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May 28, 2021

Kroenig and Ashford explore a Western response to Belarus’s act of air piracy

By Atlantic Council

On May 28, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discussed how the West should respond to Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko’s arrest of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, the U.S. role in the […]

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New Atlanticist

May 27, 2021

Banning Bitcoin is a bad idea

By JP Schnapper-Casteras

There are numerous debates raging about whether Bitcoin is good, bad, or ugly. But the sweeping suggestion to outlaw Bitcoin raises troubling questions about Americans' bedrock freedoms.

Cybersecurity Digital Currencies

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May 27, 2021

Preble on the Net Assessment podcast: Middle class foreign policy

By Atlantic Council

On May 27, Christopher Preble and co-hosts discussed President Biden’s “foreign policy for the middle class”, focusing on Charles Kupchan and Peter Trubowitz’s recent article “Why an Internationalist Foreign Policy Needs a Stronger Domestic Foundation.” They questioned who, exactly, is in the “middle class,” whether certain positions on foreign policy are pro- or anti-middle class, if […]

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UkraineAlert

May 27, 2021

Russian cyber threat: US can learn from Ukraine

By Mark Temnycky

The US has recently been hit by a number of cyberattacks linked to Russia. These incidents echoed similar attacks carried out against Ukraine since the outbreak of hostilities with Russia in 2014.

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Seizing the advantage

May 27, 2021

A connected world is a vulnerable world. The US can help secure it.

By Benjamin Jensen

National security is no longer measured by the size of a country’s military forces. It is measured by how efficiently and securely a country, as part of a network of allies and partners, exchanges information, resources, and ideas.

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In the News

May 27, 2021

CBDC tracker cited in Reuters explainer on the digital dollar

By The GeoEconomics Center

Read the full article here. Explore the CBDC tracker here.

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May 27, 2021

Ashford in Cato Unbound: On Afghanistan, the retrospective approach is the right one

By Atlantic Council

On May 27, Emma Ashford published a response essay in this month’s Cato Unbound, which focused on the implications of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. “I hope that Joe Biden’s decision to finally withdraw troops from Afghanistan will thus also serve to improve the quality of Washington’s debates on the war, as we finally start […]

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May 26, 2021

Manning in The Hill: Biden’s invisible foreign policy success

By Atlantic Council

On May 26, Robert Manning published an op-ed in The Hill that highlighted an overlooked success of the Biden administration’s foreign policy: the summit with South Korea. He notes various strategic gains in technology cooperation that signal a U.S.-South Korea partnership beyond a security alliance. “The tech and geopolitical steps declared at the summit will […]

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May 26, 2021

Event Recap: After the Insurrection: Domestic Violent Extremism and the Intelligence Challenge

By Hezha Barzani

The Atlantic Council hosted an event examining domestic violent extremism and the failures in intelligence analysis and warnings that allowed the storming of the Capitol building on January 6. Read the key takeaways.

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May 25, 2021

Preparing for decarbonization: Reforming US power markets for the energy transition

By Ben Hertz-Shargel

Deficiencies in the US power sector, paired with the increasing intermittency of renewables on the grid, pose challenges to meeting heightened clean electricity goals. In this report, GEC senior fellow Ben Hertz-Shargel evaluates the policy, market, and technological challenges and opportunities for power sector decarbonization.

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