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‘Navigating the fault lines between the U.S. and China and this accelerated convergence of economic statecraft – not just how sanctions might be deployed, or export controls, but also tariffs and investment review – all of which are going to figure into this new space.’

-Elaine Dezenski on key risks to be thinking about


In the latest episode of the Sanctions Space Podcast, Justine is joined by Elaine K. Dezenski, senior director and head of the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. They discuss predictions for U.S. sanctions in 2025 under the new administration, including how sanctions may be positioned within a broader set of economic tools and economic statecraft, how global alliances may evolve, as well as how the U.S. and its partners can combat transnational kleptocracy.

Read Elaine’s bio here: Elaine K. Dezenski
https://www.fdd.org/team/elaine-dezenski/

Elaine Dezenski on U.S. Sanctions and Economic Statecraft in 2025

https://thecommunists.org/2025/01/01/news/sad-downfall-syrian-government-bashar-al-assad/

The sad downfall of the Syrian government

https://thecommunists.org/2025/01/01/news/donald-trump-elected-president-usa/

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Trump Elected As US President

https://thecommunists.org/2025/01/01/news/mexico-blackmailed-help-destroy-cuba-blackouts-energy-crisis/

Will Mexico be blackmailed to help destroy Cuba with blackouts?

Freedom of navigation — the legal principle that states ships from any country have the right to sail freely in international waters — is under attack.

It has been for some time.

But a confluence of geopolitical shifts, security threats and an accelerating frequency of legal assaults are finally starting to erode a fundamental principle of the law of the sea and a pillar of modern international law.

For the first time since the Cold War, maritime trade lanes have become contested zones and the rules-based order that shipping has previously relied on to protect it has started to disintegrate.

And that threat is coming from multiple different vectors.

A good starting point for that is what’s happening in the Baltic right now. 
What Denmark and the Nordic-Baltic states have said is that they would take “coordinated steps to disrupt and deter Russia’s shadow fleet”. While the language is deliberately vague, this amounts to politely requesting details of suspect ships’ insurance. If they don’t comply they risk being sanctioned, but so far none of the states are suggesting they will go further than that. For now.

Geopolitical tensions are deepening and global maritime trade is being caught in the crossfire, both literally and figuratively. Trade lanes on the oceans are contested zones for the first time since the Cold War.

The question is whether there is sufficient energy left amongst those backing the crumbling rules-based order to defend it.



Is freedom of navigation under threat? Part II

‘We’re living in an age of economic warfare. Sanctions, export controls, tariffs – they’re now the primary way that states compete with one another.’

In the latest episode of the Sanctions Space Podcast, Justine is joined by Edward Fishman, author of Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare and a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, among other roles. They discuss the latest U.S. - Russia negotiation headlines, the importance of leveraging sanctions relief as a diplomatic carrot, how the use of tariffs in economic warfare is evolving, plus what may be next for U.S. sanctions on China and Iran.

Find out more about Edward’s new book here.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726149/chokepoints-by-edward-fishman/


Edward Fishman on the Age of Economic Warfare

‘I think that the administration is prudently reviewing the sanctions to determine what measures could be eased, in what sequence, in the event that Russia does prove amenable to negotiations. I, for my part, believe that we will have to go down the path of additional punitive measures first.’

-Marshall Billingslea on potential sanctions easing on Russia 

In the latest episode of the Sanctions Space Podcast, Justine is joined by Marshall Billingslea, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute. They discuss how the second Trump administration may be thinking about the use of sanctions and economic statecraft and what listeners should be prepared for. This includes the potential for relief - or indeed intensification - of U.S. sanctions on Russia, the increased use of tariffs, the restoration of maximum pressure against Iran, and how the administrations' fentanyl strategy is likely to play out.

Marshall Billingslea is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, prior to which he was the special presidential envoy for arms control at the US Department of State, holding the rank of ambassador. Before joining the State Department, Mr. Billingslea served as the assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the US Department of the Treasury, and in 2018, he was selected as president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

You can read more about Marshall’s background here.
https://www.hudson.org/experts/1358-marshall-billingslea

Marshall Billingslea on U.S. Sanctions Policy and Priorities

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This event disseminated the findings of a series of papers produced for the LSE Middle East Centre by Ahmed Tabaqchali exploring the economic and financial interactions of the Iraqi economy with the outside world, particularly the use of the dollar in relation to Iran and the US. 

