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Strengthening Congress’ Role in Sanctions
Commentary
Congress’ role in U.S. sanctions policymaking is not a new phenomenon, but it has taken on increased resonance in the past decade. The passage of legislation, such as the Iran...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Proliferation Finance: Critical Issues and Priorities for Congress
Commentary
The lack of effective and universal financial controls to prevent weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation is a gaping security vulnerability for the international comm...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Neil Bhatiya, Claire Groden & Ashley Feng
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Five Years after Crimea, What have We Learned About Sanctioning Russia?
Commentary
In March 2014, then-President Barack Obama signed the first tranche of executive orders imposing sanctions against the Russian Federation for its illegal invasion and annexati...
By Neil Bhatiya
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U.N.: North Korea is avoiding sanctions
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According to a new United Nations report, North Korea is violating sanctions through ship-to-ship transfers, cyber attacks and building nuclear weapons. Neil Bhatiya, an assoc...
By Neil Bhatiya
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The Hanoi Summit – We Asked Neil Bhatiya What Happens Next in U.S.-North Korea Relations
Commentary
With the suspension of the summit in Hanoi between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un, the diplomatic process to resolve the status of North Korea’s dangerous wea...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Congress Should Make Financial Transparency a U.S. National Security Priority
Last month, a bipartisan group of senators reintroduced a bill designed to expand the range of coercive measures the United States can impose on Russia for its broad range of ...
By Neil Bhatiya
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7 Things America Can Do to Counter International Nuclear Threats
Commentary
Fifteen years ago, the global effort to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons was dealt an enormous shock. In the aftermath of the dismantling of Libya’s nuclear weapons progr...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Neil Bhatiya
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Congress must face reality in exposing Russian aggression
The shakeup of members of the new Congress provides an opportunity for changing United States foreign policy. After two years of criticizing much of what the Trump administrat...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Neil Bhatiya
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Why the Global Magnitsky Act Is the Best Way to Sanction Saudi Arabia
Commentary
Saudi Arabia continues to face unprecedented criticism from the United States, its longstanding regional ally, over the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in ...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Why the EU’s Quest for ‘Dollar Autonomy’ Is a Long Shot—for Now
Commentary
Just weeks before the Trump administration reimposes sanctions against Iran in November, a growing gulf has emerged between the United States and Europe. Denouncing Washington...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Trying to Make Sense of Trump’s Quickly Escalating Standoff With Turkey
Commentary
Relations between the United States and Turkey continue to deteriorate over the detention of U.S. citizens by the Turkish government, with all the focus on an American pastor,...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Lifting U.S. Sanctions on a Russian Aluminum Giant Is Not a Gift to the Kremlin
Commentary
While the Trump administration follows through with reimposing sanctions on Tehran after it withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear agreement, the rhetoric over American sanct...
By Neil Bhatiya
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America Is Addicted to Sanctions. Time for an Intervention.
Commentary
In March 2016, shortly after the United States lifted sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, then–Treasury Secretary Jack Lew gave a speech reflecting on the lessons Bara...
By Neil Bhatiya & Edoardo Saravalle
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Congress needs to be smarter on Russia sanctions
Commentary
In the aftermath of the Helsinki summit, lawmakers are angry at the Trump administration and are turning to sanctions to hold the White House accountable for failing to fix Am...
By Neil Bhatiya & Edoardo Saravalle
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North Korea Must Come Clean About Its Dirty Money
Commentary
With the June 12 summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un having concluded with a joint statement establishing the mutual desire for the “denuclearization of the Korean pen...
By Neil Bhatiya & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Breakout Briefer: Stability at Stake: Addressing Critical Regions Facing Complex Climate, Security, and Nuclear Risks
Commentary
When the Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs met in May 2017, it affirmed that there are no linear, predictable pathways for catastrophic events in either ...
By Neil Bhatiya
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China's Economic Coercion and the Potential U.S. Response
Podcast
Neil Bhatiya, Research Associate in the Energy, Economics, and Security Program, leads a discussion on China's use of coercive economic measures and how the United States can ...
By Neil Bhatiya, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Edoardo Saravalle & 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
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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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
