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COP27 in Egypt: Putting Human Rights on the Climate Agenda
Cairo hoped that COP27 would focus on its stated agenda: climate change adaptation. Yet it was human rights concerns—such as jailed pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s ...
By Arona Baigal & Jocelyn Trainer
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Sharper: Chips
The reliance on semiconductor chips, from accomplishing everyday tasks to fighting wars, has placed them at the center of geopolitical decisions by leaders around the world. R...
By Anna Pederson
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The Geopolitics of Deep-Sea Mining and Green Technologies
Demand for exploiting minerals on the seabed is rising. But the hasty development of a DSM regulatory framework could heighten geopolitical competition and environmental degra...
By Jocelyn Trainer
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Russia Is Using Energy as a Weapon.
Before the war in Ukraine, Europe was Russia's largest natural gas customer. Now, Russia is using energy as a weapon. There's concern this new front in the war will spread to ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Sharper: The Future of Russia Relations
While the recently released U.S. National Defense Strategy names the People's Republic of China as the greatest pacing threat facing the United States, Russia poses the most i...
By Anna Pederson
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China’s CIPS and its Implications on U.S. Financial Dominance
Emily Jin, a Research Assistant for the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security joins The China Project to discuss China’s efforts to...
By Emily Jin
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The Afghan Financial Sector
Alex Zerden joins RUSI to discuss the Unintended Consequences of Sanctions within the Afghan Financial Sector. Watch the full interview from Royal United Services Institute....
By Alex Zerden
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Sharper: The State of AI
The U.S. government's recent chip export controls are the latest salvo in the U.S.–China rivalry in artificial intelligence. Semiconductors are a key input for AI systems and ...
By Anna Pederson
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Time to Unleash Congress on Putin
Congress has played a major role in providing support to Ukraine’s war effort. But it has largely held back on Russia sanctions. For the West’s campaign against Russia’s oil s...
By Edward Fishman
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OPEC+ Oil Cut: Are Saudi Arabia and UAE Testing the Limits of a New World Order?
While claims that the Saudis and Emiratis and the rest of Opec+ are biased towards Russia seem overstated, it is clear that they are not shunning them....
By Rachel Ziemba
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A Marshall Plan for Ukraine
Rachel Ziemba joins NPR's The Indicator From Planet Money to discuss what a Marshall Plan might look like for Ukraine. Listen to the interview from NPR: The Indicator From Pl...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Under the Radar
My testimony will address China’s progress in building out alternative payment systems, the strategic implications of growth in China’s alternative payment systems, and recomm...
By Emily Jin
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Sand in the silicon: Designing an outbound investment controls mechanism
Recent congressional efforts to establish new authorities to regulate outbound investment have revived a long-simmering debate in Washington about the economic and security ri...
By Emily Kilcrease & Sarah Bauerle Danzman
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The Heat: President Xi Visits Central Asia
Rachel Ziemba joins CGTN America to discuss the significance of President Xi's visits to Central Asia. Watch the full interview from CGTN....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Half-Time Talk: "China Unlikely to Risk Everything on Russia!"
Half-Time Talk: GI Exclusive Interview with Rachel Ziemba, Adjunct Senior Fellow for the Energy, Economics, & Security Program, Center for a New American Security....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Russia Is Making a Killing Selling Oil. A New Plan May Finally Stop That.
U .S. diplomats have spent months hawking a plan to cap the price of Russian oil cargoes. Last week, they finally won the endorsement of several other big democracies. But muc...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Smart Manufacturing: A Linchpin in China’s Industrial Policy
Industrial capacity is not synonymous with technological prowess. A country’s industrial base includes not just its cutting-edge technologies and actors, but also its foundati...
By Emily Jin
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Demystifying the Financial Action Task Force
Unprecedented economic sanctions. SWIFT financial messaging bans. Central bank asset freezings. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unleashed a new phase of economic warfare and heig...
By Alex Zerden
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Who is winning the sanctions war?
Elina Ribakova joins The Economist Podcast | Money Talks to discuss the war on sanctions regarding Russia's markets, the economy and business, and what measures the West could...
By Elina Ribakova
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Sharper: Industrial Policy
Lawmakers in Washington have increasingly pushed for legislation to address key industry vulnerabilities and better position the United States as a leader in critical technolo...
By Anna Pederson, Drisya Antose & Hannah Kelley