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Trump to Sanction an International Court for Probing U.S. War Crimes
After weeks of national upheaval and soul-searching, the Trump administration is finally taking aggressive action to rein in a group of out-of-control law enforcement official...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Coronavirus threatens the energy sector. Here's why
In The News
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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US Treasury imposes sanctions on N. Korean company and China-based lodging facility
In The News
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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Venezuelan oil output could be halved without Chevron waiver extension: analysts
In The News
Venezuelan oil production, already averaging a historic low near 600,000 b/d, could quickly plummet below 300,000 b/d if the Trump administration allows a waiver for Chevron a...
By Neil Bhatiya
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US Pledges Sanctions After Saudi Attacks
In The News
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
In The News
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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Europe’s Response to the Amazon Fires Shows How to Get Tough on Climate Change Outlaws
In The News
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is now planning to deploy the army to help fight the record number of fires raging in the Amazon rainforest. It would be a stretch to say th...
By Neil Bhatiya
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With Tougher U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela, Bolton Says ‘Now is the Time for Action’
In The News
An international summit meeting on Tuesday that was meant to break the political stalemate in Venezuela became a one-sided showcase for the United States’ toughest sanctions y...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Chevron's Venezuela waiver not impacted by new US prohibitions
In The News
President Donald Trump's executive order prohibiting nearly all crude, diluent and all other commercial trade with Venezuela will not immediately impact a waiver granted to Ch...
By Neil Bhatiya
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US continues to debate fate of Venezuela waiver for Chevron, other companies
In The News
Roughly two days before a waiver which allowed Chevron and four US oil services companies to continue working in Venezuela's oil sector is set to expire, the Trump administrat...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Lawmakers say Trump is locked into Turkey sanctions
In The News
After days of silence about whether Turkey will be punished for accepting a Russian-made air defense system, U.S. President Donald Trump reluctantly seemed to agree Turkey wil...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Can Iran withstand the US pressure?
Ever since US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out from the nuclear deal with Tehran and reinstated the most draconian sanctions ever imposed, many have wondered whe...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Trump’s Big Iran Oil Gamble
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The Trump administration’s announcement Monday that it is ending waivers allowing several countries to keep importing Iranian crude is likely to push up oil prices and sour re...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Why Turkey’s reliance on Trump for S-400 sanctions waiver appears misguided
In The News
Turkish officials appealed directly to President Donald Trump this week to waive potential US sanctions if Turkey takes delivery of the Russian S-400 air defense system. But a...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Elizabeth Warren Presses Pentagon on Its Planning for Climate Change
In The News
One of America's major political parties may not yet be willing to acknowledge that climate change is real, but it is already having significant effects on the U.S. military. ...
By Neil Bhatiya
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As Venezuela crisis drags on, Pompeo defends U.S. actions
In The News
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a lot to feel good about during his four-country swing through South America this past week. During his visit to Santiago, Chile’s foreign m...
By Neil Bhatiya
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North Korean Dictator Seeks Russian Strongman for Support, Friendship
In The News
With little progress to show from two nuclear summits with the U.S., North Korea is turning to an old friend—Moscow—as leader Kim Jong Un tries to chart a course toward winnin...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Neil Bhatiya
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Legal experts: Declaring emergency to act on climate is possible but tough
President Donald Trump's decision to declare a national emergency to fund a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico could allow future presidents to use emergency powers to ad...
By Neil Bhatiya
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What’s a Special Purpose Vehicle, and Can Europe Save Iran With It?
In The News
It’s been nearly five months since American President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The ...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Trump Plan to Prop Up Coal, Nuclear Won’t Protect the Electric Grid
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President Donald Trump and Republican political leaders spent close to eight years accusing the Obama administration of picking winners and losers in the energy sector, but Tr...
By Neil Bhatiya
