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Liz Rosenberg in Foreign Policy: “Maximum Pressure on Iran Won’t Work”

"This week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo moved to end sanctions waivers on Iranian oil—a major step to increase financial pressure on Tehran. The new policy, once it goes into force on May 2, aims to force China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Turkey to stop buying crude from Iran, depriving the country of its primary source of cash. "In the near term, the pressure tactic will mostly work, successfully siphoning off a significant share of Iran’s oil exports. The [...]

2020-04-07T17:32:24-04:00April 26, 2019|Economy & Trade|
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Danny Russel quoted in The Washington Post article, “‘Stopping the bad stuff:’ Japan’s Abe visits White House in latest bid to soothe Trump’s ego — and avoid his ire”

"'There’s a certain amount of domestic dismay and criticism of Abe for what is perceived in many quarters in Japan as shameless pandering to Donald Trump,' said Daniel Russel, who served as assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific in the Obama administration. 'I’ve certainly heard that from [legislative] Diet members in Abe’s own party. But my suspicion is that Abe feels justified based on the principle of, ‘whatever it takes’ — that Japan does not have the [...]

2019-05-17T15:40:05-04:00April 25, 2019|Press Releases|
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Nick Rasmussen quoted in The Washington Post: “The hazy link between the attacks in Sri Lanka and New Zealand”

"Determining the motivations behind extremist acts can be challenging, experts say, and extremists are generally vague about their reasoning. 'Terrorist organizations are often opportunistic in the way that they claim justification or rationalization for their attacks,' Nicholas Rasmussen, a former senior director for counterterrorism on the National Security Council, told my colleagues this week..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2019-04-29T15:11:33-04:00April 25, 2019|Press Releases|
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Lisa Monaco quoted in The New York Times article, “In Push for 2020 Election Security, Top Official Was Warned: Don’t Tell Trump”

“'I do believe the Department of Homeland Security and the White House should be prioritizing this threat and should be doing so consistent with the intelligence community’s own assessment,' said Lisa Monaco, who was among officials who worked to counter Russian cyberinterference in 2016 as the White House homeland security adviser to Mr. Obama. "She said parts of Mr. Mueller’s report showed how the threat from Russia had grown..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2020-04-07T17:32:00-04:00April 24, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|
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Liz Rosenberg quoted in the The Washington Post: “Kim Jong Un has a fleet of ghost ships sneaking around the high seas to beat sanctions”

"While Washington has traditionally led the global policing of U.N. and U.S. sanctions, President Trump’s recent overtures to Kim — and his order last month to withdraw new Treasury Department sanctions on North Korea — introduce 'a tremendous sense of uncertainty in the global community,' said Elizabeth Rosenberg, a Treasury Department sanctions official from 2009 to 2013. 'They don’t know whether sanctions will be there the next day...'” Read the full article here: Full Article

2019-08-06T13:50:43-04:00April 24, 2019|News|
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Lisa Monaco and Nick Rasmussen quoted in The New York Times article, “Pointing a Finger at a Terrorist Group in the Aftermath of the Sri Lanka Blasts”

"Nicholas J. Rasmussen, a former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said the presence of some Sri Lankan fighters in Syria and Iraq raised the prospect of informal connections with members of National Thowheeth Jama’ath still in Sri Lanka. “'It’s hard to imagine an attack of this complexity without some form of organization and support from a group that has done this kind of thing before,' Mr. Rasmussen said in an email. "Lisa Monaco, a former homeland security adviser for President [...]

2020-04-07T17:03:03-04:00April 22, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|
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Julie Smith quoted in The Financial Times: “Germany’s search for a new diplomatic map”

“'It does feel at times like Germany is trying very hard to protect itself from acknowledging the huge transformational shifts that have taken place,' says Julianne Smith, a former foreign policy adviser to US vice-president Joe Biden and currently a fellow with the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin. 'There is a lot of whistling past the graveyard in this city. People are constantly talking about the parameters of a world that no longer exists...'" Read the full article here: Full Article

2020-04-07T17:03:18-04:00April 22, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives|
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Bridge Colby quoted in The Wall Street Journal article, “U.S. Pacific Commander Seeks More Funding to Counter China”

“‘Nothing is more important’ than getting the commander at IndoPacom what he needs, said Elbridge Colby, who was instrumental in the writing of the National Defense Strategy when he worked at the Pentagon. “‘Some people just don’t think it’s possible that we could lose a war against China or Russia if the Department doesn’t change fast. I think that misplaced disbelief is behind a lot of the inertia,’ Mr. Colby said in an email. “‘The Department is shifting well for such [...]

2020-04-07T17:03:26-04:00April 17, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense|
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The Organization of American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights selects Michael Camilleri to serve as a member of the Expert Group on deliberate disinformation in electoral contexts

"The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR/RFOE) presents the list of members of the Expert Group on deliberate disinformation in electoral contexts. With the support of the Mexican Electoral National Institution (INE), the Group will meet on April 23-24, 2019, at the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City. "28 international experts were selected and invited based on their individual background and on their experience in the implementation of [...]

2020-04-07T17:03:48-04:00April 16, 2019|Press Releases|
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