Europe & Eurasia

#BritainDebrief – Is this economic war with Russia? A Debrief from Edward Fishman

By Ben Judah

As a newly-formed anti-invasion coalition forms in the international community and takes increasingly severe economic actions against Russia, Senior Fellow Ben Judah interviewed Edward Fishman, former Russia and Europe Lead in the State Department’s Office of Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation, for #BritainDebrief.

Kumar’s CoinDesk interview featured in Yahoo

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Wieslander interviewed by Deutsche Welle on the politics of NATO in Sweden

By Anna Wieslander

“You have a pretty polarized situation among the parties. You would have the right-wing leaning parties who are pro-NATO, then Red-Green who are against joining; and then you have the right-wing extremist party, the Swedish Democrats, the third-biggest party who are also against,” said Wieslander.

Lipsky quoted in Bloomberg on the effectiveness of sanctions imposed on Russia

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Lipsky quoted in Wall Street Journal on whether CIPS is a viable alternative to SWIFT for sanction evasion or means for sanction evasion

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Friendlander quoted in Politico on China aiding Russia in light of western sanctions

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Amb. Fried quoted in the Washington Post on the long term considerations for the war in Ukraine

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Amb. Fried quoted in NPR on how sanctions may influence Putin’s military objectives

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