Projects


Close up of tiger

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.

Explore the programs

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.

Events

Content

Article

Sep 29, 2014

A second chance with India

By Nicholas Burns

Obama’s opportunity with India and its new leader When the new Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, visits the White House this week, President Obama should seize the opportunity to revive and rebuild an important relationship with a key Asian partner that has fallen on hard times in recent years. In strategic terms, there are few […]

India

In the News

Sep 29, 2014

Nawaz on Modi’s Visit to Washington

By Shuja Nawaz

South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz joins Amity University’s Newshour Debate to discuss Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first official visit to Washington: 

India

In the News

Sep 28, 2014

Burns: Obama’s Opportunity with India and Its New Leader

By Nicholas Burns

Atlantic Council Board Member Nicholas Burns writes for the Washington Post on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington this week:

India

In the News

Sep 27, 2014

Nawaz on Pakistan’s Intelligence Director

By Shuja Nawaz

NBC quotes South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz on Pakistan’s new intelligence chief, Lt. Gen. Rizwan Akhtar:

Pakistan
Japanese destroyer JS Takanami and Danish frigate HDMS Ebern Snare

NATOSource

Sep 26, 2014

NATO and Japan Conduct First Ever Joint Counter-Piracy Drill

By NATO

NATO and Japan conducted a joint counter-piracy drill in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday (25 September 2014) to test communications and tactical skills. It was the first such joint naval exercise between the two maritime fleets.

Japan NATO

SouthAsiaSource

Sep 26, 2014

This Week in South Asia: September 20-26

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. AfghanistanAfter extensive campaigning, two rounds of voting, and an internationally-supervised recount, Afghanistan’s protracted presidential election finally ended on Saturday in an anticlimactic fifteen-minute ceremony.  Both candidates, Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, met […]

Afghanistan India

In the News

Sep 26, 2014

Gopalaswamy: Cooperation, the Final Frontier

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

South Asia Center Deputy Director Bharath Gopalaswamy writes for US News and World Report on cooperation between the United States and India regarding major space projects:

India

In the News

Sep 25, 2014

Cliff on Chinese Arms Sales

By Roger Cliff

Bloomberg quotes Asia Security Initiative Nonresident Fellow Roger Cliff on Chinese arms sales: 

China
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Sept. 18, 2009

NATOSource

Sep 23, 2014

NATO’s outgoing chief: ‘We cut fat, built muscle’

By John-Thor Dahlburg, AP

When Anders Fogh Rasmussen took over at NATO, the alliance was struggling to contain a growing insurgency in Afghanistan, and some predicted it would soon follow its Cold War foe, the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact, into the dustbin of history.

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force

In the News

Sep 23, 2014

Brummer: The Challenges of Releasing the Redback

By Chris Brummer

C. Boyden Gray Fellow on Global Growth and Finance Chris Brummer writes for the International Financial Law Review on the implications of the Chinese currency’s entrance into international markets: 

China

Experts

Events