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Lawmakers say Trump is locked into Turkey sanctions
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After days of silence about whether Turkey will be punished for accepting a Russian-made air defense system, U.S. President Donald Trump reluctantly seemed to agree Turkey wil...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Russia looks for Asia LNG buyers to blunt Western sanctions' biteRussia is boosting Arctic production of liquefied natural gas to counter growing competition from the U.S. while looking to Asia's major energy importers to buffer projects ag...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump team weighs giving China a get-out-of-jail free card on IranThe State Department is seriously considering using an Obama-era loophole to allow China to import oil from Iran, violating the Trump administration’s pledge to bring Iranian ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
US keeps imposing sanctions, but how well do they work?Imposing sanctions has become the Trump administration's go-to move to signal to the country and the world that it's doing something about a problem. After President Donald Tr...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. and China agree to restart trade negotiations following meeting between Trump and Xi at Group of 20 summitPresident Trump’s decision Saturday to relax limits on Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and to delay new tariffs on Chinese goods may revive stalled trade talks with Be...
By Ely Ratner
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump's latest Iran sanctions target $200B economic empire of supreme leaderThe Trump administration's latest sanctions against Iran reinstate an embargo on some of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's front companies that President Barack Obama lifted as pa...
By Sam Dorshimer
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Xi Jinping wants Trump to lift ban on Huawei before making a trade dealChinese President Xi Jinping is about to make a risky gamble to try to end the years-long trade spat between his country and the United States: asking President Donald Trump t...
By Eric Sayers
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Key energy issues to watch as Trump meets G20 leaders in Japan
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Energy security, OPEC production cuts, trade tensions and US oil sanctions are likely to come up in one-on-one talks between US President Donald Trump and world leaders at thi...
By Ely Ratner
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Supreme Leader, OthersThe Trump administration ordered new sanctions that aim to freeze the assets of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s office and several Iranian military commanders and include plans ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Sanctions Iran’s Supreme Leader, but to What End?With the flourish of his pen on Monday, President Trump imposed sweeping sanctions on Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as everyone in Khamenei’s office o...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Goes After Iran’s Supreme LeaderPresident Donald Trump has declined to strike Iran for now over the downing of an American drone. Instead, he chose to retaliate by reaching again for a favorite tool: economi...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump imposes new sanctions on Iran, warns U.S. ‘restraint’ is limitedThe Trump administration targeted Iran’s supreme leader with new sanctions on Monday, using one of the few tools available to punish Iran for downing a U.S. drone after Presid...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Warns of More Iran Sanctions, But Not Much Is Left for U.S. to TargetPresident Donald Trump is threatening Iran with additional sanctions on Monday, but there’s not much left for the U.S. to target because most of the Islamic Republic’s economy...
By Peter Harrell
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Pompeo to push Iran pressure campaign, oil sanctions compliance while in India: State officialUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to India next week, but will offer no relief from oil sanctions to what was a top Iranian export market just two months ago, a se...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Administration ponders more Iran sanctions, but hasn't imposed them yet despite Trump's claimOne day after coming within minutes of military strikes on Iran, the Trump administration has backed off its threat and is now weighing imposing additional sanctions against T...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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‘Tariffs are the answer’: Trump appears emboldened after economic brinkmanship with Mexico
A sense of relief among Republicans and business leaders after President Trump postponed his tariff threats against Mexico gave way Monday to growing unease over whether he ha...
By Richard Fontaine
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Proliferation Finance: Critical Issues and Priorities for Congress
WMD proliferation networks employ sophisticated financial tactics to facilitate their malfeasance, and Congress has an important role to play in adopting measures that would s...
By Chris Estep & Clare Toner
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Can Iran withstand the US pressure?Ever since US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out from the nuclear deal with Tehran and reinstated the most draconian sanctions ever imposed, many have wondered whe...
By Neil Bhatiya
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China Raises Threat of Rare-Earths Cutoff to U.S.
With a simple visit to an obscure factory on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping has raised the specter that China could potentially cut off supplies of critical materials ne...
By Ashley Feng
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
As Trump escalates China trade dispute, economic ties lose stabilizing force in matters of national securityThe United States for years relied on economic interdependence with China as a stabilizing force in relations with Beijing, with business between the two nations forming what ...
By Ely Ratner
