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America faces real threat from Europe to block Iran sanctions
Commentary
European leaders have sharply criticized President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran. France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the...
By Peter Harrell
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Leaving the Iran Nuclear Deal Will Have Unintended Consequences
Commentary
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal and reinstate all U.S. sanctions won’t deliver punishing economic pressure capable o...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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How the exit from the Iran deal will hurt the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions
Commentary
After more than a year of negotiations and crises, President Trump decided to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal last week as he announced that the United States would unilat...
By Edoardo Saravalle & Axel Hellman
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Iran Sanctions and the Showdown in East Asia
Podcast
US sanctions against Iranian oil buyers go back into force in early November, and the Treasury Department has instructed countries to make significant cuts to their imports in...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Do Sanctions Work?
Podcast
US President Donald Trump is bringing back sanctions on Iran and is threatening to extend the sanctions to European companies that do business there. The Iran announcement cam...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Impact of Sanctions on the Russian Economy
Video
Current and former officials from the Treasury and State Departments talked about the impact of imposing sanctions on the Russian economy. This event was part of a Center for ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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The Challenge of Reinstating Sanctions Against Iran
Commentary
U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be on the brink of withdrawing the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the landmark 2015 nuclear agreemen...
By Peter Harrell
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Is It Wishful Thinking to Expect the U.S. to Return to the Paris Climate Deal?
Commentary
In his staunch defense of multilateralism delivered to the U.S. Congress earlier this week, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his hope that the United States would no...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Don't Let Up on North Korea Now
Commentary
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump may or may not be right in thinking that its “maximum pressure” campaign has brought North Korea to the bargaining table. Wha...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Neil Bhatiya
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Congress should kickstart the response to virtual currencies
Commentary
Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are no longer just a technological novelty or a speculative bubble. They are affecting U.S. national security. To face their potential thr...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Edoardo Saravalle
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Will a Centralized Environmental Policy Speed Up the Greening of Chinese Society?
Commentary
As part of the same 13th National People’s Congress that abolished his term limits, Chinese President Xi Jinping oversaw a significant Cabinet reshuffle earlier this month. Th...
By Neil Bhatiya
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This Is How Trump Can Successfully Navigate the China Trade Trap
Commentary
Foreign-policy experts and America’s allies have roundly criticized President Trump’s new tariffs and investment restrictions as a potential opening salvo in a global trade wa...
By Peter Harrell
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The Future of Fighting Terrorist Financing
Podcast
Elizabeth Rosenberg, Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program leads a discussion on new strategies and tools to counter terrorist financing. S...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Tom Keatinge, David Murray & Kris Doucette
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Want to really hit Russia’s oligarchs? Shine a light on their money
Commentary
On Tuesday the U.S. intelligence community testified to the Senate that Russia would continue to try to interfere in U.S. elections. The testimony once again drew attention to...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Energy Is America’s New Power
Commentary
When the Donald Trump administration released its National Security Strategy in December 2017, it celebrated the arrival of the United States as an energy-dominant world power...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Trump must send Russia powerful message through tougher actions
Commentary
The Trump administration took several actions last week to implement U.S. sanctions on Russia that Congress passed last year. However, while the Trump administration’s actions...
By Peter Harrell & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Beyond sanctions: On Russia policy, Congress should focus on new tools
Commentary
The Trump administration shocked observers by not imposing new Russia-related sanctions by a January 29 deadline. This decision came on the same day when CIA Director Mike Pom...
By Edoardo Saravalle
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Trump’s Use of Sanctions May Be Unsustainable
Commentary
A year into his presidency, President Donald Trump has become an aggressive practitioner of economic sanctions. So far, the Treasury Department has added over 700 people, comp...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Peter Harrell
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CNAS Commentary: Trump Administration Implementation of U.S. Sanctions on Russia and Next Steps in Russia Policy
Commentary
On January 29, the Trump administration published a list of Russian oligarchs and senior Russian government officials and issued a public statement describing diplomatic effor...
By Peter Harrell & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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How to Successfully Sanction North Korea
Commentary
The North Korean nuclear crisis has placed a premium on the ability of sanctions to avert war, and the past two years have seen an important increase in U.S. and international...
By Peter Harrell & Juan Zarate
