in geoeconomics are things we have to take into consideration.ncine: what do you worry about the most? do you have a ranking or is it one in the same? robyn: i think it is a transformation in change. we will see credit markets playing along. i think that's a real term thing. you are going to see a need for financing. because all things are created equal. i'm a big proponent of active management and credit. not every manager and credit expert is going to be able to deliver in these environments. there is expertise and skills needed. i think about priorities and capabilities. i thick about being as skilled as we can be in data, in analytics, intech, in credit, in multiple asset classes, and then being able to pivot those. i think that's where we think about things. thus the one thing i'm focusing on. i don't have the luxury. we have to think about all of these. francine: are you looking at acquisitions to be in certain spaces? robyn: we have always said we would grow the form -- the firm organically and look for actions to increase our capability o

so these are big changes in geoeconomics and things that we have to take into consideration. francine: what do you worry about the most? do you have a ranking or it is almost one and the same? it is just this huge transformational change? robyn: it is a huge transformational change. i think we will see credit markets playing a role. i think that is a long term thing. i think you will see lending tightening, a need for financing, but it is not all things are created equal. i am a big proponent of active management. i am a big proponent of credit. but not every active manager, not every credit expert is going to be able to deliver in these environments. there is expertise and skill needed. how do i think about prioritization? i think about priorities in terms of capabilities. i think about being as skilled as we can be in data, in analytics, in tech, in credit, in multiple asset classes, and then being able to pivot those. i think that is where i think about things, but do i think about that is the number one thing i'm focusing on? i don't have the luxury of that. i think we ha

and geoeconomics are things we have to take into consideration.rancine: what do you worry about the most? do you have a ranking or is it one in the same? just a huge transformation in change. robyn: i think it is a transformation in change. we will see credit markets playing a role. i think that's a real term thing. you will see lending tightening. you are going to see a need for financing. it isn't that all things are created equal. i'm a big proponent of active management. i'm a big proponent of credit. not every manager and credit expert is going to be able to deliver in these environments. there is expertise and skills needed. how do i think about prioritization? i think about priorities and capabilities. i think about being as skilled as we can be in data, in analytics, intech, in credit, in multiple asset classes, and then being able to pivot those. i think that's where we think about things. do i think about, that's the number one thing i am focusing on? i don't have the luxury. we have to think about all of these. francine: are you looking

so these are big changes in geoeconomics and things that we have to take into consideration.rancine: what do you worry about the most? do you have a ranking or it is almost one and the same? it is just this huge transformational change? robyn: it is a huge transformational change. i think we will see credit markets playing a role. i think that is a long term thing. i think you will see lending tightening, a need for financing, but it is not all things are created equal. i am a big proponent of active management. i am a big proponent of credit. but not every active manager, not every credit expert is going to be able to deliver in these environments. there is expertise and skill needed. how do i think about prioritization? i think about priorities in terms of capabilities. i think about being as skilled as we can be in data, in analytics, in tech, in credit, in multiple asset classes, and then being able to pivot those. i think that is where i think about things, but do i think about that is the number one thing i'm focusing on? i don't have the luxury of that. i think we have

robyn: i think the fact that we've now changed geopolitics to geoeconomics is something of an impactoint. so, as we think about what happened when russia invaded ukraine, and the impact on our fossil fuel pricing, or you think about the worries and concerns around supply chains post-covid and the fact that these buffers, when you think about corporate real estate and the refinancing, is inevitable. it is not a 30 year mortgage. these are things coming up for refinance within the next three, four, five years. that's a lot of money being put to work. and we are in an environment where we look out onto the city, office buildings are in a different place and have a different level of occupancy than we have seen before. so, these are big changes and geoeconomics i think are things that we have to take into consideration. francine: what do you worry about the most? do you have a ranking or it is almost one and the same? it is just this huge transformational change? robyn: it is a huge transformational change. i think that we are going to see credit markets playing a role. i think that is a

robyn: i think the fact that we've now changed geopolitics to geoeconomics is something of an impactnt. so, as we think about what happened when russia invaded ukraine, and the impact on our fossil fuel pricing, or you think about the worries and concerns around supply chains post-covid and the fact that these buffers, when you think about corporate real estate and the refinancing, is inevitable. it is not a 30 year mortgage. these are things coming up for refinance within the next three, four, five years. that's a lot of money being put to work. and we are in an environment where we look out onto the city, office buildings are in a different place and have a different level of occupancy than we have seen before. so, these are big changes and geoeconomics i think are things that we have to take into consideration. francine: what do you worry about the most? do you have a ranking or it is almost one and the same? it is just this huge transformational change? robyn: it is a huge transformational change. i think that we are going to see credit markets playing a role. i think that is a l

these are big changes in geoeconomics and things that we have to take into consideration.rancine: what do you worry about the most? do you have a ranking or it is one and the same? is it a huge transformational change? robyn: it is the transformational change. i think we will see credit markets playing a role. i think that is a long term thing. i think he was see lending tightening, a need for financing, but it is not all things are created equal. i am a big proponent of active management and a big proponent credit, but not every active manager, not every credit expert is going to be able to deliver in these environments. there is expertise and skill need. how do i think about prioritization? i think about capabilities. i think being as skilled as we can be in data, analytics, in tech, in credit and multiple asset classes, and then being able to pivot those. i think that is where i think about things, but do i think about that is the number one thing i'm focusing on? i don't have the luxury of that. we have to think about all these things. francine: are you looking at for

