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November 29, 2016

New Cyber Brief: Creating a Federally Sponsored Cyber Insurance Program

The Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program has launched a new Cyber Brief. This one is authored by CFR Senior Fellow and Net Politics contributor Rob Knake. The U.S. federal government has long debat…

CFR Cyber Net Politics Cyber Insurance Brief

March 4, 2011

Fossil Fuels
It’s Too Early to Use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

The New York Times reports this morning that “calls have been growing in Congress for the Obama administration to consider tapping into the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve”. That understandable …

August 15, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
The US Needs More than a Critical Minerals Stockpile, It Needs Market Infrastructure

Last month, Ganfeng Lithium, China’s largest lithium producer and refiner, announced plans to establish a $1.1 billion trading desk “to reduce the risk of market fluctuations” associated with its gro…

Employees monitor screens showing real-time footages of mining operations in a ground control centre, at Xiaobaodang Coal Mine, during a Huawei-organised media tour, in Shenmu of Yulin city, Shaanxi province, China April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

October 11, 2024

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: October 11, 2024

Judge orders Google to overhaul Play Store fees; Chinese hackers breach U.S. wiretaps; Russia, Turkey block Discord; EU adopts new sanctions against Russia; NYU study: AI-labeled ads can reduce trust…

Plastic letters arranged to read "Offline" are placed in front of the Discord logo in this illustration taken March 9, 2022.

March 15, 2012

Iran
Using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: In for an Inch, In for a Mile

Oil prices are on the rise, and with them so are rumors of a possible release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. I’m ambivalent about the wisdom of a release later this year, on both economic and …

May 24, 2018

Turkey
Turkey Could Use a Few More Reserves, and a Somewhat Less Creative Banking System

Turkey’s currency initially rallied after the central bank raised interest rates yesterday. Perhaps a bit more orthodoxy is all it will take to restore a modicum of stability to Turkey’s markets. The…

Turkey Could Use a Few More Reserves, and a Somewhat Less Creative Banking System