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Iran Turns to Crypto to Shore Up Economy
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For Iranians, crypto “is not just a novelty or a hobby . . . this is a country that’s been excluded by [global payments systems] for quite a while” and therefore “we’ve seen c...
By Eitan Danon
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25 Years After 9/11, Iraq’s Dream Remains Unfulfilled
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“Even with U.S. assistance in establishing a democratic system in Iraq, the fact that Iraq was left militarily weak was an obstacle to restoring stability and consolidating de...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Potential End of U.S. Aid to Peshmerga Could Mark ‘Transitional Phase’ in U.S.-KRG Relations, Experts Say
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Hamzeh Hadad, an adjunct fellow with the Middle East Security Program at the Washington-based Center for a New American Security (CNAS), said he did not believe relations betw...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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How Billions in Iranian Money Passes Through U.S. Banks
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“The more you use the tools, the more you create incentives for alternatives” to the dollar, said Alex Zerden, a former Treasury official and adjunct senior fellow at the Cent...
By Alex Zerden
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World Mostly Shrugs Off Bessent’s Iran Sanctions Warnings
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“As the war passes the six-month mark, the public actions taken by the Treasury Department this week do not match the hype,” said Alex Zerden, an adjunct senior fellow at the ...
By Alex Zerden
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Washington Lays Out Its Toolbox for Pressuring Iran and Its Partners
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Alex Zerden, founder of Capitol Peak Strategies and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told MBN that the United States had “a range of economic a...
By Alex Zerden
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The Iran War Is Testing a Depleted Treasury
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But Alex Zerden, a former Treasury official and founder of Capitol Peak Strategies, now an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the departures...
By Alex Zerden
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Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies
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Alex Zerden, the founder of the risk advisory firm Capitol Peak Strategies and a former official in the Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, n...
By Alex Zerden
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Trump’s Remaining Economic Levers in Iran Fraught With Risks
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Secondary sanctions and further measures could also alienate key partners, while inflaming tension with China, the chief US economic rival. “It's absolutely intertwined with t...
By Alex Zerden
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Iran-Linked Crypto Exchange Handled $6.3 Billion, TRM Says
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“The IRGC says one thing ideologically, such as gambling is illegal, and then runs or profits from the gambling racket,” said Alex Zerden, a former US Treasury official and ad...
By Alex Zerden
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U.S. Terror Delisting Opens Syria to Gulf Investors
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“The U.S. can’t compel private businesses to actually do business in Syria,” [Alex] Zerden said. “They need to make their own independent risk-based decisions about what their...
By Alex Zerden
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Why Iran’s Limited Economic Relief Was Easy Come, Easy Go
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Alex Zerden, a former Treasury official and founder of Capitol Peak Strategies, said the sanctions reflect the political dynamics at play. “It appears that the President was f...
By Alex Zerden
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Trump Deal Gives Iran 100s of Billions More than Obama’s Nuclear Pact He Slammed, in Return for Far Less
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“A lot has been sacrificed up front just to get the Strait of Hormuz open again,” said Daniel Schneiderman, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security ...
By Daniel Schneiderman
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Can the US Waive Sanctions on Iranian Oil?
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Regardless, “we’re a long way away from full unwinding [of sanctions] and US companies entering the Iranian market,” Capitol Peak Strategies’ Alex Zerden, a former Treasury De...
By Alex Zerden
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Iran’s Oil Lifeline Outlasted the U.S. Assault, Strengthening Its Hand“Iran over the years and across U.S. administrations developed sophisticated sanctions evasion techniques to receive revenue from selling oil,” said Alex Zerden, a former Trea...
By Alex Zerden
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Trump Weighs Releasing Billions to Iran After Blasting Past Payments
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“Based on our modeling, a lot of these potential bargaining chips look similar to those available during the Obama, Trump I and Biden administrations,” said Alex Zerden, an ad...
By Alex Zerden
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Who Calls the Shots? Trump and Netanyahu Clash over Diverging Goals in Middle East War
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“Iran and the Trump administration see the Iran and Lebanon theatres as united, and Israel sees them as distinct,” said Richard Fontaine, chief executive of the Center for a N...
By Richard Fontaine
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A Deal with Iran May Need Some Delusional Thinking to Work
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“The fundamentals of diplomatic negotiations often require a suspension of disbelief,” said Alex Zerden, a former Treasury Department diplomat who has worked for both Republic...
By Alex Zerden
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Iran War Soured Gulf Arabs on Iraq. Can New Leader in Baghdad Win Them Back?
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“It isn’t clear what policies Zaidi would have because he’s never held public office before nor has he ever run in elections and campaigned on any specific policy,” says Hamze...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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UAE Exit from OPEC Signals Closer Alignment with U.S. Interests, Experts Say
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“The exit was a surprise in timing (at least to me), but in some ways has been brewing for some time,” wrote Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New Ameri...
By Rachel Ziemba