While the US’ Iraq policy is still fluid, there have been signs that America’s ‘maximum pressure campaign’ towards Iran will have spillover effects in Iraq, with the Trump administration viewing policy towards Iraq solely through the lens of a perceived threat of Iranian dominance in the country. Iran’s economic footprint in Iraq, both perceived and real, will be an issue for Iraq and its relationship with the US and the West. 

Meet the speaker:

Ahmed Tabaqchali is a Visiting Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre. Ahmed is a capital markets professional with over 25 years’ experience in US and MENA markets. He is the Chief Strategist of the AFC Iraq Fund. Ahmed is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Regional and International Studies (IRIS), and non-resident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council - Iraq Initiative. He is a board member of the Iraq Fund for Higher Education (IFHE)/Baghdad Business School (BBS). 

Access the papers here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-centre/publications/paper-series

Iraq’s Economy between the US and Iran: Perceptions and Realities

This week, Jack explores the imposition of sanctions on Venezuela and the forthcoming sanctions on purchasers of Venezuelan oil. A largely thriving democracy in the latter part of the 20th century, Jack argues that Venezuela’s trajectory into dictatorship can be reversed through appropriately applied sanctions which could scare away investors and weaken the regime’s coffers. Without it, he fears Maduro will continue “grinding down” the Venezuelan people and coordinating with dictators the world over to undermine international stability and prosperity.

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"The thing that's most fascinating, we talk a lot about how complex North Korea is here but when you compare it to some of the other illicit groups, particularly those that are sanctioned, say your terrorist organization that's soliciting donations on Telegram or some other social media outlet understanding what that difference in the level of complexity is, I think is really fascinating to actually know about. When we're talking about DPRK, we're talking about laundering of funds through tens of thousands. By the time we're done, it'll be hundreds of thousands of wallets. And then on the other end of it, We have a terrorist organization that was, sanctioned mid last year for facilitating on behalf of Hamas. After they got sanctioned and their addresses that they were using, got seized and disrupted. They got annoyed and they tried to bridge funds with their new Ethereum wallet after they received a few donations and they didn't even have the gas fees to facilitate it. And the transaction,  when we're talking about the difference in the level of complexity here, it is really fascinating to know the nuance and it's not to say that, other nation states, like Russia or Iran don't have any level of complexity. They certainly do." - Andrew Fierman, Head of National Security Intelligence at Chainalysis Inc 

Fresh out of the studio, Andrew Fierman, Head of National Security Intelligence at Chainalysis, provides an in-depth analysis of the recent $1.5 billion Bybit hack orchestrated by North Korea's Lazarus Group. Starting from his career journey from traditional banking to blockchain analytics, Andrew shares his expertise on how sanctioned entities operate in the cryptocurrency space and the sophisticated techniques employed by state-sponsored hackers. He explains how blockchain's transparency enables tracking of stolen funds. Andrew details how sanctioned states are increasingly turning to stablecoins and decentralized finance to evade traditional banking controls, while emphasizing the importance of KYC procedures and blockchain analytics in disrupting illicit activities. Last but not least, Andrew shares his perspectives on emerging threats in cryptocurrency security, including how AI-powered deepfakes and digital identity forgery are lowering barriers to sophisticated attacks. 

Profile: Andrew Fierman, Head of National Security Intelligence at Chainalysis Inc https://www.chainalysis.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-fierman-87511611/ Chainalysis Crypto Crime Report: https://go.chainalysis.com/2025-Crypto-Crime-Report.html

Podcast Information: Bernard Leong hosts and produces the show. The proper credits for the intro and end music are "Energetic Sports Drive." G. Thomas Craig mixed and edited the episode in both video and audio format. Here are the links to watch or listen to our podcast.

