Economic Development
Europe Looks East to Central Asia
The European Union and Central Asia must continue moving engagement to the next level, from discussions and statements to actions across a broader spectrum. The first-ever European Union (EU)-Central Asia...
Strengthening Economic Statecraft with USAID Reform
With USAID now folded into the State Department, the Trump administration should focus on realigning U.S. global development aid toward strategic competition with China. With USAID now folded into the...
VIDEO: An Interview w/ U.S. Ambassador Joey R. Hood
On October 30, the Center for the National Interest hosted an interview with U.S. Ambassador Joey Hood to discuss the future of Tunisia and its longstanding relationship with the United...
China is Winning the Global South
Great Power Competition, sometimes called the Second Cold War, is unfolding on a global scale. The United States is not competing with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in China, nor...
Inside the Taliban’s Afghanistan
On August 15, 2024, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan celebrated the third anniversary of the takeover of Kabul, ending years of conflict and the failure of twenty years of Western...
Costa Rica’s Cautionary Tale of Chinese Engagement
By offering massive infrastructure investment and access to Chinese consumers, Beijing has secured a substantial foothold across the Americas. However, as the Chinese economy slows due to the limits of...
What the U.S. Can Learn from the Chinese Development Playbook
In what has come to be referred to as the Great Power Competition (GPC), malign, revisionist powers, like the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia, challenge nations and institutions...
The G-7 Summit and Africa’s Infrastructure Gap
The leaders of the seven-member states, as well as the presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, along with other invited leaders and representatives of international organizations, including...
VIDEO: The Gulf States and Central Asia: Converging Foreign Policies?
The growing ties come due to shared religion and culture, alongside burgeoning trade, investment, and development initiatives from the Gulf region. This turn of events comes as a very welcome...
Putting the Pep in U.S.-Hemispheric Relations
On March 6, 2024, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) and U.S. Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Adriano Espalillat (D-NY) introduced the “Americas Trade and Investment...
An Entrepreneurial Development Bank? The Inter-American Development Bank Shows the Way
There is no love lost between the public and development banks. While these multilateral institutions with a global scope, such as the World Bank or regional ones like the Asian...
In Sanctions Enforcement, Follow Central-Asia’s Middle Corridor
As the Suez Canal becomes a new front in the Israel-Hamas conflict and the Red Sea is a “no-go zone” for most vessels, geopolitics is casting a shadow over the...