so these are big changes in geoeconomics and things that we have to take into consideration.ancine: what do you worry about the most? do you have a ranking or it is almost one and the same? it is just this huge transformational change? robyn: it is a huge transformational change. i think we will see credit markets playing a role. i think that is a long term thing. i think you will see lending tightening, a need for financing, but it is not all things are created equal. i am a big proponent of active management. i am a big proponent of credit. but not every active manager, not every credit expert is going to be able to deliver in these environments. there is expertise and skill needed. how do i think about prioritization? i think about priorities in terms of capabilities. i think about being as skilled as we can be in data, in analytics, in tech, in credit, in multiple asset classes, and then being able to pivot those. i think that is where i think about things, but do i think about that is the number one thing i'm focusing on? i don't have the luxury of that. i think we have

these are big changes in geoeconomics and things that we have to take into consideration. francine: what do you worry about the most? do you have a ranking or it is one and the same? is it a huge transformational change? robyn: it is the transformational change. i think we will see credit markets playing a role. i think that is a long term thing. i think he was see lending tightening, a need for financing, but it is not all things are created equal. i am a big proponent of active management and a big proponent credit, but not every active manager, not every credit expert is going to be able to deliver in these environments. there is expertise and skill need. how do i think about prioritization? i think about capabilities. i think being as skilled as we can be in data, analytics, in tech, in credit and multiple asset classes, and then being able to pivot those. i think that is where i think about things, but do i think about that is the number one thing i'm focusing on? i don't have the luxury of that. we have to think about all these things. francine: are you looking at fo

iran's accession to the sco has geoeconomic importance as well.ry by playing a central role in the east-west and north-south transit corridors. how can iran be an indispensable member for the sco? iran with its rich natural resources can be an interesting option for many countries. for the same reason, iran can play a crucial role in the shanghai cooperation organization. with more investment in the country's oil and energy sectors, iran can even overtake countries such as qatar, the united arab emirates. and saudi arabia in terms of oil exports. tehran has assured the sco members to provide safe, stable and reliable routs on the north south corridor and at the... at the same time supply a remarkable infrastructure in its southern port, especially the oceanic port of chabahar. in 2021, iran's trade with the sco member states exceeded $37 billion us dollars, which accounts for about 30% of the country's total foreign trade. this is abbas argon of tehran chamber of commerce. what are some of iran's major export destinations? currently china is the t

iran's accession to the sco has geoeconomic importance as well.ountry by playing a central role in the east-west and north south transit corridors. how can iran be an indispensable member for the sco? iran with its rich natural resources can be an interesting option for many countries. for the same reason, iran can play a crucial role in the shanghai cooperation organization, with more investment in the country's oil and energy sectors, iran can even overtake countries such. qatar, the united arab emirates and saudi arabia in terms of oil exports. tehran has assured the sco members to provide safe, stable and reliable roots on the north south corridor, and at the same time supply remarkable infrastructure in its southern port, especially the oceanic port of chabahar. in 2021, iran's trade with the sco member states exceeded $37 billion us dollar. exports, nearly 35% of our exports refer to metal and steel products, followed by agricultural products, ceramic tiles, carpets and other non-oil products. as the world watches the unfolding story of iran

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iran's accession to the sco has geoeconomic importance as well. it can help iran become hub country by playing a central role in the east-west and north south transit corridors. how can iran be an indispensable member for the sco? in this regard, iran with its rich natural resources can be an interesting option for many countries. for the same reason, iran can play a crucial role in the shangka cooperation organization. with more investment in the countries oil and energy sectors, iran can even overtake countries such as qatar, the... united arab emirates and saudi arabia in terms of oil exports. tehran has assured the sco members to provide safe, stable and reliable roots on the north-south corridor and at the same time supply remarkable infrastructure in its southern port, especially the oceanic port of chabahar. in 2021, iran's trade with the sco member states exceeded $37 billion us dollars, which accounts for a nearly 35% of our exports refer to metal and steel products, followed by agricultural products, ceramic tiles, carbats and other non-

i'm a senior fellow with the geoeconomics center of atlantic council.ike to welcome you to our next session where we are going to dig into development and finance, china's lending, aid, its investments and what is being called the global south. i'm going to use the moderator's privilege and refer to low income and middle income countries. that seems to be a more neutral term than what we were using before. real quickly, just to introduce the topic. we found a great deal today about a lot of the big picture aspects of china's interaction with the developing world. and to think what we're going to try to do here is sort of dig into the lifeblood of this interaction, which is money. the lending investment and a that china has offered to both low income and middle income countries over the past decade amounts to a vast sum, well over a trillion dollars. based on a data statistics the commitment or even larger than that. there's a lot of issues that now revolve around the flow of capital out of china to these countries come and many of you are aware that the