"No matter who wins, the US sanctions strategy is sure to be impacted by the upcoming election. How will the results affect Washington’s current favoured foreign policy tool? Emil Dall speaks with Elizabeth Rosenberg of the Center for New American Security, Nicholas Turner of Steptoe & Johnson Hong Kong and Sascha Lohmann of the SWP..." Listen to the full episode here: Full Episode

"In this week’s episode, host Mark Leonard is joined by Elizabeth Rosenberg, Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, Jean Pisani-Ferry, ECFR Council Member and a senior fellow at Brussels-based think-tank Bruegel and Jonathan Hackenbroich, ECFR policy fellow for economic statecraft and the head of ECFR’s Task Force for Protecting Europe from Economic Coercion to discuss how Europe could build up higher economic resilience. How can the Union best [...]

"'This cannot be expected to bring the regime to its knees,' said Elizabeth Rosenberg, a former Treasury sanctions official now at the Center for a New American Security. 'Iranian leaders have been very clear that they will turn to barter and illegal arrangements than capitulate under economic pressure...'" Read the full article here: Full Article

"Elizabeth Rosenberg, a sanctions expert at the Centre for a New American Security, said that action did not significantly 'move the needle.' "'The United States has already significantly targeted Iran, and this new action doesn't ... cause much more significant pain,' she said..." Read the full article here: Full Article

"'The FinCEN files illustrate the alarming truth that an enormous amount of illicit money is sloshing around our financial system, and that U.S. banks play host and facilitator to rogues and criminals that represent some of America’s most insidious national security threats,' said Elizabeth Rosenberg, a former Treasury sanctions official. "'But the devastating problem is not that bad people move dirty money—a feature of every system of currency and exchange in history,' she said. The problem is that the U.S. doesn’t [...]

“'[The treasury list] could come, if Biden is elected, in the lame-duck period for President Trump, who might be feeling particularly annoyed and frustrated and has a bone to pick with China or Hong Kong, and create the opportunity for some awfully aggressive actions as the grenade you throw as you’re walking out the door,' Rosenberg said..." Read the full article here: Full Article

"There is a considerable amount of convergence between Britain’s 49 designations on July 6 and the U.S. sanctions list. Indeed, the vast majority of individuals that Britain sanctioned pursuant to its 2018 Magnitsky Act already appear on the U.S. 'specially-designated nationals' list—effectively a blacklist of persons and entities with whom any business is prohibited—and for the same reasons. For example, all 25 Russian individuals sanctioned by Britain for their involvement in the killing of Magnitsky, who died in police custody after [...]

"Elizabeth Rosenberg, a sanctions expert at the Center for a New American Security, called the bill 'a very strong step,' adding, 'They're really upping their game and trying out some very powerful new economic tools...'" Read the full article here: Full Article

"Elizabeth Rosenberg, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, cited the barley issue as an example of 'this sort of push-and-pull by China to try and apply friction to the already tenuous relationship the United States has with many allies and partners...'" Read the full article here: Full Article

"'In a collapsed oil market there's every additional opportunity for sanctions hawks to layer it on,' said Elizabeth Rosenberg, director of the energy program at the Center for a New American Security and a former senior sanctions adviser at the Department of the Treasury. 'In fact, it's in the interest of US producers who are grasping for a lifeline...'" Read the full article here: Full Article