Export–Import Bank of the United States

December 19, 2025 | Josh Birenbaum, Max Meizlish

As the noose tightens around Nicolas Maduro, how to ensure a strong — and pro-American — Venezuela follows

With President Donald Trump announcing a “total and complete” oil blockade of Venezuela this week, the noose around dictator Nicolas Maduro’s neck is tightening. A massive US Navy strike...

October 14, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Daniel Swift

5 Ways the U.S. Should Retain and Upgrade America’s Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Congress would be smart to ensure the survival and reform of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) – America’s development bank that invests in private sector projects in developing...

June 10, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Miles Kershner

President Trump Issues Executive Orders to Counter China’s Drone Industry

The Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to counter the threat posed by China’s drone industry. On June 6, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders to codify a process for screening...

March 28, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Alexander St. Leger

Trump Takes Aim at Chinese Minerals Chokehold, Paving Path for Increased Investment

Washington is finally trying to free itself from China’s mineral chokehold.

February 27, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Reece Breaux

In Sign of Deepening Ties, China Signs Agreements With Cook Islands

China has increased its presence in Oceania, undermining regional confidence in the United States and threatening sea lines critical for Australia’s and New Zealand’s security. On February 22, China...

January 15, 2025 | Craig Singleton |

Biotech Battlefield

Weaponizing Innovation in the Age of Genomics

October 10, 2024 | David Rader, Elaine K. Dezenski

Congress Should Create an Economic Statecraft and Security Commission

The United States has a few powerful tools to conduct economic warfare and strengthen its economic security. Unfortunately, many of them operate independently, without coordination, lacking strategic guidance,...

February 27, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Tightening the Belt or End of the Road? China’s BRI at 10

September 8, 2023 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Italy is about to say to Beijing, ‘Hit the road, Xi’

Rome's anticipated departure from the Belt and Road Initiative likely marks the end of the project’s grand European aspirations, Elaine Dezenski writes.

June 30, 2023 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Washington Needs a New Economic Security Framework for the Americas

Washington must bring powerful answers to pressing issues in the region: populism, political unrest, and disinformation; water and food insecurity; extreme weather; mass migration; the evolving drug trade; money laundering and corruption; and weakened democratic institutions.

April 28, 2023 | Bradley Bowman, Orde Kittrie, Ryan Brobst

The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward

September 26, 2022 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Ambassador John Simon, Allie Dichiara

American Innovation Can Counter China’s BRI

In contrast to the BRI’s “railroads to nowhere,” the United States can reframe global infrastructure development around the citizens who need it the most.

April 9, 2022 | James Brooke |

Putin’s war perverts a personal geography

Bucha? That was the leafy Kyiv suburb where we spent a Saturday afternoon, eating ice cream cones and exploring a city park defined by neatly clipped hedges, classical sculptures and fathers teaching their...

February 10, 2022 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

Elemental Strategy

Countering the Chinese Communist Party’s Efforts to Dominate the Rare Earth Industry

January 14, 2021 | Eric B. Lorber, Juan C. Zarate

National Economic Security

May 6, 2020 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Below the Belt and Road

Corruption and Illicit Dealings in China’s Global Infrastructure

November 18, 2016 | Tyler Stapleton |

Congress Introduces Bill to Combat BDS Worldwide

Congress introduced the Protecting Israel Against Economi...

July 14, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

The Iran Deal’s Fatal Flaws After One Year: Emboldened Iran and Diminished American Deterrence

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July 14, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz

The Iran Nuclear Agreement: One Year Later

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July 6, 2016 | Mark Dubowitz

The Implications of U.S. Aircraft Sales to Iran

Executive Summary  As we approach the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), many of the concerns of tho...