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Aug 17, 2015

Huntsman on China’s Currency Devaluation

By Jon M. Huntsman

Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. joins CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS to discuss the global market reaction to China’s multiple currency devaluations:

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Aug 17, 2015

Metzl on Japanese History

By Jamie Metzl

The Asahi Shimbum quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl on the need for Japan to accept its history in order to move forward, in light of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s war anniversary statement:

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New Atlanticist

Aug 14, 2015

Abe Speech May Exorcize the Ghosts of History

By Robert A. Manning

In an Asia haunted by the ghosts of history, the world was watching with baited breath to see how Japan’s nationalistic Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, would address the seventieth anniversary of the end of World War II. To the surprise of many, Abe’s Cabinet-approved speech was an amply dignified and contrite effort that attempted to […]

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Aug 14, 2015

Slavin Moderates Issues in the News

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin moderates Voice of America’s Issues in the News, discussing the explosions in China, the devaluation of the yuan, the anti-corruption measures in Iraq, and the re-opening of the US Embassy in Havana:

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Aug 13, 2015

Brummer on China’s Economy

By Chris Brummer

C. Boyden Gray Fellow on Global Growth and Finance Chris Brummer joins BBC World Service to discuss Chinese measures to halt the slide in the Shanghai stock exchange:

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Aug 13, 2015

Metzl on China’s Currency Change

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CBS News to discuss China devaluing its currency by 2 percent, leading to a drop in the US stock market:

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Aug 12, 2015

Manning: Iran Deal Heralds Deeper Sino-US Cooperation

By Robert A. Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning writes for Global Times on how the nuclear deal with Iran could herald deeper Sino-US cooperation:

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New Atlanticist

Aug 11, 2015

Afghan Peace Process: DOA?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Pakistan can do more on terrorist groups, says Atlantic Council Senior Fellow James B. Cunningham Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is right, Pakistan can do more to disrupt terrorist networks that plan and carry out attacks across the border in Afghanistan, says Atlantic Council Senior Fellow James B. Cunningham. A broad spectrum of terrorist and criminal […]

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Aug 11, 2015

Gramer and Rizzo: China’s Maginot Line

By Robbie Gramer and Rachel Rizzo

Transatlantic Security Initiative Associate Director Robbie Gramer and Brent Scowcroft Center Program Assistant Rachel Rizzo write for War on the Rocks on how China’s nascent military presence in the East China Sea, the Straits of Formosa, and the South China Sea are meant to ensure regional dominance and reduce the US ability to operate in the region:

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Aug 11, 2015

Montanino on Competition Among International Banks

By Andrea Montanino

Anadolu Agency quotes Global Business and Economics Program Director Andrea Montanino on the heightened competition among international banks in light of the presence of the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB):

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