DEEP DIVE – On January 10, the oil tanker Eventin was steaming westward from Russia along Germany’s Baltic coast, bucking eight-foot waves and biting [...]
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DEEP DIVE — Nearly three years into its costly war against Ukraine, Russia’s economy is faltering under the strain of sanctions, inflation, and high [...]
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DEEP DIVE — More than two and a half years after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia's economy shows surprising resilience. Despite an [...]
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CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Eight days after U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told a Johns Hopkins crowd that America does “not seek to decouple our [...]
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EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The European Union has made its long-awaited decision to cap Russian crude oil at $60 per barrel and to prevent European [...]
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Gary Grappo is a former U.S. ambassador who held senior positions including Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; [...]
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Earlier this month, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory, reminding businesses that if they [...]
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Bottom Line up FrontThe COVID-19 pandemic has devastated both Iran and the United States, but has not prevented tensions between them from escalating [...]
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country "will not wage war against any nation”, as tensions continue to escalate between the U.S. and [...]
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A spokesman for the Iranian atomic agency said Monday that within 10 days, the country will pass the allowed limit for low-grade uranium enrichment [...]
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is calling for unity and says that his country is facing ‘unprecedented’ pressure as the U.S. continues to ratchet [...]
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The U.S. moved this week to apply even more pressure on Iran to end its involvement in illicit activities around the world by announcing that the [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontThe Trump Administration ended a key waiver on Iran oil sanctions as part of an effort to apply maximum pressure on Iran’s [...]
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With U.S.-Iran tensions rising after the re-imposition of nuclear sanctions, neighboring Iraq will likely emerge as a critical battleground in the [...]
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