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How a Prominent Russian Oligarch Helped Start America’s Cannabis Industry
In The News
In addition to Abramovich’s direct funding of Curaleaf, the records show he lent about $84 million to Curaleaf’s largest shareholder, Andrey Blokh, and its chairman, Boris Jor...
By Alex Zerden
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U.S. and China Pledge to Talk More to Avoid Worsening Tensions
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The Biden administration has kept in place a set of tariffs imposed under President Donald Trump and confronted Beijing over what it sees as human rights abuses, unfair trade ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Netherlands Considers Sending Patriot Missile System to Ukraine
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The United States makes much of the most advanced equipment needed by global semiconductor factories, known as fabs. In the short term, the new restrictions have been “like pu...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Russia’s Economy Is Still Working but Sanctions Are Starting to Have an Effect
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Though they may not have wrought the kind of economic turmoil in Russia initially predicted, analysts say these measures are causing damage and could have deeper impact going ...
By Elina Ribakova & Edward Fishman
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US Senate Votes to Ban TikTok on Government Devices
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Biden administration officials are trying to determine if there is a way to create a corporate structure that would allow TikTok to operate in the US, but with protections tha...
By Emily Kilcrease
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In The News
Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Pelosi Backs Adding TikTok Government Device Ban to Funding BillEmily Kilcrease, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative, said she viewed "the move on the Hill mostly as...
By Emily Kilcrease
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TikTok Security Deal’s Prospects Are Clouded by FBI’s Doubts, State Bans
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Emily Kilcrease, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security who worked on Cfius issues while in government, argues that the Cfius discussion is too far along fo...
By Emily Kilcrease
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EU Edges Closer to $60-per-Barrel Russian Oil Price Cap
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Mnuchin told CNBC during a panel in November at the Milken Institute’s Middle East and Africa Summit that the price cap was “not only not feasible, I think it’s the most ridic...
By Rachel Ziemba
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What’s the Effect of Europe’s Planned Price Cap on Russian Oil?
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Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank, said “this will be an interesting few weeks and few months”. “Russia has made is ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
The Gulf Briefing: Swapping Petrodollars for AssetsGulf sovereign wealth funds strategy evolved, though. It has shifted from a preference for “portfolio funds” that buy numerous small stakes in a lot of companies to “investing...
By Rachel Ziemba
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China’s Yuan-Centred Payment Network No Match Yet for US-Dominated Global Financial System: Experts
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To date, there is no “smoking gun evidence” that Russian institutions have used CIPS to transact and “meaningfully” evade sanctions imposed by the US, according to Emily Jin o...
By Emily Jin
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Emerging Markets-Brazil’s Real, Stocks Slide after Budget Proposal; Other EM Currencies Weak
After sliding as much as 2.3% against the dollar, the real was last down 0.2%, while the Bovespa stock index dropped 1.5% after the incoming Lula administration proposed guide...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Defense / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
US Tries to Enlist Allies in Assault on China’s Chip IndustryThe US commerce department and the Dutch government would not comment. Japanese trade minister Yasutoshi Nishimura recently said Tokyo was talking to the US about how to “resp...
By Martijn Rasser & Emily Kilcrease
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New CNAS Report: "U.S.-ROK Strategy for Enhancing Cooperation on Combating and Deterring Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime"
Press Release
Washington, November 9, 2022—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, "U.S.-ROK Strategy for Enhancing Cooperation on Combating and Deterrin...
By Jason Bartlett
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How Has El Salvador Fared Since Accepting BTC?
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At the time of writing, bitcoin use in El Salvador has fallen by roughly 60 percent, no doubt a testament to the poor performance the coin has exhibited throughout the 2022 ye...
By Rachel Ziemba
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China’s Digital Yuan Works Just Like Cash—with Added Surveillance
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While results from the expanding trials have been modest so far, Yaya J. Fanusie, a senior fellow at the Washington, DC, think tank the Center for a New American Security, say...
By Emily Jin & Yaya J. Fanusie
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Stuck in the Middle with ASML
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That a company like ASML is still able to do substantial business with China, despite the latest export controls, illustrates the tricky course the U.S. government is currentl...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Not Just Oil: Understanding US-Saudi Relations in Five Charts
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Saudi Arabia is emboldened to chart a different course than the previous decades, seeking to diversify its portfolio away from oil, which still makes up about 75% of its expor...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Exploring Whether It Has Authority to Review Musk’s Twitter Deal
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As a U.S. citizen, Musk’s purchase of Twitter is not subject to review. But the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States could investigate the role of the foreign ...
By Emily Kilcrease
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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Hundreds of Russians Sanctioned over Ukraine War Are Not Barred from Entering CanadaRachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C., said it’s surprising those sanctioned individuals are admissible “becaus...
By Rachel Ziemba
