Podcasts about principal deputy coordinator

One of Ahmad's favorite professors from his time at Chapman University, and a previous Principal Deputy Coordinator at the US Department State, Dr. Ahmed Younis is Meidan AlTahlil's latest guest. In his academic work, Dr. Younis focuses on the Architecture of Social Change through entrepreneurship and youth employment. Meidan's dear friend, Ahmed, also has work on Islamic Reform for Social Change, Global Muslim Public Opinion, and Practice and Policy (or what he says in our episode, the World and the Word).We had the pleasure of picking his brain for 50 minutes, and we hope you enjoy it too. Tune in!

On January 2, the United States carried out an attack in Baghdad against a convoy of vehicles that killed Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian general and head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force. Iran retaliated for the attacks, launching ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. The next morning, both sides indicated a desire to deescalate the conflict.  Yet, while Iran and the U.S. have seemingly stepped back from the brink, it is far from clear Iran is done retaliating for Soleimani’s death, and a broader military conflict certainly remains a possibility, along with further attacks that may affect energy infrastructure. In this edition of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff is joined by CGEP's Richard Nephew and Antoine Halff, who explain what led to this escalation with Iran, and what may happen next. Richard is a Senior Research Scholar at CGEP and the former Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the U.S. Department of State. In his prior role, Richard was instrumental in designing the sanctions regime against Iran, as well as the deal that lifted them, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which the Trump Administration has pulled out of. Antoine is an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at CGEP, and former Chief Oil Analyst at the International Energy Agency. One of the leading oil market experts in the world, Antoine served as editor of IEA's flagship publication, the Oil Market Report. Before that he was Lead Industry Economist at the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Jason sat down with Richard and Antoine yesterday to discuss the attack on Solemani, Iran’s response, and the potential impacts on geopolitics, energy markets, oil prices, energy security, and more.

On this episode of The Open Mind, we're delighted to welcome Richard Nephew, senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, to discuss sanctions, tariffs, American energy, and national security. Nephew is the author of “The Art of Sanctions: A View From the Field.” He was previously Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the Department of State and the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating with Iran from May 2011 through January 2013; Nephew served as the director for Iran on the National Security staff where he was responsible for managing an expanded array of US sanctions against Iran. He also served in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation at the State Department and in the Office of Nonproliferation and International Security at the Department of Energy.

Back on November 4, a raft of U.S. sanctions on Iran snapped back into force, six months after the Trump Administration withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal. How Iran, U.S. allies, and U.S. competitors react to the stresses brought about by Trump’s decision will have far-reaching impacts for geopolitics, global energy markets and security, and financial markets. On the latest episode of the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast, host Jason Bordoff discusses the guideposts to watch out for in this space over the next year with Richard Nephew, a senior research scholar at CGEP and the former Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the Department of State. In his prior role Richard was instrumental in designing the sanctions regime against Iran as well as the deal that lifted them, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Jason and Richard recently sat down in New York to discuss the current state of sanctions policy against Iran, the practical aspects of enforcement given today's landscape, the role that India and China will play in determining the effectiveness of sanctions implementation, and many other issues. 

Economic sanctions are a key part of international affairs, but they have been widely criticized for decades as being too inefficient, unwieldy, inconsistent with the interests of business and industry, and brutally inconsiderate of humanitarian concerns.  At the center is a question of whether and how to do sanctions right. The Center on Global Energy Policy celebrated the launch of a new book by Senior Research Scholar Richard Nephew, The Art of Sanctions: A View From the Field. Mr. Nephew, the former Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the Department of State, presented key conclusions from his new book and then joined a panel discussion about current events and U.S. sanctions policy. The conversation focused on sanctions design, particularly as it relates to industry and foreign countries.   Expert panelists will include: Ed Crooks, U.S. Energy Editor, Financial Times (moderator) Jackie Shire, former member of the United Nations Panel of Experts on Iran Dr. Tim Boersma, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy 

President Trump announced he will no longer certify the Iran nuclear agreement is in the U.S. national interest. This decision will have consequences for the United States in the Middle East as well as potentially beyond. CGEP hosted an expert panel to discuss the decision and its implications, its impact on the Iran nuclear agreement itself, how Congress, U.S. partners, and Iran will react, and, what will come next for U.S. sanctions and energy markets. Expert panelists included: Richard Nephew, former Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the Department of State and CGEP Senior Research Scholar Avril Haines  former White House Deputy National Security Advisor and former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for the Obama Administration  Helima Croft, Head of Commodity Strategy, ‎RBC Capital Markets Jason Bordoff, CGEP Founding Director (moderator)

The Center on Global Energy Policy, in collaboration with SIPA's International Security Policy Concentration and the Journal of International Affairs, hosted a debate on U.S. sanctions practice and policy. The debate focused on the impacts of sanctions against companies, individuals, and countries, as well as on American citizens domestically and internationally. Center Fellow Richard Nephew is a former Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the Department of State, a position he held from February 2013 to January 2015. Nephew also served as the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. team negotiating with Iran. From May 2011 to January 2013, Nephew served as the Director for Iran on the National Security Staff where he was responsible for managing a period of intense expansion of U.S. sanctions on Iran.  Eric Ferrari is a Sanctions Defense Attorney based in Washington, DC with over 12 years of experience in national security law, export controls, and U.S. economic sanctions. He counsels across industry sectors representing parties in a wide range of matters involving U.S. economic sanctions administered by Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). This event originally took place on April 4, 2016.

The Center on Global Energy Policy and the NY Energy Forum hosted a discussion on the outlook for Iran following the implementation of the nuclear accord. Our speakers, Bijan Khajehpour, leading expert on Iran’s energy sector, and Richard Nephew, former Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the Department of State, shared their insights on the mechanism for sanctions removal and whether to expect a rebound in Iranian oil production in the near term considering technical, political and other market factors. Following the presentation, Edward Morse, Chair of the NY Energy Forum and Global Head of Commodity Research at Citigroup, moderated a discussion with the audience.