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The Tiger Project: War and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific

Explore the Atlantic Council’s work on current and enduring defense and deterrence issues in the Indo-Pacific, featuring expert commentary, multimedia content, and in-depth analysis.

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The Global China Hub tracks Beijing’s actions and their global impacts, assessing China’s rise from multiple angles and identifying emerging China policy challenges. The Hub leverages its network of China experts around the world to generate actionable recommendations for policymakers in Washington and beyond.

The Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) informs and shapes the strategies, plans, and policies of the United States and its allies and partners to address the most important rising security challenges in the Indo-Pacific, including China’s growing threat to the international order and North Korea’s destabilizing nuclear weapons advancements. IPSI produces innovative analysis, conducts tabletop exercises, hosts public and private convenings, and engages with US, allied, and partner governments, militaries, media, other key private and public-sector stakeholders, and publics.

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Content

Press Release

Oct 24, 2014

The Atlantic Council Welcomes the 2014 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan

By Atlantic Council

Meet the 2014 ELP Fellows Adiya Amjad | Aftab Waheed | Danial Shah | Dawar Shah Akhtar | Hassan Raza | Ifrah Faiz | Jalila Haider | Mahnoor Ijaz Rathore | Muhammad Dawood Sheikh | Mukesh Meghwar | Nazish Rahmani | Rafia Saleem | Rahim Shah | | Sehyr Mirza | Yasir Abbas WASHINGTON- The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, U.S. Embassy Islamabad, and Meridian International Center are pleased to announce the 2014 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan (ELP) Fellows. This Fellowship […]

Pakistan

Article

Oct 23, 2014

Column: Lessons of North Korea for Iran Nuclear Talks

By Barbara Slavin

Among the arguments marshaled by those wary of a nuclear agreement with Iran is that past efforts to negotiate away North Korea’s nuclear weapons program failed. Iran’s regime, they argue, is just as untrustworthy as North Korea’s and what’s more, Wendy Sherman, the chief U.S. negotiator with Iran, was also involved in talks with the […]

Iran Korea

Congressional Relations

Oct 23, 2014

Atlantic Council Welcomes 2014 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, US Embassy Islamabad, and Meridian International Center are pleased to announce the 2014 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan (ELP) Fellows.  This fellowship supports and empowers the next generation of Pakistan’s civil society leaders by creating a sustainable forum of collaboration. 

Pakistan

In the News

Oct 23, 2014

Menon: The India Myth

By Rajan Menon

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rajan Menon writes for the National Interest on why reports of India’s emergence as a great power are incorrect:

India
Official handover ceremony at Kandahar Airfield

NATOSource

Oct 21, 2014

NATO hands-over Kandahar airfield

By Royal Air Force

After eight years of running Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, NATO has formally handed over control to the United States at an end of mission ceremony.

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force

In the News

Oct 20, 2014

Huntsman on Hong Kong Protests

By Jon M. Huntsman

Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. joins Bloomberg’s Bottom Line to discuss the ongoing protests in Hong Kong: 

China

Defense Industrialist

Oct 20, 2014

Can Coastal Artillery Backstop the Navy?

By James Hasik

Yes, but there are hard ways and easy ways for an army to stand up new capabilities.   The question of coastal artillery was all over the trade press last week, starting with a speech by Defense Secretary Hagel at the AUSA meeting. Hagel noted that for a century after 1812, the US Army protected American ports with a […]

China Japan

Event Recap

Oct 20, 2014

Private Roundtable on US-China relations

By Atlantic Council

On October 16, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted Madam Fu Ying, the chairperson of the National People’s Congress’s Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss current and future US-China relations. The roundtable discussion was introduced by Sherri Goodman, senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of CNA Corporation and was moderated by Paul […]

China

SouthAsiaSource

Oct 17, 2014

This Week in South Asia: October 11-17

By Elijah Logsdon and Refayat Haque

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week.   Nepal In one of the deadliest spells of weather ever seen in the region, scores of Nepalese and foreign trekkers were killed this week when a freak storm hit the popular Annapurna Circuit […]

Afghanistan India

In the News

Oct 17, 2014

Manning: The North Korea Conundrum

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for US News and World Report on what North Korea’s recent “charm offensive” of proactive diplomacy means for its nuclear program: 

Korea

Experts

Events