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Are Terrorist Groups Using Cryptocurrency in Afghanistan?
Video
What role will crypto play in Afghanistan's future? Alex Zerden, founder of Capitol Peak Strategies and former Treasury Dept. attache to the U.S. embassy in Kabul, takes us in...
By Alex Zerden
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Afghanistan's Economy Has Worsened Since The Taliban Took Power
Podcast
Center for a New American Security Adjunct Senior Fellow Alex Zerden speaks to NPR about Afghanistan's struggling economy under Taliban rule. Listen to the full conversation ...
By Alex Zerden
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South Korea Takes First Step to Regulate Virtual Asset Service Providers
Commentary
Global interest in combating illicit uses of virtual assets continues to grow, and South Korea is setting a global precedent with sweeping regulations on its virtual asset ind...
By Euihyun Bae
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US Citizen Helped North Korea Evade Sanctions Through Blockchain
Commentary
Now it is clear that even U.S. citizens are not exempt from North Korean enticement....
By Jason Bartlett
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South Korea Commits to Combatting Increased Ransomware Attacks
Commentary
South Korea and like-minded countries should continue to invest in joint cyber operations and criminal investigations to expand their jurisdictional reach and enforcement capa...
By Jason Bartlett
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Reassessing Counter Terrorism Financing in a Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
Commentary
The Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan set back decades-long efforts to integrate Afghanistan into the international community....
By Alex Zerden
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China Is Making Smart Money
Commentary
As a U.S. national security matter, China’s progress in the digital renminbi is more about China’s ambition to harness data than it is about advancing its currency....
By Yaya J. Fanusie & Emily Jin
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Banished Soviet-Koreans Helped Build North Korea
Commentary
While Pyongyang touts its reclusive nature as an act of national pride free from foreign influence, the reality is that a collection of outsiders – Soviet-Koreans, in particul...
By Jason Bartlett
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Imagining a global digital wallet and the future it can hold
Commentary
Though people tend to think about conducting day-to-day transactions in a single currency, the financial landscape of the future is likely going to require ownership (and lite...
By Michael Greenwald
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Sharper: Afghanistan 20 Years Later
Commentary
The chaotic end to the war in Afghanistan bookends two decades in which America changed irrevocably. Thousands of soldiers experienced dual wars, and multiple generations of v...
By Anna Pederson & Sydney Simon
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The Afghan economy
Podcast
The Taliban are now in charge, and the immediate prospects for the Afghan economy are dire. Sanctions have effectively cut the country off from the global financial system. Fo...
By Alex Zerden
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Online Shopping for Nukes? Tune Into a North Korean Military Parade.
Commentary
The ostentatious display of lethal weapons in massive military parades serves both a political and financial purpose: to demonstrate military might to enemies and entice poten...
By Jason Bartlett
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What Is Known About ISIS-K Funding in Afghanistan?
Commentary
The horrific Aug. 26 complex attack against Afghan civilians and U.S. Marines at the Kabul airport has put international attention on the Islamic State in Khorasan (ISIS-K), a...
By Alex Zerden
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The Taliban Controls The Afghan Economy. Now What?
Former U.S. financial attaché to Afghanistan Alex Zerden discusses the Taliban's takeover and the enormous shocks it will send across Afghanistan's commercial and banking syst...
By Alex Zerden
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Afghanistan Economy Collapse
Alex Zerden discusses the collapse of the Afghanistan economy with Bloomberg's David Westin. Listen to the full conversation from Bloomberg....
By Alex Zerden
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Afghanistan Turmoil: Taliban name acting head of central bank amid economic uncertainty
Video
Adjunct senior fellow Alex Zerden joins France 24 to discuss the Taliban's expansion of financial resources. Watch the full video from France 24....
By Alex Zerden
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From Ethnic Nationalism to Social Media: How North Korea Leverages Its Soft Power Abroad
Commentary
North Korea continues to find creative ways to soften its negative image abroad through propaganda...
By Jason Bartlett
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The Digital Currency Revolution
Podcast
The Hopkins Podcast on Foreign Affairs interviews Yaya Fanusie about China and its development of a digitized central bank currency and the ease with which new cryptocurrencie...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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The Promises and Perils of Central Bank Digital Currencies
Congressional Testimony
Chairman Himes, Ranking Member Barr, the distinguished members of the subcommittee, and my fellow panelists, it is an honor to participate in today’s hearing. Please allow me ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Hotels and Free Wi-Fi Are Sitting Ducks for North Korean Cybercriminals
Commentary
The dangerous combination of weak or nonexistent cybersecurity protocols, relaxed travelers and employees, and increased e-commerce and digital financial activity provide an i...
By Jason Bartlett
