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How U.S.-China Competition Upended the International Economic Order and What the United States Can Do to Fix It
Podcast
On June 26, CNAS hosted an event to discuss a new report, Disorderly Conduct: How U.S.-China Competition Upended the International Economic Order and What the United States Ca...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz, Adam Tong & Peter Harrell
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Export Controls Are Bigger and Broader. But Are We Safer?
Commentary
U.S. leaders must consider how export controls can be used effectively, and the circumstances in which export controls may be ill-suited to a policy objective....
By Peter Harrell
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How Biden Could Use Trump’s Trade War Thumbscrews to Fight Climate Change
Commentary
Global climate change is undeniably a crisis, arguably the single greatest national security challenge the United States faces, and certainly a vastly greater threat than many...
By Peter Harrell
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Closing the Deal: National Security and Investment Scrutiny
Video
The United States and other major economies are enhancing investment screening and export controls in areas sensitive to national security....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Peter Harrell, Carrie Cordero, David Cohen, Elbridge Colby, Wally Adeyemo, Deborah Lehr, Aimen Mir & Uzra Zeya
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How Iran Became the New Battle Line Between Conservatives and Twitter
Commentary
In the latest salvo in the conservative war against Twitter, Senator Ted Cruz is calling for a criminal investigation into the social media platform for violating U....
By Peter Harrell & Elizabeth Goitein
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The Trump Administration’s Latest Moves to Dismantle the Iran Nuclear Agreement with Peter Harrell and Richard Nephew
Podcast
On May 27, the Trump administration announced that it was withdrawing sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian, Chinese and European companies to work with Iran on sensitive...
By Peter Harrell
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Hearing on the Crisis in Hong Kong: A Review of U.S. Policy Tools
Congressional Testimony
Submitted Written Testimony Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Brown, Honorable Members of the Committee— It is an honor to be asked to testify to you today on an issue of critica...
By Peter Harrell
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What Trump’s Announcement on Hong Kong Could Mean
Commentary
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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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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How an ease of sanctions may combat the coronavirus crisis
Commentary
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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The Right Way to Reform the U.S. President’s International Emergency Powers
Commentary
There is growing discussion in Washington about potential reforms to presidential emergency powers, a debate that will only intensify as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. ...
By Peter Harrell
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Could the U.S. Sanction the International Criminal Court?
Commentary
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
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Iran, North Korea, and Crypto
Podcast
Fintech Beat gives an inside view from former intelligence officials on how sanctions and political gyrations between the Trump administration and Iran and North Korea can imp...
By Peter Harrell & Yaya J. Fanusie
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The U.S.-Chinese Trade War Just Entered Phase 2
Commentary
The Trump administration’s “phase one” trade deal with China may mark the end of the first chapter of the trade conflict between the United States and China, which saw Washing...
By Peter Harrell
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Why corporate America needs to have a code of conduct for China
Commentary
The dispute between China and the National Basketball Association after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for the Hong Kong protestors is the highest...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump’s Use of Sanctions Is Nothing Like Obama’s
Commentary
Two and a half years into Donald Trump’s presidency, there is no doubt that economic sanctions are his administration’s foreign-policy weapon of choice. From China to Iran to ...
By Peter Harrell
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How to Reform IEEPA
Commentary
Over the weekend, President Trump cited a 1977 statute, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), as providing the legal authority he would need to carry throug...
By Peter Harrell
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Reforming National Security Tariff Tools: Issues and Recommendations for Policymakers
Commentary
Introduction President Trump’s late-May threat to impose tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico in response to illegal immigration, and ongoing threat of tariffs against U.S. aut...
By Peter Harrell
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5G: National Security Concerns, Intellectual Property Issues, and the Impact on Competition and Innovation
Submitted Written Testimony Chairman Graham, Ranking Member Feinstein, and Honorable Members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to testify today on an issue critical ...
By Peter Harrell
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Venezuela's violent uprising: Will Guaido prevail over Maduro?
Commentary
Juan Guaido ramped up his efforts to topple the Venezuelan regime this week. Where does the country stand now? CNAS' Peter Harrell joins Fox News to discuss.Watch the intervie...
By Peter Harrell
