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Dirty Money Is an Ongoing Threat on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Two developments last week, in the United Kingdom and the United States, highlighted how their common adversaries are still exploiting the global financial system, using long-...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Why Stopping Environmental Crime Is a Matter of National Security
Commentary
Last week, the presidency of the Financial Action Task Force, the global intergovernmental standard-setter for combatting illicit financial threats, passed from China to Germa...
By Neil Bhatiya
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An Overly Aggressive U.S. Approach to Hong Kong Risks Playing Into China’s Hands
Commentary
While China’s violations of the agreed-upon status quo regarding civil liberties and political autonomy in Hong Kong are worthy of a robust U.S. response, the administration s...
By Neil Bhatiya & Eric Lorber
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The Geo-economic Fallout of COVID-19 for the Middle East
Commentary
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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Fallout from the New Oil War
Commentary
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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Busting North Korea’s Sanctions Evasion
Commentary
North Korea is the most sophisticated, creative, and dangerous actor when it comes to stealthy and skillful methods of financing illicit nuclear and missile proliferation. Whi...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Neil Bhatiya
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Trump Has Made Sanctions a Path to Strikes
Commentary
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to kill the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani, the architect of Iran’s political and military influence in the Middle East, and the Irani...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Neil Bhatiya
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Trump’s Boasts of an Economic ‘Boom’ Are Misplaced and Misguided
Commentary
President Donald Trump this week laid out his most direct case yet for staying the course in the run-up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election. In a speech to the Economic Clu...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Situation Report: U.S.-North Korea Negotiations to Resume This Weekend
Commentary
After months of stalled talks, U.S. and North Korean representatives will meet this weekend to resume negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Just this week, ...
By Duyeon Kim, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Kristine Lee, Van Jackson & Neil Bhatiya
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North Korea’s Sanctions-Busting Gets More Sophisticated—and More Lucrative
As a United Nations report revealed earlier this month, North Korea continues to dodge international sanctions and raise money for its nuclear weapons program, despite attempt...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Congress Is Gearing Up for a Bigger Fight With Trump Over Russia Policy
Commentary
After a long delay, the Trump administration finally took the first steps in a legally mandated effort to punish Russia for its use of chemical weapons in the 2018 poisoning o...
By Neil Bhatiya
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New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Reveal China’s Growing Role in Illicit Supply Chains
Commentary
On July 18, in the Trump administration’s first punitive measure since Iran announced earlier this month that it would exceed the levels of enriched uranium permitted under th...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Can Tariffs and Sanctions Lead to a Better Climate Change Strategy?
Commentary
A little more than two years since he announced in the Rose Garden that the United States was “getting out” of the Paris climate change agreement, President Donald Trump was i...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Trump Keeps ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran, Even Though It Is Failing in Venezuela
Commentary
Escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf peaked last week when President Donald Trump abruptly canceled U.S. airstrikes against Iranian military assets, after Iran shot down an...
By Neil Bhatiya
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The Key to Success with North Korea: A ROK-Solid Alliance
Commentary
When President Trump meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in after the G-20 Summit next week, he will have a golden opportunity to jump-start diplomatic engagement with North...
By Kristine Lee & Neil Bhatiya
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Strengthening Congress’ Role in Sanctions
Commentary
Congress’ role in U.S. sanctions policymaking is not a new phenomenon, but it has taken on increased resonance in the past decade. The passage of legislation, such as the Iran...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Proliferation Finance: Critical Issues and Priorities for Congress
Commentary
The lack of effective and universal financial controls to prevent weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation is a gaping security vulnerability for the international comm...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Neil Bhatiya, Claire Groden & Ashley Feng
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Five Years after Crimea, What have We Learned About Sanctioning Russia?
Commentary
In March 2014, then-President Barack Obama signed the first tranche of executive orders imposing sanctions against the Russian Federation for its illegal invasion and annexati...
By Neil Bhatiya
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The Hanoi Summit – We Asked Neil Bhatiya What Happens Next in U.S.-North Korea Relations
Commentary
With the suspension of the summit in Hanoi between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un, the diplomatic process to resolve the status of North Korea’s dangerous wea...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Congress Should Make Financial Transparency a U.S. National Security Priority
Last month, a bipartisan group of senators reintroduced a bill designed to expand the range of coercive measures the United States can impose on Russia for its broad range of ...
By Neil Bhatiya
