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Lipsky cited in NBC News on G7 leaders’ discussions of alternative oil sources

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Lawler’s continued coverage from Seoul featured in Axios

On June 24, 2022, Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Journalist Fellow Dave Lawler published two articles, “Gender divide between young people shakes South Korean politics” and “What South Korea’s power transfer means for China and Japan,” in Axios. With regards to the gender divide, Lawler shares that South Korean politicians from both parties agree that economics primarily […]

Ward’s continued coverage from Seoul featured in POLITICO

June 22-24, 2022, Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Journalist Fellow Alex Ward was featured daily in POLITICO‘s The Inbox for “South Korea Sours on China,” “South Korea Signals Rapprochement with Japan,” and “Bolstered U.S. Military Presence Possible in Asia.” Based on continued conversations with South Korean experts and officials while in Seoul, Ward shares his insights on […]

Ashford at the German Marshall Fund: The G7 reborn

By Atlantic Council

On June 21, Emma Ashford participated in a virtual panel at the German Marshall Fund previewing the G7 summit in Bavaria next week. Alongside Bruce Stokes, the executive director of the Transatlantic Task Force: Together or Alone? Choices and Strategies for Transatlantic Relations for 2021 and Beyond at the German Marshall Fund, Ashford discussed the […]

Saeed in World Politics Review: Biden’s Indo-Pacific economic ‘whatever’ misses the mark

By Atlantic Council

On June 15, Nonresident Senior Fellow Ferial Saeed published an article in World Politics Review that critiqued the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for its lack of specifics and failure to make meaningful progress on trade policy. “Biden officials are betting that a “nontraditional” trade pact will be an easier sell domestically, but the negative […]

CBDC Tracker cited in Visa Economic Empowerment Institute report on central banks’ rapid progress towards CBDCs in past few years

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Grieco in The National Interest: Trying harder is a bad China strategy

By Atlantic Council

On June 2, Kelly Grieco published an op-ed in The National Interest, calling out US policymakers for substituting the vague concept of competition for a strategy with defined means and ends. “Above all, competition itself is not a strategy. It offers only a description of the strategic environment. And it is hardly a novel one. […]