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For Biden, Wreaking Havoc on Russia’s Economy Is the Least Bad Option
Commentary
This is a crisis of Putin’s making, and there are no cost-free options; the least bad option is to prepare sanctions that can sow chaos in Russia’s economy if Putin invades....
By Edward Fishman
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To Deter Russia, the U.S. May Have to Take a Hard Stance on Economic Sanctions
Podcast
On Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Russian counterpart in Geneva, the latest in a long series of meetings about deterring a Russian invasion of Ukraine....
By Edward Fishman
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The Russia Sanctions That Could Actually Stop Putin
Commentary
Bending Russia’s macroeconomic fortunes — and Putin’s calculus — will require targeting the country’s financial system as well as key exports such as oil....
By Edward Fishman & Chris Miller
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Biden and Putin Hold Virtual Summit
Podcast
Edward Fishman joins BBC News to explain what kind of economic sanctions the US has at its disposal to deter Russia. Listen to the podcast from BBC News here....
By Edward Fishman
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Russia: An Assumptions Check | Day 3: CNAS 2021 National Security Conference
Video
As part of the CNAS 2021 National Security Conference, CNAS experts hosted an interactive virtual session to check key assumptions about Russia, the challenges it poses, and h...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Michael Kofman, Edward Fishman & Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Sanctions Won’t Stop Nord Stream 2. Diplomacy Will.
The solution most are pushing for—sanctions—is not the answer....
By Edward Fishman
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Biden Must Rally Europe to Stand Up to Putin
Commentary
Biden needs to rally America’s allies in a new diplomatic push to pressure the regime of Vladimir Putin....
By Edward Fishman & Max Bergmann
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Beijing’s Warning Shot to Biden
Commentary
U.S. policymakers must begin treating sanctions by other countries as a serious national security threat....
By Edward Fishman & Ashley Feng
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Make Russia Sanctions Effective Again
Commentary
Today, U.S. sanctions against Russia are ineffective....
By Edward Fishman
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No, Trump has not been ‘tough’ on Russia
Commentary
The simple fact is that even harsh-looking sanctions have little impact when there’s zero political will to enforce them....
By Edward Fishman, James Lamond & Max Bergmann
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Trump’s Sanctions Won’t Deter Moscow
Commentary
The 2020 election is no more protected from Russian meddling than the 2016 election was....
By Edward Fishman
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The Death and Rebirth of American Internationalism
Commentary
The time has come for Americans to rethink their country’s role in the world and fashion an internationalism suited to today’s realities....
By Edward Fishman
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A Council of Democracies Can Save Multilateralism
Commentary
The world desperately needs a new institution that is both global in reach and unified in vision....
By Edward Fishman & Siddharth Mohandas
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How Sanctions Fail US Policymakers
Podcast
Eddie Fishman, who worked in Obama's State Department's Policy Planning Staff, joins to discuss his recent articles on sanctions and the world order. Listen to the full conve...
By Edward Fishman
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How to Fix America’s Failing Sanctions Policy
In his landmark 1921 book “The Command of the Air,” the Italian military theorist Giulio Douhet argued that the advent of airpower would dramatically alter the nature of war. ...
By Edward Fishman
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The World Order Is Dead. Here’s How to Build a New One for a Post-Coronavirus Era.
Commentary
International orders seldom change in noticeable ways. Just as Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Pax Romana was not a passing phase: it persisted for centuries. The order that a...
By Edward Fishman
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Trump Can’t Stop Putin From Poaching U.S. Allies
Commentary
On July 17, the United States finally decided to suspend Turkey’s participation in the F-35 fighter jet program, a move made in retaliation for Turkey’s acceptance of the Russ...
By Mark Simakovsky & Edward Fishman
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Economic Levers of U.S. Policy Toward North Korea
Video
By Patrick M. Cronin, Peter Harrell & Edward Fishman
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Russia is still waging cyberwar against Western democracy. It’s time to push back.
The West can breathe a sigh of relief. Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidential election, despite yet another Russian intervention in support of a candidate (Marine Le ...
By Matt Olsen & Edward Fishman
