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A billboard, backdropped by the Catia neighborhood, promotes an image of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
June 2020

Evaluating the Trump Administration’s Approach to Sanctions: Venezuela

By
Richard Nephew

In a new commentary, Richard Nephew examines the effectiveness of the sanctions put in place against Venezuela.

May 2020

Latin America Needs to Protect Itself From the Virus of Populism

By
Dr. Mauricio Cárdenas

In a new op-ed for Americas Quarterly, Dr. Mauricio Cárdenas writes that centrist positions – both on the economy and on how to re-open – are needed now more than ever.

Logistics and transportation of Container Cargo ship and Cargo plane with working crane bridge in shipyard at sunrise, logistic import export and transport industry background
May 2020

The Impact of Covid-19 on Global Supply Chains and Sanctions

By
Richard Nephew

In a new commentary, Richard Nephew examines the impact of Covid-19 on global supply chains and sanctions, exploring how efforts to deglobalize supply chains will have important effects on global economic statecraft. 

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June 08, 2020

Covid-19 and China’s Energy Outlook

David Sandalow & Erica Downs
CGEP Inaugural Fellow & CGEP Senior Research Scholar

As China’s reported number of coronavirus cases hovers close to zero and the country begins charting an ambitious economic recovery, one question emerging is how the pandemic affects China’s outlook for energy and...

January 20, 2020

U.S.-China Trade Deal: What's Really In It for Energy Trade?

Dr. Erica Downs
Center on Global Energy Policy

After going on for nearly two years, the Trump administration’s trade war with China has taken a new turn with a so-called phase-one agreement. Among the terms of the...

January 11, 2020

What’s Going on with Iran?

Richard Nephew and Antoine Halff
Center on Global Energy Policy

On January 2, the United States carried out an attack in Baghdad against a convoy of vehicles that killed Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian general and head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force. Iran retaliated for the...