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New Atlanticist

Jul 22, 2020

As Arctic warms up, US Air Force launches Department’s first strategy for confronting threats

By Larry Luxner

Driven by rising temperatures and melting ice, the vast Arctic region is changing—and so are the military priorities of the United States and its two biggest adversaries: Russia and China.

China Defense Policy

New Atlanticist

Jul 22, 2020

Peering through the fog: The liberal international order in the real world

By Daniel Fried

The liberal order gave the world generations of general great power peace and unprecedented prosperity. Stack that against the first half of the twentieth century.

International Norms International Organizations

In the News

Jul 21, 2020

“North Star” Arctic Strategy event referenced by Breaking Defense

By Atlantic Council

The Department of the Air Force launches its first Arctic Strategy at the Atlantic Council's Commanders Series event.

Defense Policy National Security

In the News

Jul 21, 2020

Busch in The Hill: US trade policy milks America’s dairy farmers

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes that for Congress to get US dairy products the same tariff treatment in Japan as those from other markets that it wants, the only solution is for the US to match the free trade deals other countries have built.

Americas Economy & Business

In the News

Jul 20, 2020

Sherman interviewed on Cornell Law School’s “A Law in Common” podcast on the US-India tech relationship

Cybersecurity Defense Technologies

In the News

Jul 20, 2020

Manning in The National Interest: Coronavirus Meets Donald Trump’s Wonderland: What the Facemask Wars Reveal

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jul 20, 2020

Earnings season highlights pandemic challenges for banks

By Bart Oosterveld

Earnings reports from the week of July 13 by major US banks featured record losses related to non-performing loans and insights into how the banks plan to manage the upcoming year in terms of additional reserves.

Coronavirus Macroeconomics
us navy military what world post-covid 19 kim roberts

Blog Post

Jul 20, 2020

What world post COVID-19?: A conversation with Dr. Kim Roberts

By Anca Agachi, Peter Engelke

Dr. Kim Roberts, security studies expert, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed thinking around national security and the US role in the world, and outlines the uncertainties ahead.

China Coronavirus

Inflection Points

Jul 19, 2020

China has already decided Cold War II has begun – now it’s escalating

By Frederick Kempe

Trump administration officials believe their increasing efforts to counter a more assertive China could prove to be their most significant foreign policy legacy. That will only be true if they can combine it with a strategy that can sustain the effort in concert with allies and far beyond the limits of any single U.S. administration.

China Political Reform

In the News

Jul 17, 2020

Sherman quoted in WIRED about the Trump administration’s discussed ban on TikTok

Cybersecurity Internet

Experts