Piiparinen: The Chinese Cyber Threat in the South China Sea

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

Piiparinen: The Chinese Cyber Threat in the South China Sea

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

Piiparinen: The Chinese Cyber Threat in the South China Sea

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

Sep 18, 2015

Piiparinen: The Chinese Cyber Threat in the South China Sea

By Anni Piiparinen

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Program Assistant Anni Piiparinen writes for The Diplomat on why the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to get serious about the role of cyberspace in conflicts over the South China Sea:

China

Webcasts

Sep 18, 2015

Renminbi Internationalization in Volatile Markets

By Global Business and Economics

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Global Business and Economics Program on Friday, September 18, 2015 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for a high-level panel discussion on the internationalization of China’s currency (RMB) and its impact on foreign and regulatory policy in today’s volatile markets.

China

Report

Sep 16, 2015

China’s evolving role in Latin America: Can it Be a win-win?

By Enrique Dussel Peters

Weeks before Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with President Barack Obama in Washington, the Atlantic Council’s Latin America Center launched a new report that unravels the complexities of the Latin America-China relationship. Titled China’s Evolving Role in Latin America: Can it Be a Win-Win?, the report provides five recommendations to help both China and Latin […]

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Event Recap

Sep 15, 2015

Addressing nontraditional security threats in South Asia

By Nazia Khan

“Water scarcity and food security are the most serious nontraditional security threats facing India,” stated Ambassador Latha Reddy, Former Deputy National Security Adviser of India. Speaking at an Atlantic Council South Asia Center event, Reddy warned that nontraditional security concerns—such as water and food security, energy management, environment and climate change, health, cyber warfare, and […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News

Sep 15, 2015

Metzl on the South China Sea

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN to discuss China’s third airstrip in the South China Sea:

China

EconoGraphics

Sep 15, 2015

Has the Renminbi Arrived as an International Currency?

By Global Business and Economics

As China slowly transitions from an investment and export based economy to a consumer based economy, the Chinese must also liberalize both their monetary affairs and the management of their currency. By increasing the wealth of Chinese consumers via their currency's value, domestic demand will supplant the role of exports. For this process to be completed, the Chinese currency, the Renminbi, must assume its place in the package of globally dominant currencies.

China Economy & Business

Event Recap

Sep 11, 2015

Cross-Straits Series: Implications of the Upcoming Taiwanese Elections to the Asia-Pacific

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The upcoming Taiwanese presidential election on January 16, 2016 has drawn increasing attention to Beijing and Taipei’s relationship. In Taiwan, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, has been projected to defeat the ruling Kuomingtang (KMT) Nationalist Party candidate in 2016 by different polling agencies. For eight years, KMT has taken a pro-China […]

China

In the News

Sep 10, 2015

Financial Express Highlights Atlantic Council Event on Indian Industry

By Atlantic Council

Financial Express highlights a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center investigating how to make India more investment-friendly:

India

In the News

Sep 10, 2015

Economic Times Covers Event in Investment in India

By Atlantic Council

The Economic Times cites an event hosted by the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center discussing the potential for foreign investment in India:

India

In the News

Sep 10, 2015

Healey on Cyberhacking and China

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey joins Channel News Asia to discuss the United States cybersecurity amongst Chinese cyberhacking:

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Sungmin Cho

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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Andrew Brown

Nonresident Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Indo-Pacific Intelligence

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Thomas Cynkin

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Japan

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R. Mark Stacpoole

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eastern Europe Indo-Pacific

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Dexter Tiff Roberts

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Global China Hub Indo-Pacific Security Initiative

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Amos Oh

Nonresident Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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