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What Trump’s Announcement on Hong Kong Could Mean
President Trump announced on May 29 that his administration would “begin the process of eliminating policy exemptions that give Hong Kong different and special treatment” than...
By Peter Harrell
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Ashley Feng Discusses Latest Developments in Hong Kong
Ashley Feng joins Paris Huang on Voice of America Chinese to discuss the latest developments surrounding Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong and the U.S. response. Watch th...
By Ashley Feng
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Energy Markets, Geopolitics, and COVID-19
On May 14, members of the CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security (EES) program held a Twitter conversation on the impact of COVID-19 on energy markets and geopolitics. EES Progr...
By Sam Dorshimer & Abigail Eineman
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Emerging Trends in Coercive Economic Measures Used by the United States and China
On April 24, the CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security (EES) program held a live discussion on trends in coercive economic measures in the U.S.-China relationship. This event c...
By Ashley Feng
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The World Order Is Dead. Here’s How to Build a New One for a Post-Coronavirus Era.
International orders seldom change in noticeable ways. Just as Rome wasn’t built in a day, the Pax Romana was not a passing phase: it persisted for centuries. The order that a...
By Edward Fishman
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The Impact of Sanctions on Humanitarian Aid
Elizabeth Rosenberg joins Eric B. Lorber and Eric A. Sohn at a webinar hosted by Dow Jones Risk and Compliance to discuss the latest developments in the global ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Eric Lorber & Eric A. Sohn
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Global Supply Chains, Economic Decoupling, and U.S.-China Relations, Part 2: The View from the People’s Republic of China
Introduction: The World As Beijing Sees It U.S. economic policy is not the only force at play threatening to disrupt the deep economic ties between the People’s Republic of C...
By Sagatom Saha & Ashley Feng
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U.S. Sanctions and COVID-19
On April 17, the CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security (EES) program held a live discussion on U.S. sanctions policy and the COVID-19 pandemic. EES Program Director and Senior ...
By Abigail Eineman
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The Geo-economic Fallout of COVID-19 for the Middle East
As the global novel coronavirus 2019 pandemic nears the end of its third month, the economic fallout from COVID-19 represents nothing less than the gravest crisis since the 19...
By Neil Bhatiya
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COVID-19 and Illicit Finance in the Cyber Domain
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major economic disruptions and forced large amounts of financial activity online. Illicit actors are likely to take advantage of the rapid shi...
By Yaya J. Fanusie & Sam Dorshimer
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China’s Economy and COVID-19
On April 2, the CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security (EES) program held a Twitter conversation on the impact of COVID-19 on China’s economic performance, priorities, leverage,...
By Sam Dorshimer & Ashley Feng
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Is U.S. Policy Towards Venezuela at a Turning Point?
On March 31, the Trump administration announced a pivot in U.S. policy towards Venezuela. The United States has spent more than a year backing opposition leader Juan Guaido, w...
By John Hughes & Peter Harrell
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Global Supply Chains, Economic Decoupling, and U.S.-China Relations, Part 1: The View from the United States
The trade war has defined the current adversarial relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). While President Donald J. Trump has at times...
By Sagatom Saha & Ashley Feng
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How an ease of sanctions may combat the coronavirus crisis
Pressure is increasing to ease sanctions on Iran and Venezuela in response to the coronavirus crisis. Prominent Democrats in Congress have called on the administration to lift...
By Peter Harrell
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Cryptocurrency Laundering Is a National Security Risk
On March 2, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted two Chinese nationals for allegedly laundering cryptocurrency on behalf of North Korea. The laundering scheme ferreted away...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Banks Are Most Likely Exposed to Crypto-Assets Unknowingly
U.S. financial regulators are watching closely to see how financial institutions’ exposure to the crypto-asset industry is affecting their bank anti-money laundering complianc...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Fallout from the New Oil War
On the back of Covid-19–related economic declines and a corresponding fall in demand for energy, oil markets have collapsed in recent days. This has contributed to a massive m...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Neil Bhatiya
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The Economic Impacts of Covid-19
On March 19, the CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security (EES) program held a Twitter conversation on the impact of Covid-19 on economic and financial markets. EES Program Direct...
By Sam Dorshimer & Ashley Feng
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How China set forth the global coronavirus crisis into motion
As the shroud of crisis began to lift at the center of the coronavirus epidemic in China, Beijing launched a campaign to project an image of global leadership while the United...
By Kristine Lee & Ashley Feng
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Could the U.S. Sanction the International Criminal Court?
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) March 5 decision to authorize its top prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, to pursue an investigation into alleged U.S. war crimes in Afghani...
By Peter Harrell