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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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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
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Musk’s Tweets Irk Biden but Offer Scant Room for Security Review
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There may be an argument for some sort of CFIUS review, but it’s thin, according to Emily Kilcrease, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. The panel would...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Lawmakers Cry Foul as Biden Mulls Lifting Some Sanctions
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It’s the type of drawn-out political fight that could make U.S. sanctions less effective over time if adversaries come to believe that, no matter what they do, Washington will...
By Edward Fishman
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DeFi vs. Regulators: Who’s Winning?
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The view of Ethereum's stepped-up compliance from Wall Street and Washington is quite different from that of the crypto purists. For big financial institutions eager to avoid ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Emerging Markets-Brazilian Real Leads Latin American Currencies Higher
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The real gained 1% against the dollar, while an index for Latin American currencies ticked 0.2% higher. "In a number of the Latam countries, especially Brazil, the balance she...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Biden May Be Ready for Big Step in Race against Chinese Technology
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Emily Kilcrease, the director of the Center for a New American Security's Energy, Economics, and Security program, described the FCC's Huawei apprehension, in particular, as "...
By Emily Kilcrease
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment: $60 Million Lost, $375 Million Spent, Little to Show So Far
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Data from Bloomberg Economics shows that El Salvador tops its ranking of emerging market countries that are vulnerable to a debt default. Even as it retires some of its outsta...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Biden Is Blamed for Downturn in New Oil Drilling, but Fossil Fuel Companies Are the Ones Hitting Pause
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Fossil fuel companies and markets are still reeling from the economic downturn during the pandemic and the associated oil price crash, according to Rachel Ziemba, an energy ex...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Biden Administration Clamps Down on China’s Access to Chip Technology
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Technology experts said the rules appeared to impose the broadest export controls issued in a decade. While similar to the Trump administration’s crackdown on the telecom gian...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Biden’s ‘Unthinkable’ Options for Punishing OPEC
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Biden might be better served by playing things cool when it comes to OPEC and accentuating the positive when it comes to moving the country away from oil, some analysts said. ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Biden Team Seethes over OPEC+ Cut That Darkens Election Outlook
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Some Democratic lawmakers have proposed ending Saudi weapons sales or pulling troops out of the kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. But Rachel Ziemba, a fellow at the Center...
By Rachel Ziemba
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China’s International Blockchain Push May Face Huawei-Like Obstacles
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BSN Spartan was developed by Hong Kong-based Red Date Technology Ltd, which Beijing tapped to design and build China’s domestic blockchain infrastructure. Red Date, which the ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Iran Eyes Petrochemical Expansion amid Russian Price War and US Sanctions
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Refined polymers and compounds are found in everything from fertilisers and plastics to laundry detergents, paper and clothing. While many people may not be as familiar with p...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Putin’s War Machine Funding Is Unscathed by Latest Sanctions
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When the new US sanctions were announced, attention turned immediately to Nabiullina. She has served as Russia’s central bank governor since 2013 and was appointed to a new fi...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Dismisses Annexation of Ukraine Regions and Imposes Sanctions on Russian Elites
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The targeting by the Treasury and Commerce Departments of scores of Russian defense firms, their alleged front companies, and some foreign suppliers, including in China, are i...
By Emily Kilcrease
