Reports
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Sanctions by the Numbers: U.S. Secondary Sanctions
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Over the past decade, secondary sanctions have emerged as a critical—and sometimes controversial—tool to increase the effectiveness and reach of U.S. primary sanctions program...
By Jason Bartlett & Megan Ophel
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Spotlight on Venezuela
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As Venezuela battles a protracted financial and humanitarian crisis, U.S. sanctions on the country have emerged as controversial. This has sparked debate on whether the increa...
By Jason Bartlett & Megan Ophel
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Spotlight on Cyber Sanctions
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Cyberattacks pose a serious threat to U.S. national security and the integrity of the global commerce and financial system, especially when state-sponsored actors conduct and/...
By Jason Bartlett & Megan Ophel
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Spotlight on Human Rights and Corruption
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Over the past five years, the U.S. government has imposed an unprecedented number of human rights and corruption-related sanctions....
By Jason Bartlett & Megan Ophel
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Spotlight on North Korea
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The U.S. government has used a variety of coercive economic measures to combat the North Korean security threat....
By Jason Bartlett & Francis Shin
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China’s Digital Currency
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China is pushing aggressively to be a global leader in financial technology....
By Yaya J. Fanusie & Emily Jin
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Spotlight on Russia
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Russia is the second-most sanctioned state by the United States in the past decade, with 742 designations....
By Francis Shin
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Sanctions by the Numbers: 2020 Year in Review
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Sanctions designations remained high in 2020, with 777 designations compared to 785 in 2019....
By Sam Dorshimer & Francis Shin
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America’s Use of Coercive Economic Statecraft
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Policymakers will continue to intensively use a growing array of coercive economic tools, including tariffs, sanctions, trade controls, and investment restrictions....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Peter Harrell, Paula J. Dobriansky & Adam Szubin
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Rethinking Export Controls: Unintended Consequences and the New Technological LandscapeThe U.S. approach to export controls requires change....
By Martijn Rasser
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Spotlight on China
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The United States has significantly increased its sanctions designations on Chinese individuals, entities, and ships in 2020. While the United States has imposed sanctions on ...
By Francis Shin
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Exposing the Financial Footprints of North Korea’s Hackers
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How North Korea conducts intricate and sweeping cyberattacks against the United States and its allies to acquire funds to support its illicit nuclear proliferation efforts....
By Jason Bartlett
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Financial Attacks on Democracy
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The ease with which foreign intelligence agencies can exploit cryptocurrency to fund criminal activity should be a grave source of concern for proponents of democracy and free...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Jesse Spiro & Sam Dorshimer
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Spotlight on Iran
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This edition of Sanctions by the Numbers explores Iran sanctions, tracking how designations and delistings have evolved over time, the dozens of countries affected by Iran-rel...
By Abigail Eineman
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Sanctions by the Numbers: The Geographic Distribution of U.S. Sanctions
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In February, CNAS launched Sanctions by the Numbers, a project to track U.S. sanctions designations and delistings. In this second installment, heat maps show the most heavily...
By Abigail Eineman
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A New Arsenal for Competition
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Executive Summary The United States and China have long used coercive economic measures to advance both economic and foreign policy objectives. In recent years, however, both ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Peter Harrell & Ashley Feng
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Emerging Threats in Combating Proliferation Finance
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The international community, led by the United States, needs to demonstrate a renewed sense of urgency in response to an evolving threat environment....
By Neil Bhatiya
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Sanctions by the Numbers: U.S. Sanctions Designations and Delistings, 2009–2019
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The United States uses financial sanctions as a prominent tool of foreign policy. While this tool is used with increasing frequency and popularity, there is relatively limited...
By Johnpatrick Imperiale
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Rising to the China ChallengeThe United States and China are locked in strategic competition over the future of the Indo-Pacific—the most populous, dynamic, and consequential region in the world....
By Ely Ratner, Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Rush Doshi, Chris Dougherty, Richard Fontaine, Peter Harrell, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Eric Sayers, Daleep Singh, Paul Scharre, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Neil Bhatiya, Ashley Feng, Joshua Fitt, Megan Lamberth, Kristine Lee & Ainikki Riikonen
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Strengthening the Economic Arsenal
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Foreword By David S. Cohen Sanctions occupy a strange place in U.S. national security. For many years, they were derided as mostly ineffective. The received wisdom was that sa...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Jordan Tama
