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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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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
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U.S. President Trump Promises New Tariffs, Slams Supreme Court Decision
United States President Donald Trump has slammed the Supreme Court as a “disgrace” after a 6-3 ruling that struck down his global tariffs, asserting that he will maintain the ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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In Major Blow to Trump, U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down His Global Tariffs
The United States Supreme Court has struck down US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that he pursued under a law meant for use in national emergencies, rejecting one ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Former U.S. State Department Official Optimistic USMCA Will Be Renewed
By Edward Fishman
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Trump Administration’s Venezuela Approach Gets Murkier
Nearly six weeks after the Trump administration ousted Venezuela’s leader with plans to effectively run the country, its manner of doing so is increasingly opaque....
By Alex Zerden
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U.S. Takes Energy Leverage to New Heights
Energy markets, oil firms, producers and major importers have lived with the impact of US sanctions on the energy trade for decades. But the levers the administration of Presi...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Cuba Decries Trump’s ‘Genocidal’ Threat, Girds for Calamity
Cuba hit back at Donald Trump’s plans to use tariffs to choke off all oil supplies to the struggling island, calling it extortionary and declaring an emergency with conditions...
By Chris Kennedy
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Sheinbaum Warns of Deeper Cuba Crisis After Trump Oil Threat
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum warned that the latest US tariffs threatened by Donald Trump on goods from countries that support Cuba with critical energy supplies could ...
By Chris Kennedy
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Trump Administration Pushes Out Official Whose Unit Banned Chinese Vehicles
President Donald Trump's administration has pushed out a Commerce Department official whose office effectively barred nearly all Chinese cars from the US market for national ...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Trump Wants U.S. Investment in Venezuela, but Sanctions Still Complicate It
President Trump is trying to kick-start private investment in Venezuela while maintaining considerable control over the country and the companies that are allowed to do busine...
By Emily Kilcrease