January 26, 2023
The Chatter Podcast: Financial Intelligence, Fact and Fiction with Yaya Fanusie
David Priess spoke with Yaya Fanusie, CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow, about his path to the CIA and NCTC, what analytic work on international economics and financial intelligence is like, the unique environment at NCTC, his departure from the intelligence community, the fundamentals of cryptocurrency and bitcoin, the national security risks around cryptocurrencies, the U.S. government's coverage of those risks, his experience fictionalizing financial intelligence, and more.
Listen to the full interview from Lawfare
More from CNAS
-
Sanctions by The Numbers: The Russian Energy Sector
Reports
Since 2014, the United States, the European Union (EU), and other like-minded nations have targeted the Russian energy sector with increasingly significant coercive economic m...
By Jocelyn Trainer, Nicholas Lokker, Kristen Taylor & Uliana Certan
-
Sharper: Regulating Technology
Commentary
The pace of technological change presents both immense opportunity for private industry and complex challenges for national security. These technologies, including artificial ...
By Anna Pederson & Julia Arnold
-
Can Europe fund its defense ambitions?
Podcast
The majority of European members of NATO are not spending as much on defense as they agreed to. But that may change as the European Union considers a move to a "war economy." ...
By Rachel Ziemba
-
A New Approach to Sanctions Is Pushing Up Energy Prices and Crimping Russia’s Revenue
Commentary
Heightened U.S. sanctions enforcement has also raised the importance of China as the buyer of last resort for Russia....
By Rachel Ziemba
