The Intelligence Review | volume 5 | issue 9 |
This volume is the product of a transatlantic collaboration between the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief (CIB) and the European Intelligence Academy (EIA), a network of intelligence studies scholars, specialists and students, who are dedicated to promoting collaboration between Europe and the United States in intelligence scholarship and research. As always, the contents of this latest volume of The Intelligence Review are both timely and insightful. Joshua Altman focuses on the relationship between Scandinavia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance. Jacob Vaughan discusses the future of the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. Hannah Clegg examines the current state of relations between Israel and the Palestinians. Conrad Kodjanian analyzes the evolution and launch prospects of the Chinese digital Yuan. Jake Viator outlines the threats posed to regional stability by the Kata'ib Hezbollah militia in Iran. Ana Maria Lankford discusses the current state of relations between the White House and the United States Intelligence Community. And Jared Gott provides an update on French counter-terrorism efforts in Africa.
This volume is the product of a transatlantic collaboration between the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief (CIB) and the European Intelligence Academy (EIA), a network of intelligence studies scholars, specialists and students, who are dedicated to promoting collaboration between Europe and the United States in intelligence scholarship and research. As always, the contents of this latest volume of The Intelligence Review are both timely and insightful. Joshua Altman focuses on the relationship between Scandinavia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance. Jacob Vaughan discusses the future of the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. Hannah Clegg examines the current state of relations between Israel and the Palestinians. Conrad Kodjanian analyzes the evolution and launch prospects of the Chinese digital Yuan. Jake Viator outlines the threats posed to regional stability by the Kata'ib Hezbollah militia in Iran. Ana Maria Lankford discusses the current state of relations between the White House and the United States Intelligence Community. And Jared Gott provides an update on French counter-terrorism efforts in Africa.
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The Launch Status of the Chinese
Digital Yuan
Conrad Kodjanian
The Chinese Digital Yuan is China’s attempt to create its own
sovereign digital currency. The Digital Yuan will be funded by
physical yuan deposits in China’s central bank, the Peoples Bank
of China (PBoC). The Chinese Digital Yuan has been in
development since 2014 and has had a steady development cycle
since its inception (Sharma 2020). China also wants its digital
currency to be in circulation, even on a global scale. Pilot tests
have been run one at a time in diverse areas throughout China
in 2021. However, there has still not been a countrywide test
announced. The PBoC wants the Digital Yuan to be launched
and fully functional for international athletes and fans to use
before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games (Partz 2021).
With this in mind, we assess with high confidence that the Chinese
Digital Yuan will launch in December of 2021. There is an even
chance the PBoC will propose a country-wide pilot test for a
duration of 10 days to test the Digital Yuan’s functionality country-
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