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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
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Aims to Prevent Chinese Companies From Building 5G Network in U.S.US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that could prevent Chinese companies from building 5G networks in the US.“The president has made it clear that...
By Peter Harrell
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Democrats and Republicans are freaked out by Chinese 5G technology — but are they just being paranoid?Democrats and Republicans rarely agree on anything, but this week, the parties united to condemn one common enemy: China. The views of President Trump and lawmakers on both si...
By Peter Harrell
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
On Huawei and Autos, Trump Aligns Trade With U.S. SecurityPresident Donald Trump is taking his trade wars into a new realm likely to both extend them and make them harder to resolve. With his crackdown on Chinese telecom giant Huawe...
By Jude D. Blanchette
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Pentagon Builds Deterrent Force Against Possible Iranian Attack
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The Pentagon will deploy a Patriot antimissile battery to the Middle East to shore up defenses against Iranian threats, part of a series of carefully calibrated deployments in...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Pompeo to push Russia to end support of Venezuela's Maduro
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to discuss Russia's ongoing support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, including ongoing oil and product trade that the Trump adm...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Exclusive: Documents Detail Meetings Of Russians With Treasury, Federal Reserve
In The News
Newly obtained documents describe what happened when two now-infamous Russians took their outreach campaign into the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve in 2015. Alexa...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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In The News
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump’s Iran policy is making war more likelyThe United States is in the midst of an extremely dangerous standoff with Iran — and President Donald Trump is mainly to blame. Exactly one year ago Wednesday, Trump withdrew ...
By Eric Brewer
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A Boom Time for U.S. Sanctions
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The United States, as of this writing, has 7,967 sanctions in place. Treasury Department data show them in many sizes. There are sanctions on individual people, like the Mexi...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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US push to zero Iran oil exports may be more like 500,000 b/d: analysts
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The Trump administration's push to bring Iranian crude exports to zero officially begins Thursday, but analysts believe Iran will continue to export roughly 500,000 b/d throug...
By Peter Harrell
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China, US face off on Iranian crude flows, with risks to global economy
China and the US are in an intense standoff over Iranian crude oil, with China indicating they may continue to import those medium and heavy barrels even after a sanctions wai...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Russia Is Still Russia. But Its Stocks Are Suddenly Worth Buying Again.A lot of things are suddenly going Russia’s way, the most important of them emanating from Washington. The Mueller Report, despite voluminous detail on Moscow’s election inter...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Kim Jong Un has a fleet of ghost ships sneaking around the high seas to beat sanctions
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In April 2018, a ship carrying $3 million worth of coal slipped into Indonesian waters with its identification transmitter switched off and its flag hidden from view. Acting ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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US-China trade talks to continue in May
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China and the US are scheduled to hold two more rounds of negotiations in coming weeks in hopes of ending their trade dispute, although Washington's latest push to cut off Ira...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Washington Puts End to Iran Oil Waivers
After threatening for nearly a year, the Trump administration is moving forward with policies aimed at eliminating Iran's oil exports. The US will not issue new waivers -- tec...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump admin mulls more sanctions that could threaten safeguards on Iran's nuclear program
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President Donald Trump and his advisers are considering revoking sanctions waivers that have allowed several countries to collaborate with Iran on civil nuclear projects, incl...
By Eric Brewer
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Trump’s Big Iran Oil Gamble
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The Trump administration’s announcement Monday that it is ending waivers allowing several countries to keep importing Iranian crude is likely to push up oil prices and sour re...
By Neil Bhatiya
