Miriam Vogel writes in The Hill: “Making Equitable Access to Credit A Reality in The Age of Algorithms”

"Last week we saw yet another reminder of the ways algorithms will perpetuate historical bias if left unchecked and unrestrained. The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposed rule released Monday announced the intent to reduce key protections afforded to consumers under the Fair Housing Act. The new rule would revise the HUD interpretation of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to eliminate the disparate impact standard, which prohibits policies or procedures that appear to be neutral [...]

2019-09-09T15:37:52-04:00August 30, 2019|News|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in NPR article, “Iran Under Sanctions: A Scramble for Cancer Care and Blame to Go Around”

"'There are so many sanctions and they are so complex and they cover so many entities in Iran, especially in the financial sector, it's very difficult to find legal, viable, credible, efficient business counterparts in Iran for international businesses to do business with,' says Elizabeth Rosenberg, a former Treasury Department sanctions official. "Even if Western companies do find Iranian business and banking counterparts, Rosenberg says, there's no telling what can happen along the supply chain. 'Now most of the big [Iranian] [...]

2019-09-03T16:53:47-04:00August 24, 2019|Economy & Trade, News|

Danny Russel quoted in The Straits Times article, “Trump’s China Strategy Counterproductive, Says Former Top US Diplomat for Asia Pacific”

"‘For retaliation to be smart it needs to be applied in a targeted and judicious manner for the purpose not of inflicting pain but to change behaviour,' [Daniel Russel] said. 'And you can't claim that Trump's retaliatory measures - the tariffs, the threats, the listing of companies like Huawei - have led to better behaviour by China.' "‘On the contrary [China has] dug itself in more determinedly,' Mr. Russel said. 'The Trump administration has not been able to close any deal, [...]

Michèle Flournoy quoted in Foreign Policy article, “Women Look to 2020 to Break the National Security Glass Ceiling”

"Michèle Flournoy is one of the most recognizable names in U.S. national security policy today, one often floated as a candidate to be the first female secretary of defense. But Flournoy says it will take more than one woman cracking the glass ceiling to change the role of women at the top of the field. “'We had a women’s leaders' lunch in the Clinton administration in the Pentagon on the civilian side, and like eight of us had lunch together very [...]

2019-08-26T15:55:20-04:00August 21, 2019|News|

Julie Smith quoted in The New York Times article, “Boris Johnson Needs Help from Trump, but Not Too Much”

“'Johnson’s friendship with Trump and their joint admiration society is a liability for him with the Europeans,' said Julianne Smith, a former United States deputy national security adviser now with the Center for a New American Security, who recently finished a fellowship in Berlin. “'The closer he allies himself with Trump the more difficulty he’ll have going forward with the Europeans, from trade to security,' she said..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2019-08-26T15:48:20-04:00August 21, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives, News|

Lisa Monaco writes with Ken Wainstein in The Washington Post: “America, Please Look Beyond Your Self Interest and Do Your Duty”

“After the carnage in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, we are finally talking more about the increasing threat of domestic terrorism, which has killed more people in America since 9/11 than the foreign terrorism of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. With the body count growing at an alarming rate, it is time to turn from talk to action and confront this threat before it claims more American lives. "As former homeland security and counterterrorism advisers in Democratic and Republican administrations, we [...]

2019-08-26T15:45:12-04:00August 21, 2019|News|

Dennis Ross quoted in The New York Times article, “How the Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process Became a Farce”

“'As much as Israel’s founding leaders may have disagreed with one another, men like David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin always in the end put the interests of the state above their own,' said Ross. 'They understood that whether you were making a choice or doing nothing, you were making a choice...'” Read the full article here: Full Article

2019-08-26T16:03:59-04:00August 20, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives, News|

Michèle Flournoy writes with Kingston Reif in CNN: “If Trump Ends Another Nuclear Treaty, It Will Be the Height of Folly”

"During his first two and a half years in office, President Donald Trump and his administration have laid waste to numerous international agreements originally designed to strengthen U.S. security, bolster U.S. alliances, and constrain U.S. adversaries. The toll has been particularly high with respect to deals concerning nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. "Over the past 14 months, the administration has withdrawn from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and abandoned the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Both of these valuable [...]

2019-08-26T15:43:45-04:00August 19, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense, Economy & Trade, News|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in The Associated Press article, “Trump Wields Sanctions Hammer; Experts Wonder to What End”

"Although many administrations have relied on sanctions, Trump has used them with zeal at a cost to the U.S., said Liz Rosenberg, the director of the Energy, Economics and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. She was a senior adviser to one of Mandelker’s predecessors at Treasury during the Obama administration. "Where the U.S. once coordinated with Europeans on issues such as counterterrorism and nuclear nonproliferation, Trump’s sanctions are often one-sided and do not prioritize partnerships, Rosenberg [...]

2019-08-26T15:51:46-04:00August 18, 2019|Economy & Trade, News|

Ely Ratner quoted in The Washington Post article, “Generational Clash Emerges Among U.S. Experts In China Policy Debate”

“'A more competitive United States would be a stabilizing force,' said Ely Ratner, who was deputy national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden in the Obama administration and is now executive vice president at the Center for a New American Security. "U.S. strategy should 'not just be engagement or containment,' said Ratner, 42, who was among several scholars and former practitioners loosely dubbed 'the younger generation' who spoke at the 21st Century China Center’s inaugural China forum. “'There will be [...]

2019-08-26T15:53:40-04:00August 17, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives, News|
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