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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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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Banished Soviet-Koreans Helped Build North KoreaWhile 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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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital / Energy, Economics & Security
Sharper: Afghanistan 20 Years LaterThe 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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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Online Shopping for Nukes? Tune Into a North Korean Military Parade.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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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
What Is Known About ISIS-K Funding in Afghanistan?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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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Afghanistan Economy CollapseAlex 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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Video
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Afghanistan Turmoil: Taliban name acting head of central bank amid economic uncertaintyAdjunct 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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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Hotels and Free Wi-Fi Are Sitting Ducks for North Korean CybercriminalsThe 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
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Better than Crypto? Why central banks are racing to launch digital currencies
Video
Emily Jin discusses the race for governments to regulate and create their own digital currency. Watch the full conversation from Deutsche Welle....
By Emily Jin
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China’s Fintech Strategy: Seeking to Dominate the Next Data Revolution
Congressional Testimony
Chair Warren, Ranking Member Cassidy, 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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OPEC Standoff: Resetting market share
Commentary
Producers such as the UAE want to make money from their assets today and set up robust future asset streams that will be robust to the shift to net zero production....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Video
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Bank of Russia Hiked RatesElina Ribakova discusses how the spike in Covid-19 cases and new restrictions could affect the Russian economy with Bloomberg's Alix Steel and Guy Johnson. Watch the full vid...
By Elina Ribakova
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Why Biden Should Extend Vaccine Diplomacy to Sanctioned States Like Venezuela, Iran, and North Korea
Extending vaccine diplomacy to heavily sanctioned countries will allow Washington to both hedge against growing Chinese-Russian influence abroad and help alleviate global huma...
By Jason Bartlett
