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Latest Rosneft sanctions ratchet up U.S. threats for foreign firms dealing with Venezuela
Washington’s move this week to sanction a trading unit of Russian oil giant Rosneft for its ties with Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA escalated threats facing non-U.S. firms and w...
By Peter Harrell
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Coronavirus threatens the energy sector. Here's why
Since the first reports of the deadly coronavirus, oil prices have stumbled, shipments of U.S. liquefied natural gas have gone undelivered, production of solar equipment has l...
By Neil Bhatiya
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End of Cosco sanctions shows US reluctance for penalizing key oil market players: analysts
The Trump administration's decision to lift sanctions on affiliates of China's biggest shipping company may not be a sign the US "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran is weakeni...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Bolton Book Puts New Focus on Trump’s Actions in Turkey and China Cases
It was late 2018, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey was on the phone with an unusual request for President Trump: Could he intervene with top members of his cabinet...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Will a Democrat in the White House reimpose US crude export limits?
Environmental groups are ramping up pressure on US presidential candidates to reinstate limits on domestic crude exports, an outcome likely to cause a sharp decline in US oil ...
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Prospective buyers for Russian S-400s proliferate as U.S. fails to sanction Turkey
Turkey appears adamant that it will activate its Russian-supplied S-400 missile systems in April. Russian media reported on Monday that 120 surface-to-air missiles f...
By Peter Harrell
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US Treasury imposes sanctions on N. Korean company and China-based lodging facility
On Jan. 14, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a North Korean company and a China-based lodging facility because of its connection to North Koreans working overse...
By Neil Bhatiya
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CNAS Launches “America Competes 2020”
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today launched “America Competes 2020,” a Center-wide initiative to renew American competitiveness at home and abroad. Amid incre...
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Crude oil futures higher on US-China trade deal optimism
Crude oil futures were higher during mid-morning trade in Asia Tuesday on market optimism ahead of the US-China phase one trade deal signing this week. However, anticipation o...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Iran to fund cyber attacks with cryptocurrency
IRAN’S cyberspies will use cryptocurrency to fund information warfare against the West, warns an ex-CIA officer. US cryptocurrency expert Yaya Fanusie says that it is likely T...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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US, Chinese officials in talks on halting imports of Iranian crude
US officials are working behind the scenes to get Chinese independent refiners to stop importing roughly 200,000 b/d of crude oil and condensate from Iran, in violation of US ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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New Sanctions Power Could Squeeze Remaining Iranian Trade Channels
Fresh sanction powers authorized by President Trump against Iran could squeeze the remaining trade and finance channels keeping the Iranian economy on life support by threaten...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. Unsuccessfully Tried Killing a Second Iranian Military Official
The American military unsuccessfully tried to kill a senior Iranian military official in Yemen on the same day a drone strike killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s most po...
By Peter Harrell
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Pompeo Imposes Sanctions on Iran, Sticking to Assertion That U.S. Faced Imminent Threat
The Trump administration slapped another round of sanctions on Iran on Friday and, brushing aside demands from Democrats for evidence, elaborated on its assertions that the de...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump Administration Expands Iran Sanctions
The Trump administration expanded its sanctions campaign against Iran on Friday, as Washington’s chief diplomat said the U.S. would have been negligent not to kill a top Irani...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump uses sanctions as a favorite form of retribution — against friend and foe alike
President Trump has deployed them against foreign adversaries. He has used them with publicly traded companies. And he has even, briefly, slapped them on American allies. So ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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How U.S. Sanctions on Iran Could Hamper Boeing Plane Crash Investigation
The investigation into this week's deadly plane crash in Iran could be hampered by U.S. sanctions on the country, which may restrict Boeing staff from traveling to the country...
By Peter Harrell
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CNAS Responds: Tensions Rise Between the United States and Iran
The first week of 2020 has seen a sharp escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions, with the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, Iranian missile strikes on U.S. military t...
By Richard Fontaine, Ilan Goldenberg, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Kayla M. Williams, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Neil Bhatiya & Kaleigh Thomas
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FactChecking Trump’s Iran Address
In an address to the nation a day after an Iranian attack on military bases housing U.S. soldiers in Iraq, President Donald Trump made some dubious, misleading and inaccurate ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Additional Iran-Related Sanctions by U.S. May Have Little Impact, Sanctions Experts Say
Sanctions observers expect the U.S. to impose more sanctions on Iranian officials or companies that trade with Iran as tensions escalate between Tehran and Washington followin...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Peter Harrell