Rebecca Skoryanc, Author at WestExec Advisors

Dennis Ross writes in The Atlantic: “There’s a Deal to Be Had Between the U.S. and Iran”

"Iran is now incrementally walking away from the limits imposed on it in the nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA—exceeding the 300 kilograms of low enriched uranium it can have on hand and now enriching above the 3.67 percent allowed under the terms of the understanding. Don’t be surprised if it either starts to install its advanced centrifuges or begins to operate more than the 5,061 older centrifuges it is permitted for enrichment. Iran is not racing to [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:40:06-04:00July 10, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives, News|

Julie Smith quoted in The New York Times article, “U.S.-British Relationship Sounding More Testy Than ‘Special’”

"...Julianne Smith, former deputy national security adviser to Vice President Joseph R. Biden, said this Trump Twitter storm, like many before it, would probably fade. "Years ago, such an ugly episode might have lasting implications for the bilateral relationship, Ms. Smith said, 'but in today’s political climate, where leaders like Trump and Boris regularly break protocol and tweet every inner thought, it won’t have much of an impact.'" "Even if Mr. Darroch ends up leaving Washington early, she said, 'his replacement [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:40:44-04:00July 9, 2019|News|

Danny Russel quoted in The Wall Street Journal: “Hopes for Resolving U.S.-China Trade Fight Hinge on Trump and Xi”

“'Any American who thinks they have great personal chemistry with the leader of a Leninist system hasn’t really been paying attention,' said Danny Russel, a former senior diplomat for Asia in the Obama administration and current vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute think tank. 'What it really all hinges around is Trump’s political calculus, and it’s not necessarily a static one.'” Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:18:06-04:00June 26, 2019|News|

Ely Ratner quoted in The Financial Times: “Trump and Xi’s ‘Sidelines’ Meeting Set to Overshadow G20 Summit”

"Ely Ratner, a China expert at the Center for a New American Security, a bipartisan US think-tank, said the odds of a big breakthrough were 'low' and the meeting would be largely 'theatre', in which case the result would be further acceleration of 'the now inevitable reversal of decades of economic integration between the US and China.'" Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:18:12-04:00June 26, 2019|News|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in Bloomberg: “U.S. Gains in Fight With Chinese Banks Over North Korea Sanctions”

"Elizabeth Rosenberg, a former Treasury official and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, in Washington, cited the standard. 'You have to engage in activity that violates sanctions,' she said, 'and is reviewed and passes the legal sufficiency test of agencies of the U.S. government." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-04-07T17:32:44-04:00June 25, 2019|Economy & Trade|

Bridge Colby cited in South China Morning Post: “What’s the difference between Indo Pacific and Asia-Pacific? Regional control for the U.S. or China”

"Elbridge Colby of the Washington-based Centre for a New American Security, however, maintained that the U.S. was not asking Southeast Asian nations to choose sides but was willing to help anyone who 'wants to defend their sovereignty' from Chinese economic coercion." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:18:39-04:00June 24, 2019|News|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in The Atlantic: “Trump Goes After Iran’s Supreme Leader”

"Will this set of sanctions finally be what gets Iran to give up its hostility to negotiating with the U.S.? Or will it at least make it appreciably harder to stage attacks? Elizabeth Rosenberg, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told me she doubted that Khamenei was using financial instruments that are exposed to U.S. jurisdiction anyway. Rosenberg, who worked on Iran sanctions during the Obama administration, said the sanctions are more symbolic than practical. 'Not [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:18:47-04:00June 24, 2019|News|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in The New Yorker: “Trump Sanctions Iran’s Supreme Leader, But To What End?”

“Ironically, the punitive new measure may not have major economic impact—at least not to the degree that the Administration advertised. ‘It’s a lot of hype, but it doesn’t mean much economically. It’s unlikely to have a damaging effect’ on Iran beyond the sanctions that have already been imposed, Elizabeth Rosenberg, a former Treasury sanctions specialist who is now at the Center for a New American Security, told me. ‘It’s in the realm of the symbolic.’ The sanctions are ‘a sideshow to [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:19:25-04:00June 24, 2019|News|

Dan Shapiro on NPR: “U.S. Mideast Plan Rejected By Palestinian Leaders, Panned By Former U.S. Envoys”

“There are plenty of good ideas in the economic plan. None of them are new. They have been proposed in previous economic plans. "But there are two big problems. First, the U.S. had aid programs to support all these goals, but the Trump administration canceled them. That kills our credibility in asking others for money. “Second, you can't get others to invest in this effort without knowing the political backdrop. And since the administration has not presented its political plan, I [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:19:17-04:00June 24, 2019|News|

Dennis Ross quoted in The National: “U.S. ‘Maximum Pressure’ Campaign Against Iran Faces Hurdles”

"Dennis Ross, a former aide to president Barack Obama, said the Trump administration 'seems to have few answers for the Iranian asymmetric responses to our pressure campaign.' "Writing in The Washington Post last week, Mr. Ross said the U.S. pursuit of deterrence against Tehran was compromised by the reluctance of European countries to blame Iran for the tanker attacks. "He said this was because they did not trust that Mr. Trump would not use their endorsement to launch a war. "Mr. [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T12:18:57-04:00June 23, 2019|News|

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