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In the News

Mar 29, 2022

Sales in Fox News: Iran nuclear talks: Biden shouldn’t turn a blind eye to terrorism to secure deal

By Atlantic Council

Economic Sanctions Iran

BelarusAlert

Mar 29, 2022

Deep unease in Belarus over country’s role in Russian invasion of Ukraine

By Alesia Rudnik

Vladimir Putin is pushing Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka to join the invasion of Ukraine, but the war is deeply unpopular among Belarusians who fear direct participation will have catastrophic consequences.

Belarus Civil Society

In the News

Mar 29, 2022

Dean in the Conversation on Australia’s FY 2022 budget

By Atlantic Council

Peter J. Dean breaks down Australia's 2022 fiscal year budget.

Australia Defense Policy

New Atlanticist

Mar 29, 2022

Putin’s ruble ploy confirms that energy exports are his lifeline

By Charles Lichfield

Western allies can only 'reduce the ruble to rubble' by dramatically reducing oil and gas imports.

Economic Sanctions Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 28, 2022

Cooper and Fontenrose quoted in Middle East Eye on Russian aspirations to increase arms sales in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Defense Industry Defense Technologies

SouthAsiaSource

Mar 28, 2022

For Afghanistan’s economic revival, focus on macroeconomic stability, financial flows, and economic governance

By Paul Fishstein and Murtaza E. Amiryar

The Biden administration’s General License, announced in February 2022 and exempting international commercial transactions from US sanctions, is a step in the right direction, but its effects will prove limited.

Afghanistan Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 28, 2022

Friedlander quoted in Quartz on the unprecedented nature of the sanctions imposed on Russia

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Corruption Crisis Management

In the News

Mar 28, 2022

Tran quoted in South China Morning Post on the impact of western sanctions imposed on Russia and how countries might attempt to circumvent them

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China Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Mar 27, 2022

Russian energy embargo: Europe must stop financing Putin’s Ukraine war 

By Diane Francis

Naftogaz CEO Yuriy Vitrenko has accused European countries of funding Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and called for an immediate embargo on all Russian energy exports in order to stop the war.

Conflict Economic Sanctions

In the News

Mar 27, 2022

Arbit quoted in Haaretz on Biden adminstration’s foreign policy goals in the Middle East regarding Iran nuclear deal

By Atlantic Council

Defense Policy Economic Sanctions

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