Economic Statecraft: American Economic Power and the New Face of Financial Warfare

Elizabeth Rosenberg, Zachary K. Goldman 

JUNE 17, 2015 

http://www.cnas.org/economic-statecraft-american-economic-power#.VYKh8fmUdO0

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Energy, Economics, and Security Program Director Elizabeth Rosenberg and Zachary K. Goldman, an Adjunct Senior Fellow at CNAS, describe challenges associated with the increasing use of coercive economic measures to tackle security challenges. These challenges include both changes to the structure of international financial system that might make it harder to use these tools in the future and a degradation of these measures’ integrity and availability derived from court contests, among other factors. The authors recommend principles by which the United States and its allies can keep these measures sharp, nimble, and effective in countering adversaries and threats in the future.