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U.S. sanctions secret Hamas investment network
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In a move meant to target the finances of the terrorist group Hamas, the Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned several people and entities connected to a secretive Hamas i...
By Michael Greenwald
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Responds: Takeaways from President Biden's first Asia tripAs President Joe Biden concludes his first trip to Asia since taking office, the Center for a New American Security experts weighed in on the geopolitical, economic, and strat...
By Richard Fontaine, Lisa Curtis, Emily Kilcrease & Jacob Stokes
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U.S. Treasury Set to Push Russia Closer to Default
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The US Treasury Department is expected to tighten sanctions this week on Russia, threatening about $1 billion owed to bondholders for the rest of this year and putting the cou...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Aims to Cripple Russian Oil Industry, Officials SayRussian oil exports increased in April, and rising prices mean that Russia has earned 50 percent more in revenues this year compared to the same period in 2021, according to a...
By Maria Snegovaya & Edward Fishman
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Axie Infinity hack highlights DPRK cryptocurrency heists
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Jason Bartlett, research associate at the Center for a New American Security, a national security think tank, said the Axie Infinity hack shows a trend of North Korea continui...
By Jason Bartlett
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The Hikvision Tipping Point?
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Reports emerged last week that the Treasury Department is considering hitting Hikvision with the toughest sanctions in the U.S. toolkit, by placing it on the Specially Designa...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Is the Russian economy stabilizing — or doomed? Both.
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Elina Ribakova, deputy chief economist at the Institute of International Finance, told Grid that Nabiullina’s “very skillful response” is one reason why the economic impact of...
By Rachel Ziemba, Edward Fishman & Elina Ribakova
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Russian Debt Payments Confront US Treasury With a Tough Call
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Some Treasury officials have argued privately that allowing Russia to pay its debt would further drain its coffers and redirect resources that would otherwise be spent on weap...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Ukraine war spurs U.S. to ramp up security probe of software maker Kaspersky
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The Biden administration ramped up a national security probe into Russia's AO Kaspersky Lab antivirus software earlier this year amid heightened fears of Russian cyberattacks ...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Explainer: How the U.S. could tighten sanctions on Russia
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The United States has imposed several rafts of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine in February, targeting its central bank, major lenders, oligarchs and Russian P...
By Edward Fishman
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Time for a ‘digital Bretton Woods’?
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In recent weeks, the future of the global monetary order has become a hot topic in the financial world. Stiff sanctions imposed by Western powers in response to Russia’s invas...
By Michael Greenwald
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Risks of US secondary sanctions on Russian oil buyers rise as EU ponders embargo
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Risks are rising that the US will impose secondary sanctions on Russian oil customers as G7 partners, including the EU, expand their commitments to curb flows, analysts said M...
By Edward Fishman & Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. considers imposing sanctions on China's Hikvision
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Experts say the possible sanctions would increase tensions with China. "Putting Hikvision on the SDN list, if that is indeed what they are planning to do, is a significant esc...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Are sanctions against Russia working?
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Even so, Russia reacted aggressively once those sanctions hit. “They have done textbook defensive policies to retain capital and stabilize the currency and avoid a financial c...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Russia’s retaliation on gas raises stakes for U.S.
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Russia is taking a retaliatory step the U.S. and its allies have been bracing for — cutting off gas exports to two European nations, a move that escalated tensions and raised ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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China’s CIPS: A Potential Alternative in Global Financial Order
Emily Jin, research assistant at Center for New American Security and co-author of “China’s Digital Currency: Adding Financial Data to Digital Authoritarianism” discusses CIPS...
By Emily Jin
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A Would-Be Crypto Baron Plies His Trade in the Taliban’s Shadow
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Cryptocurrency booms are often fueled by dreams of life-changing riches. In Afghanistan, buyers are instead snapping up digital coins in hopes of preserving what wealth they h...
By Alex Zerden
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4 ways Russia is trying to prove it can live with sanctions
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Mass unemployment, according to Elina Ribakova, deputy chief economist at the Institute for International Finance in Washington, has not appeared yet in Russia, but it is one ...
By Elina Ribakova
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U.S. Unveils Latest Sanctions Targeting Russia
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The United States on Wednesday unveiled its latest round of sanctions going after Russia over its war on Ukraine, this time targeting a key commercial bank and "a global netwo...
By Edward Fishman
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Why the US has hit some Russian oligarchs with sanctions but not others
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Former US officials and people familiar with deliberations inside the Biden administration said one reason for the selective nature of its sanctions regime was that Washington...
By Edward Fishman
