Amid Hong Kong Protests, China Escalates Mainland Crackdown, Too

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

Amid Hong Kong Protests, China Escalates Mainland Crackdown, Too

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

Amid Hong Kong Protests, China Escalates Mainland Crackdown, Too

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

New Atlanticist

Dec 11, 2014

Amid Hong Kong Protests, China Escalates Mainland Crackdown, Too

By Ashish Kumar Sen

‘Off-the-Charts Harsh Sentences’ Against Anti-Corruption Protesters in Chinese Cities The government of President Xi Jinping is conducting “one of the harshest” Chinese campaigns against civil society and peaceful dissent in the past decade, according to a prominent human rights activist. The campaign has come amid the pro-democracy protests that have roiled Hong Kong since September. […]

China

New Atlanticist

Dec 10, 2014

Coalition Troops Officially End Combat Mission in Afghanistan Amid Growing Security Concerns

By Ashish Kumar Sen

As US and NATO troops depart Afghanistan, they are taking with them their expertise, hardware, dollars, and jobs – and also leaving behind many questions about the fate of that country’s security and economy.

Afghanistan NATO

Webcasts

Dec 9, 2014

Democratic Developments in Asia

By Atlantic Council

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 9th, at the Atlantic Council’s headquarters for a discussion on broader democratic developments in Asia.

Indo-Pacific

New Atlanticist

Dec 8, 2014

Forget the South China Sea: Taiwan Could Be Asia’s Next Big Security Nightmare

By Robert A. Manning

Forget the South China Sea. The results of Taiwan’s local elections last week, still reverberating in Beijing, are more likely than not to propel Taiwan’s ascension to the status of No.1 security problem in Asia over the coming two to three years.

China
ISAF Commander General John F. Campbell, Dec. 8, 2014

NATOSource

Dec 8, 2014

US, NATO end Afghan combat command after thirteen years

By Lynne O'Donnell, AP

The U.S. and NATO closed their combat command in Afghanistan on Monday, more than 13 years after invading the country in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks to target al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden. . . .

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In the News

Dec 4, 2014

Gopalaswamy on the Russian-Pakistani Relationship

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

South Asia Center Deputy Director Bharath Gopalaswamy joins Channel News Asia to discuss the relationship between Moscow and Islamabad:

Pakistan Russia

In the News

Dec 2, 2014

Emerging Leaders of Pakistan Join VOA Urdu

By Atlantic Council

Voice of America Urdu interviews the Emerging Leaders of Pakistan fellows during their 2014 visit to the Atlantic Council:

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, December 1, 2014

NATOSource

Dec 1, 2014

Secretary general previews four outcomes from tomorrow’s meeting of NATO foreign ministers

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

2014 has been a year of aggression, crisis and conflict. But NATO stands strong.

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force

New Atlanticist

Nov 22, 2014

Obama to Visit India in January

By New Atlanticist

Atlantic Council’s Gopalaswamy Comments President Barack Obama will travel to India in January, becoming the first US president to visit the country twice while in office. Bharath Gopalaswamy, deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, tells Ashish Kumar Sen why this visit is important—and notably how it will be seen by India’s main […]

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In the News

Nov 21, 2014

Metzl on Interest-Rate Cuts in China

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins Bloomberg’s Bottom Line to discuss China’s surprise interest-rate cuts:

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Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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LeAnne Noelani Howard

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

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Joanna Siekiera

Nonresident Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Rule of Law Polish

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Stanislava Mladenova

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Naz El-Khatib

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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