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Anthropic: U.S. Statecraft Battles Go Domestic
“Given how reluctant so many private sector leaders have been to criticise this administration on anything notable, it’s a sign that they are quite nervous about how far [it] ...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Welcome to a Multidimensional Economic DisasterJanet Egan, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, described data centers to us as “large, juicy targets.” It is impossible to hide these facilities, which...
By Janet Egan
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Some Iranian Oil as Energy Prices SoarZiemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said she did not think the U.S would want money from oil sales to go to Iran's government - but it cou...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Encourages Flow of Iranian Oil While It Battles Iran“Iran will likely profit from these sales, thereby providing more money to fund its regime, the war and its proxies,” said Alex Zerden, [adjunct senior fellow at the Center fo...
By Alex Zerden
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Qatar Says Iran Attack Caused Significant Damage at Ras Laffan Gas FacilityRachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the think tank Center for a New American Security, said the fact that Ras Laffan had already paused production meant there would be no new gl...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Temporarily Waives Century-Old Shipping Law amid Rising Fuel Costs
Rachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the think tank Center for a New American Security, said the Jones Act waiver is designed to support that move — but it will have limited impa...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Vladimir Putin Enjoys a Huge Windfall from the Iran WarThe energy crisis is meanwhile making it harder for Western countries to tighten sanctions—a second bonus for Mr Putin. Before it, the Trump administration had seemed willing ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Iran War Casts Shadow over Middle East AI Investments
“This war has been a stark reminder that indeed they’re in a rough neighborhood,” Daniel Silverberg, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for New American Security, said of ...
By Daniel Silverberg
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Iran War Exposes Fragilities in Global Critical Minerals Supply Chain“For Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the question is, how much will investing in critical minerals and the capacity to process investment … be affected by the war, and what other pr...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Iran Oil Hub Strike Raises Fears of Further Supply Upheaval“It’s Trump trying to escalate in order to de-escalate,” said Rachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “The biggest risk to oil markets, and t...
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Two Main U.S. Inflation Gauges Are Telling Different Stories
To know where you’re heading, it can help to know where you’ve been. With that in mind, the pre-Iran war readings on US inflation aren’t entirely devoid of information. But so...
By Chris Kennedy
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How Will the War on Iran Impact the U.S. Economy?Rising prices on the back of US-Israel strikes on Iran are adding to the economic pressure facing US consumers despite efforts by US President Donald Trump to paint the war as...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s Actions in Iran and Venezuela Show Limits of U.S. Sanctions
The United States has for years deployed a carefully designed economic statecraft playbook to pressure American adversaries to change their behavior....
By Alex Zerden
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Consumers Express Dismay over Rising Gas Prices After Attack on IranSurging energy prices caused by the US-Israel war on Iran could ripple across the United States economy, heaping further strain on consumers at a time when cost-of-living issu...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Oil Surges, Gas Tops $3 Nationwide as War Heats Up. What Comes Next?Oil prices traded higher March 3 as the U.S.-Israel-Iran war widened, setting up steeper prices for some of the items American consumers depend on....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Pentagon pressures Anthropic on AI accessUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's threat to cut AI group Anthropic from government supply chains, or possibly compel it to prioritize government orders, raises several serio...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Inside Anthropic’s Existential Negotiations with the Pentagon
Anthropic’s weekslong battle with the Department of Defense has played out over social media posts, admonishing public statements, and direct quotes from unnamed Pentagon offi...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump’s Threat of 15% Tariffs Adds to Gulf’s ‘Macroeconomic Volatility'US President Donald Trump’s threat this weekend to raise global tariffs to 15 per cent from 10 per cent adds to macroeconomic volatility for the Gulf region, although any impa...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Brings in New 10% Tariff as Supreme Court Rejects His Global Import Taxes
US President Donald Trump has imposed a new 10% global tariff to replace ones struck down by the Supreme Court, calling the ruling "terrible" and lambasting the justices who r...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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U.S. Sanctions in Latin America Have Increased. But Can They Be Enforced?
“Cartels are inherently sanctions-evading organizations,” said Kyle Rutter, a researcher at the Center for a New American Security think tank. “It’s a constant game of whack-a...
By Kyle Rutter