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Could Iran’s Revolution Unravel Over a Four-Cent Price Hike?
In mid-November, in a surprise overnight announcement, the revolutionary regime in Iran hiked the price of gasoline. By standards anywhere else in the world, it is still pitif...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump Moves Toward Labeling Mexican Cartels as Terrorist Groups
The Trump administration is moving forward on calls to classify Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations after the killing of nine U.S. citizens in Mexico, with top off...
By Peter Harrell
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The Madcap Scheme to Take Syria's Oil
In The News
A retired Army intelligence officer, a successful Kurdish-American businessman, a former Syrian diplomat, and an eccentric entrepreneur from New Jersey met in January over foo...
By Peter Harrell
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Donald Trump has shown a surprising enthusiasm for sanctions
In December 2017 the Democratic Republic of Congo was in ferment. Joseph Kabila, then the president, seemed to be weighing whether or not to stand in an election, even though ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Is Turkey becoming a haven for terrorist financing?
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New U.S. sanctions on Islamic State (ISIS) operatives based in Turkey have brought questions about Ankara’s counterterrorism priorities and raised the prospect that the countr...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S. Commerce Department Proposes Reviews of Sensitive Technology Supplier Transactions
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The U.S. issued a proposed rule on Tuesday that would give Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross the ability to review transactions involving communications networks and their supply...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump’s Embrace of Sanctions Irks Allies and Prompts Efforts to Evade Measures
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President Trump’s increasing reliance on economic sanctions to solve foreign policy problems is fueling concern that the United States is abusing its financial power and promp...
By Peter Harrell
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Press Release
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS and Defense One Partner for Year-Long Editorial Series: "The American Readiness Project"With original reporting, research, and a body of expert commentary, the American Readiness Project will chronicle the nation’s desire, willingness, and capability for the U.S....
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The Shady Cryptocurrency Boom on the Post-Soviet Frontier
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At the edge of a lake on a fault line of the new Cold War stands a building that, depending on how you look at it, is either a relic of a failed revolution or the beating hear...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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US Humanitarian Trade Channel for Iran Gets Positive British Response
A U.S. proposal to boost global humanitarian trade with Iran in accordance with U.S. sanctions has sparked a positive British response and a debate about whether the plan’s go...
By Peter Harrell
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The Trump Administration Has Only One Move
Turkey had to have seen this coming. Granted, it didn’t feature in the phone call last week where Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan informed his American counterpart of ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Venezuelan oil output could be halved without Chevron waiver extension: analysts
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Venezuelan oil production, already averaging a historic low near 600,000 b/d, could quickly plummet below 300,000 b/d if the Trump administration allows a waiver for Chevron a...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Trump’s Top Sanctions Official Will Depart
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The Trump administration’s top sanctions official will depart the Treasury Department this month, leaving a void in President Trump’s national security team as he ramps up a m...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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WTO to back U.S. tariffs on Europe in clash over Airbus subsidies
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The United States won approval on Wednesday to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion (£6.12 billion) worth of European goods over illegal EU subsidies handed to Airbus, threatening t...
By Peter Harrell
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Press Note
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Responds: Trump Addresses China, Iran, Climate Change in UNGA SpeechAt the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) this morning, President Trump addressed world leaders on his vision of the United States' role on the global stage. Covering a range of fla...
By Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Kristine Lee, Sam Dorshimer & Emma Moore
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In The News
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
US to send troops and air and missile defense to Saudi Arabia as Trump announces new Iran sanctions after oil attackThe US announced Friday it would send additional troops along with enhanced air and missile defense systems to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in response to the att...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Press Note
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Responds: U.S., North Korea Consider Renewed TalksAs the renewal of U.S.-North Korea negotiations becomes more likely, CNAS experts weigh in on potential next steps for Washington to watch for....
By Duyeon Kim, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Kristine Lee, Van Jackson & Neil Bhatiya
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After Abqaiq, analysts see higher oil price risk premium, more supply disruptions
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The unprecedented attacks on Saudi oil facilities over the weekend are widely viewed by analysts as the most significant supply disruption the oil market has ever seen, increa...
By Rachel Ziemba
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US Pledges Sanctions After Saudi Attacks
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced new sanctions targeting Iran after an attack on Saudi oil facilities, stopping well short of a military response as ambiguity p...
By Neil Bhatiya
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Bolton departure removes foreign policy irritant for Trump, strengthens PompeoThe abrupt firing or resignation on Tuesday (Sept 10) - depending on who you believe - of the United States' famously mustachioed and notoriously hawkish National Security Adv...
By Carrie Cordero & Neil Bhatiya