The Lazarus Group, The Bybit Hack and Sanctions: The New Battleground with Andrew Fierman

https://thecommunists.org/2025/02/10/news/chinese-beat-trump-and-openai-deepseek/

How the Chinese beat Trump and OpenAI 10-02-2025

Paper Title:
Sanctions and the Prospects for Stability and Recovery in Post-Conflict Syria

Date:
17 April 2025

Publishers: 
SwissPeace + LUGARIT

Author: 
Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj

Summary:
Multilayered sanctions and widespread overcompliance risk entrenching Syria’s economic fragility and obstructing its post-conflict recovery. This brief – developed by LUGARIT for SwissPeace - calls for a pragmatic shift in international policy—enabling essential services, local governance, and institutional reform—through a phased, risk-managed approach that balances accountability with the urgent need for stabilization and inclusive reconstruction.

Link:
https://link.lugarit.com/DdEb


Sanctions and the Prospects for Stability and Recovery in Post-Conflict Syria

العنوان 
العقوبات وآفاق الاستقرار والتعافي في سوريا بعد النزاع

تاريخ النشر
١٧ نيسان ٢٠٢٥

الناشر 
SwissPeace + LUGARIT

المؤلف
عمر عبد العزيز الحلاج 

الخلاصة
تُهدد العقوبات - والإفراط في الامتثال لها - الاقتصاد السوري وتعرقل تعافيه بعد سقوط نظام الأسد. يدعو هذا الموجز، الذي أعدته لوغاريت لصالح SwissPeace، إلى تحول عملي في السياسة الدولية، يُمكّن من توفير الخدمات الأساسية، والحوكمة المحلية، والإصلاح المؤسسي، من خلال نهج تدريجي ، يُوازن بين المساءلة والحاجة المُلحة لتحقيق الاستقرار وإعادة الإعمار الشاملة.

الرابط
https://link.lugarit.com/DdEb


العقوبات وآفاق الاستقرار والتعافي في سوريا بعد النزاع

In this episode of The Language of Power, EPC Podcast host and Senior Visiting Fellow Paul Taylor is joined by senior policy analyst Philipp Lausberg and policy analyst Svitlana Taran from the European Policy Centre to question how sanctions can become more impactful and effective in the long run. They also examine the political logic, economic consequences, and strategic dilemmas behind EU sanctions.  Why do they persist despite mixed results? What happens when unity among member states starts to fracture? And how should the EU respond if key allies, like the United States, shift their stance? 

The Language of Power: How to make EU sanctions more effective

With HMRC expanding the MTD pilot from 16 April, Richard Hattersley unpacks the updates, including long-awaited multi-agent access and questions around the value of quarterly updates. Tom Herbert adds insight into technical challenges and what this means for accountants.

Herbert then shifts gears to agentic AI, a more advanced form of artificial intelligence that carries out complex, multi-step tasks. Drawing from a conversation with tax advisor Alastair Wilson, he explores how this tech could reshape the profession, reduce overheads and impact entry-level roles.

To close, Matthew Ord looks at a string of audit sanctions against EY, including issues with audits of Thomas Cook and Stirling Water Seafield Finance. Hattersley rounds out the discussion with news of the FRC’s investigation into EY’s handling of the Post Office audit, as the team reflects on the growing need for reform.


No Accounting for Taste ep187: MTD, agentic AI and audit sanctions

‘As we start to piece this all together, we found that there were certain trends and typologies that were very similar in terms of how China was working with Russia, as well as how China was working with Iran, and then just kind of shaping out this broader network of actors.’

In the latest episode of the Sanctions Space Podcast – recorded at the ACAMS Hollywood Assembly - Justine is joined by Kimberly Donovan, director of the Economic Statecraft Initiative within the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center. They discuss geopolitical trends and the interrelation with sanctions compliance - including the emergence of an ‘axis of evasion’ network utilizing techniques such as barter trade to circumvent sanctions restrictions - and how modern financial crime fighters need to increase their understanding of the evolving geopolitical environment in order to build it into their programs.

Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Kimberly served in the federal government for fifteen years, most recently as the acting associate director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) Intelligence Division and FinCEN’s chief of staff and senior advisor to the director. 

Read Kimberly’s full bio here.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/kimberly-donovan/

Kimberly Donovan on Geopolitics and the Emerging Axis of Evasion

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