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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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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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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
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Killing of Top Iranian General May Raise Risk for Mideast Shipping
Forces with U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) have killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, a leading Iranian political figure and the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Gu...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. Seeks to Squeeze Shipping, Metals in Iran Sanctions Bid
The Trump administration plans to strengthen enforcement of Iran sanctions now that it’s driven oil exports down to unprecedented lows, with a plan to increase pressure on glo...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Could Iran’s Revolution Unravel Over a Four-Cent Price Hike?
In mid-November, in a surprise overnight announcement, the revolutionary regime in Iran hiked the price of gasoline. By standards anywhere else in the world, it is still pitif...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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US Humanitarian Trade Channel for Iran Gets Positive British Response
A U.S. proposal to boost global humanitarian trade with Iran in accordance with U.S. sanctions has sparked a positive British response and a debate about whether the plan’s go...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump’s Top Sanctions Official Will Depart
The Trump administration’s top sanctions official will depart the Treasury Department this month, leaving a void in President Trump’s national security team as he ramps up a m...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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CNAS Responds: Trump Addresses China, Iran, Climate Change in UNGA Speech
At the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) this morning, President Trump addressed world leaders on his vision of the United States' role on the global stage. Covering a range of fla...
By Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Kristine Lee, Sam Dorshimer & Emma Moore
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US to send troops and air and missile defense to Saudi Arabia as Trump announces new Iran sanctions after oil attack
The US announced Friday it would send additional troops along with enhanced air and missile defense systems to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in response to the att...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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US Pledges Sanctions After Saudi Attacks
US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced new sanctions targeting Iran after an attack on Saudi oil facilities, stopping well short of a military response as ambiguity p...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Bolton departure removes foreign policy irritant for Trump, strengthens Pompeo
The abrupt firing or resignation on Tuesday (Sept 10) - depending on who you believe - of the United States' famously mustachioed and notoriously hawkish National Security Adv...
By Carrie Cordero & Neil Bhatiya
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John Bolton wore out his welcome at Trump’s White House
John Bolton was seen as an odd choice when Donald Trump chose the foreign policy hawk to succeed HR McMaster as the White House national security adviser in March 2018.Aside f...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump suggests he might soften Iran sanctions, day after firing hard-liner Bolton
President Trump opened the door on Wednesday to lifting some sanctions on Iran in an effort to set up a meeting with that country’s leaders, a softening of his “maximum pressu...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Crude moves lower as Bolton firing opens slim possibility of sanctions relief
Crude futures settled lower Tuesday after US President Donald Trump said he fired National Security Advisor John Bolton, opening the possibility that sanctions on Iran might b...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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CNAS Responds: John Bolton Departs as National Security Advisor
CNAS experts examine the impact of Bolton's departure on key foreign policy issues and U.S. national security at large....
By Carrie Cordero, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Neil Bhatiya & Kristine Lee
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Will Bolton’s Ouster Lead to Changes In Trump Foreign Policy?
This afternoon President Donald Trump announced the dismissal of his third national security advisor, former ambassador John Bolton. “I informed John Bolton that his services...
By Nicholas Heras
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As Trump mulls Iran diplomacy, Mnuchin plays more visible role
The White House on Thursday said that it had nothing to announce in response to a Kyodo news report that the United States had requested a meeting between President Donald Tru...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump's latest Iran sanctions target $200B economic empire of supreme leader
The Trump administration's latest sanctions against Iran reinstate an embargo on some of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's front companies that President Barack Obama lifted as pa...
By Sam Dorshimer
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Pentagon Builds Deterrent Force Against Possible Iranian Attack
The Pentagon will deploy a Patriot antimissile battery to the Middle East to shore up defenses against Iranian threats, part of a series of carefully calibrated deployments in...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg