--- title: expertcards --- [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Dispatches_Headshot_Josh-Lipsky.png) Josh Lipsky Chair of international economics and senior director of the GeoEconomics Center; former IMF advisor ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/josh-lipsky/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dispatches_Headshot_Beth-Baltzan.png) Beth Baltzan Nonresident senior fellow at the GeoEcon ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/beth-baltzan/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dispatches_Headshot_Bart-Piasecki.png) Bart Piasecki Assistant director at the GeoEconomics Center; former advisor to the IMF Executive Board ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/bart-piasecki/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dispatches_Headshot_Lize-de-Kruijf.png) Lize de Kruijf Program assistant at the Economic Statecraft Initiative of the GeoEconomics Center ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/lize-de-kruijf/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Dispatches_Headshot_Barbara-Matthews.png) Barbara C. Matthews Nonresident senior fellow at the GeoEconomics Center; founder and chief executive officer of BCMstrategy, Inc. ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/barbara-c-matthews/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Dispatches_Headshot_Elizabeth-Shortino.png) Elizabeth Shortino Nonresident senior fellow at the GeoEconomics Center; former US executive director at the IMF ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/elizabeth-shortino/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Dispatches_Headshot_Marczak.png) Jason Marczak Vice President and senior director at the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/jason-marczak/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Dispatches_Headshot_Jessie-Yin-1.png) Jessie Yin Assistant director at the GeoEconomics Center ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/jessie-yin/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dispatches_Headshot_Daniel-Hojnacki.png) Daniel Hojnacki Assistant editor at the Atlantic Council ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/daniel-hojnacki/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dispatches_Headshot_John-Cookson.png) John Cookson New Atlanticist editor at the Atlantic Council ](https://x.com/jrcookson) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dispatches_Headshot_Sara-Bjerg-Moller.png) Sara Bjerg Moller Nonresident senior fellow in the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/sara-bjerg-moller/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dispatches_Headshot_Fred-Kempe.png) Frederick Kempe President and chief executive officer of the Atlantic Council ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/frederick-kempe/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dispatches_Headshot_Jorge-Gastelumendi.png) Jorge Gastelumendi Senior director of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/jorge-gastelumendi/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dispatches_Headshot_Kim-Donovan.png) Kimberly Donovan Director of the Economic Statecraft Initiative at the GeoEconomics Center; former White House National Security Council director and US Treasury policy advisor ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/kimberly-donovan/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dispatches_Headshot_Maia-Nikoladze.png) Maia Nikoladze Associate director at the Economic Statecraft Initiative of the GeoEconomics Center ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/maia-nikoladze/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Dispatches_Headshot_Alisha-Chhangani.png) Alisha Chhangani Assistant director at the GeoEconomics Center ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/alisha-chhangani/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dispatches_Headshot_Charles-Lichfield.png) Charles Lichfield Director of economic foresight and analysis at the GeoEconomics Center; C. Boyden Gray senior fellow ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/charles-lichfield/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dispatches_Headshot_Katherine-Golden-scaled.png) Katherine Golden Associate director of editorial at the Atlantic Council ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/katherine-walla/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Dispatches_Headshot_Martin-Muhleisen.png) Martin Mühleisen Nonresident senior fellow at the GeoEconomics Center; former IMF chief of staff and strategy director ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/martin-muhleisen/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Dispatches_Headshot_Hung-Tran.png) Hung Tran Nonresident senior fellow at the GeoEconomics Center; former deputy director at the IMF ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/hung-tran/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Dispatches_Headshot_Katherine-Golden-scaled.png) Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou Macroeconomist with the GeoEconomics Center; former research economist at the World Bank ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/amin-mohseni-cheraghlou/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Dispatches_Headshot_Jeremy-Mark.png) Jeremy Mark Nonresident senior fellow at the GeoEconomics Center; former IMF advisor and communications specialist ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/jeremy-mark/) [![byline](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Dispatches_Headshot_Nicole-Goldin.png) Nicole Goldin Nonresident senior fellow at the GeoEconomics Center; former World Bank lead economist; head, equitable development at United Nations University-Centre for Policy Research ](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/nicole-goldin/)