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Trump Should Calm Tensions With Europe Over Iran Sanctions
Commentary
The Trump administration and the European Union are coming perilously close to a major escalation in their already substantial diplomatic and economic rift over Iran. European...
By Peter Harrell
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The EU Can’t Avoid U.S. Sanctions on Iran
Commentary
Late last month, the European Union and China announced that they intended to set up a special global payments system to allow companies to continue to trade with Iran despite...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Congressional Testimony
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By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Daleep Singh
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Tightening Sanctions on Russia
Commentary
With Congress actively debating new sanctions on Russia, the United States may be poised to enact the first significant increase in economic pressure on Russia since Congress ...
By Peter Harrell & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Is the U.S. Using Sanctions Too Aggressively?
Commentary
The United States’ use of sanctions has exploded over the past decade. An analysis by the law firm Gibson Dunn found that President Donald Trump’s administration added nearly ...
By Peter Harrell
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Canada and the World, Ep. 5: The NAFTA standoff
Podcast
As Washington negotiations continue on NAFTA, what are the main sticking points for Canada and the US? This episode dives into what has been said publicly and what has likely ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Congressional Testimony
Watch the full testimony online here....
By Rachel Ziemba
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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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The Path to Renewed Oil Sanctions on Iran
Commentary
On August 5, the Trump administration reinstated a first set of U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been suspended under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear dea...
By Peter Harrell
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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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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
