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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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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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Exclusive: Documents Detail Meetings Of Russians With Treasury, Federal Reserve
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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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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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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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Why Turkey’s reliance on Trump for S-400 sanctions waiver appears misguided
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Turkish officials appealed directly to President Donald Trump this week to waive potential US sanctions if Turkey takes delivery of the Russian S-400 air defense system. But a...
By Neil Bhatiya
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U.S. Allies Challenge Trump’s Reversal on Property Seized in Cuba
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President Donald Trump’s move to let U.S. citizens file lawsuits over property confiscated in Cuba during the 1959 revolution angered European allies who vowed to challenge th...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump to Allow U.S. Lawsuits Over Seized Property in Cuba
The Trump administration will allow U.S. citizens to file lawsuits over property confiscated in Cuba during the 1959 revolution, a move that reverses two decades of policy and...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump botches North Korea sanctions announcement, sparking widespread confusion
In The News
President Trump sparked confusion across Washington on Friday by calling off an upcoming round of large-scale economic sanctions against North Korea in a dashed-off tweet. The...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Russian oligarch and Putin ally sues Treasury, demands lifting of U.S. sanctionsRussian billionaire Oleg Deripaska sued the Treasury Department and Secretary Steven Mnuchin in U.S. federal court to demand the lifting of remaining U.S. sanctions against hi...
By Peter Harrell
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The Financing of WMD Proliferation: Conducting Risk Assessments
Preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction is a critical priority for the international community. Global financial institutions are important players in this effort...
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The Next U.S. Clash With China Will Be All About Iran’s Oil
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As if they needed it, U.S.-China relations face a new flashpoint on Nov. 4, when Washington’s new sanctions on Iran take full effect with the stated objective of cutting Tehra...
By Peter Harrell
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There's A Showdown Coming Between The U.S. And Countries Doing Business With Iran
Iranian oil exports are tumbling ahead of the reimposition of sanctions in early November by the Trump administration. But Iran's biggest oil customer, China may try and circu...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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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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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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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
