Chinese equities and what the Chinese government would need to do to stabilize markets:

China

In the News

Aug 24, 2015

Metzl on China’s Stock Market

By Jamie Metzl

US News and World Report quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl on the global impact of China’s falling stock market: 

China

In the News

Aug 21, 2015

Tanchum: India Seeks ‘Auspicious Re-birth’ in Iran’s Energy Sector

By Micha’el Tanchum

Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum writes for The Diplomat on a burgeoning Indian-Iranian energy and commercial transportation cooperation:

India Iran

In the News

Aug 21, 2015

Metzl on the North-South Korean Conflict

By Jamie Metzl

CNN quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl on the possibility of an escalation of the recent North-South Korean military actions:

Korea

In the News

Aug 21, 2015

Manning on North and South Korea Shelling

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning joins TRT World to discuss the recent exchange of fire between North and South Korea:

Korea

New Atlanticist

Aug 20, 2015

Hacks and Attacks: How Do You React When China Conducts a Cyber Attack?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

World had similar feeling of being violated after Snowden’s revelations, says Atlantic Council’s Jason Healey When the news broke earlier this summer that hackers had breached the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and accessed the records of more than twenty million current and former federal employees, it prompted calls to punish China, which was believed […]

China Cybersecurity

Defense Industrialist

Aug 20, 2015

Kasich wants carriers

By James Hasik

A fleet of fifteen Fords is infeasible, but smaller ships could be added fast. On Saturday, Newport News Shipbuilding will hold a keel-laying ceremony for USS John F. Kennedy, the second of the Gerald Ford-class carriers. Ohio Governor John Kasich is running for president, and he wants yet more aircraft carriers. About five more super-carriers, though […]

China Defense Industry

In the News

Aug 19, 2015

Tanchum: India’s Changing Energy Policy

By Micha'el Tanchum

Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum writes for Asia & The Pacific Policy Society on India’s move toward a natural gas-powered economy and its increase in domestically produced coal bed methane: 

Energy & Environment India
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Experts

Fellow

David H. Young

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Afghanistan Conflict

Staff

Emily E. Kim

Program Assistant

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Korea Security & Defense

Fellow

Laura Updegrove

Nonresident Senior Fellow, GeoStrategy Initiative

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense

Fellow

Shawn Creamer

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Indo-Pacific Security Initiative

Security & Defense East Asia

Fellow

Kayla T. Orta

Nonresident Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Arms Control East Asia

Fellow

Deng Liu

Visiting Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

China East Asia
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