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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
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The Missing Piece in the World’s North Korea Strategy
Commentary
Last Wednesday, the United States Treasury added to its economic pressure campaign against North Korea, sanctioning a variety of entities the Kim regime uses to evade internat...
By Neil Bhatiya
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U.S. Sanctions Abet Iranian Internet Censorship
Commentary
President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement if Tehran does not agree to renegotiate its terms this spring. But rather than tear up the nucl...
By Peter Harrell
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Breaking the Iran Deal and Imposing New Sanctions Would Hurt Iranian Protesters Most
Commentary
The popular demonstrations that erupted in Iran in late December, the largest since the Green Movement protests in 2009, have created a pretext for the Trump administration to...
By Neil Bhatiya & Edoardo Saravalle
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Bitcoin can help terrorists secretly fund their deadly attacks
Commentary
One of the latest tools terrorists are using isn’t a new kind of bomb, gun, suicide vest or other device that can kill and maim. The tool is bitcoin, the virtual currency crea...
By Edoardo Saravalle & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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The Oil and Gas Sector Is Changing — and So Is Geopolitics
Commentary
WINDFALLHow the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens American PowerBy Meghan L. O’Sullivan479 pp. Simon & Schuster. $29. Geopolitics is power played...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Give Bad Faith a Chance in North Korea
Commentary
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said this week that the U.S. was “ready to talk” to North Korea. The White House and State Department walked back that statement, but Mr. Till...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump must stop Venezuela from sliding toward total dictatorship
Commentary
The Trump administration’s sanctions on Venezuela have succeeded in creating a cash crunch in Caracas. But with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro getting close to defaulting...
By Peter Harrell
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CNAS Commentary: CFIUS Reform Gaining Momentum
Commentary
Washington, November 16 – With Congress considering legislation that would expand the mandate of the committee that reviews foreign investment in the U.S. – the Committee on F...
By Peter Harrell
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Why ditching the Iran nuclear deal would be bad for China, India and the rest of Asia
Commentary
Now that US President Donald Trump has declared that Iran is not in compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the status of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action depends on...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Middle East Security Forum 2017
Commentary
In a region long known for its complexity, the Middle East landscape seems to grow more complicated by the week. To help unpack the latest developments—about Iran’s nuclear pr...
By Michèle Flournoy, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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Climate Change: The New Asian Drama
Commentary
When the Swedish economist and sociologist Gunnar Myrdal wrote his magisterial three volume study of postwar economic and political development in Asia, he questioned whether ...
By Neil Bhatiya
