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Countering North Korea's Financing of its Weapons Programs
Military solutions to containing and potentially reversing North Korea’s weapons programs have dominated the discussion, but there are other means available to the United Stat...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Russian Spy Chief Reportedly Met With U.S. Intelligence Officials
Rachel Martin talks to Peter Harrell of the Center for a New American Security about reports that Russia's foreign spy service chief, despite being on a U.S. sanctions blackli...
By Peter Harrell
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National Security Human Capital Program / Energy, Economics & Security
WMD Financing Elusive on International Playing FieldSigal Mandelker, undersecretary of terrorism and financial intelligence at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and ...
By Jonathan Brewer
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Trump Administration Admits It Cribbed From Forbes Magazine To Create “Oligarch List”
The striking similarity between a newly released Treasury Department report of Russian oligarchs and a 2017 list of wealthy Russians published in Forbes magazine is no coincid...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump Administration Says No to New Russia Sanctions, Yes to Cribbing From Forbes
With an impending congressional deadline for fresh sanctions on Russia, the Donald Trump administration engaged in a series of confused moves Monday that ended with no new pen...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Russian Billionaires Are Scrambling to Stay Off a New US ‘Black List’
Last August, Congress sent President Trump a clear signal that he could not be trusted when it comes to Russia; A near-unanimous, bipartisan majority delivered a bill to the p...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Coming U.S. List of Oligarchs Linked to Putin Alarms Russia’s Richr
WASHINGTON — It was all but ignored last year when it was wrapped into a sanctions law punishing Russian aggressions. But in recent weeks, a requirement that the United States...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. Sanctions Weapon Is Under Threat — but Not From Bitcoin
Venezuela’s announcement that it will soon launch its own virtual currency, “El Petro,” with the express idea of evading U.S. financial sanctions, set alarm bells ringing in W...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Enemy of the State
On June 6, 2016, Bill Browder, a London-based billionaire, sent an email to Kyle Parker, a congressional staffer, with the subject line “Veselnitskaya house.” The email, which...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Donald Trump says US could 'go back' into Paris climate agreement
President Donald Trump has said that the US could "go back" into the Paris climate deal - having withdrawn America from the global accord last year. "We could conceivably go b...
By Neil Bhatiya
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How Washington Helps Tehran Control the Internet
When thousands of Iranians streamed onto the country’s streets in the last week to protest government corruption and the dilapidated economy, authorities in Tehran reverted to...
By Peter Harrell
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Elizabeth Rosenberg on NPR: Protests In Iran Continue
Violent protests in Iran are continuing since they began six days ago, highlighting economic problems and the question of what impact U.S. sanctions have on Iranians. C...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Protests In Iran Continue With Reports Of 20 Killed And Hundreds Arrested
Violent protests in Iran are continuing since they began six days ago. They're highlighting economic problems and the question of what impact U.S. sanctions have on Iranians....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Bitcoin And Its Competitors Are Becoming A Problem For US Sanctions
As bitcoin sees its value skyrocket, some financial experts and cyber analysts are beginning to worry that the digital cryptocurrency is prime to be exploited by countries lik...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump’s North Korea policy could trigger famine, experts warn
The Trump administration's primary North Korea strategy would do little to curb the country's nuclear program and could trigger a famine, according to experts. After spearhead...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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CSIS Podcast: "Sanctions: Energy and Politics"
Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and North Korea, individually and collectively, present complex challenges to U.S. policymaking and national security. Each country lies at the center...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. sanctions 13 Chinese and North Korean organizations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 13 Chinese and North Korean organizations Washington accused of helping evade nuclear restrictions aga...
By Peter Harrell
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Interview: Trump's Iran decision sends powerful risk signal to oil market
US President Donald Trump Friday officially renounced the Iran nuclear agreement, yet urged Congress to remain in the deal as he asked lawmakers to ultimately decide its fate....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Critics see major risks in Trump's Iran decision
President Donald Trump's decision not to certify the Iran nuclear deal isn't the same thing as walking away from the agreement -- but critics are already warning of negative f...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Iran deal's foes in U.S. Congress may be its unlikely saviors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress, long the staunchest opponents of the Iran nuclear deal, may be the best hope for preserving it if President Donald Tru...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg