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Testimony before the House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance
Congressional Testimony
Submitted Written Testimony...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Committee on Financial Services
Congressional Testimony
Submitted Written Testimony...
By Sue E. Eckert
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Tourism: China’s People Power Tool
Commentary
China has an underappreciated foreign policy tool that it has used increasingly in recent years: tourism. When Beijing wants to punish countries that go against its foreign po...
By Edoardo Saravalle
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How to Increase Pressure if Diplomacy with North Korea Fails
Commentary
The uncertain results of President Trump’s June 12 summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and history of unmet expectations from past efforts, brings home the fact tha...
By Daleep Singh & Peter Harrell
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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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Congress must rein in White House economic national security powers
Commentary
President Trump has embarked on an unprecedented use of national security authorities to implement his “America first” economic agenda. His use of national security authoritie...
By Peter Harrell
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The G7 summit will be contentious — for all the wrong reasons
Commentary
Leaders of the Group of 7 industrialized democracies will gather this week in Quebec for their annual meeting on the world's economy. Following the Trump administration's rece...
By Richard Fontaine
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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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Enforcing Sanctions On Iran
Podcast
Now that the U.S. has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal, how difficult will it be to enforce sanctions? NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Treasury Department adviser Eli...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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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
