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With tensions mounting, the United States and Western allies are pursuing every option to deter Russia from invading Ukraine. Economic sanctions are seen as a primary tool in the foreign policy toolkit, but the question remains whether sanctions are costly enough to deter a furth ...  Show more

Emily Kreps, Head of ESG for the Americas at Deutsche Bank, joins Horizon Scanning to discuss her role and the ongoing transition to a sustainable, net-zero economy. In order for corporates to reach net-zero by 2050, one of the most important steps is setting interim targets that ...  Show more

The war in Ukraine is a humanitarian crisis. It is also an economic problem. Sanctions from the US and Europe are meant to make war too expensive for Russia to continue. President Vladimir Putin claims those sanctions have failed and his economy is strong. But what is propagan ...

In this timely and critical episode, we explore our own recent release: "How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare." We're joined by esteemed authors Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez for an in-depth discussion on the real impact o ...  Show more

Ever since Russia started its war in Ukraine, assessments of its military power have vacillated wildly. First, Russian forces were supposed to overrun Ukraine and crush any resistance in a matter of days. Then, they were thought to be so weak that a Ukrainian counteroffensive ...

In this week's episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by Quincy Institute's Eurasia Program Director Anatol Lieven, an author on Russian and Ukraine, and the McCain Institute's Executive Director Evelyn Farkas, a former Pentagon official under President Obama, for a debate ...  Show more