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Since U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited Beijing last year, the world's two biggest economies have resumed regular talks and averted major escalations in tensions.

But the countries still trade barbs on economic issues as they battle for superiority in advanced technologies and work to secure critical supply chains.

President Barack Obama's critical role in helping Greece stay in the eurozone follows in the post-WWII tradition of American engagement in the European project for geopolitical reasons, even though it was initially driven by financial concerns, argues Katerina Sokou, ELIAMEP and Atlantic Council non-resident research fellow in a research paper just published.

Central bank} digital currencies (CBDCs), expected to become a reality in the next decade, could, in geopolitical terms, be a real game changer, bypassing the reigning dollar and euro payment systems and raising possibilities - but also dangers.

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have the potential to replace cash, but adoption may take time, said Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

"CBDCs can replace money that is expensive to circulate in island economies," she said Wednesday at the Singapore FinTech Festival event, CNBC reported.

According to the National Observatory of Athens weather unit Meteo, the Greek capital, Athens, as well as the cities of Thessaloniki and Larissa, are expected to experience extremely high temperatures in the coming days, posing potential health risks.

President Joe Biden's departure Wednesday to the G7 in Japan was meant to launch a geostrategic masterclass on rallying the world's democracies against China. Instead, he will limp into an abruptly truncated journey facing concerns that the US debt ceiling row is about to tear up the global economy.

BELGRADE - At a meeting with an Atlantic Council delegation, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic thanked the US for its constructive and responsible engagement in the process of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and noted that Belgrade was committed to work on implementation of agreements "up to what represents red lines for us."

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with members of an Atlantic Council delegation on Monday.

This is how John E. Herbst, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and Uzbekistan and senior director of the Eurasian Center of the Atlantic Council, evaluates the current situation in Moscow in a commentary for "National Interest".

Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic (left) and head of National Security Agency Savo Kentera (right) in Budva. Photo: Atlantic Council of Montenegro

The ANB told media that Montenegro is in what it called a hybrid war at the moment.