iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Alex Zerden

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 30/06/2026

As financial sanctions have become the tool of first resort, the demands on Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence have grown beyond its 9/11-era design. @alexzerden.bsky.social and Rachel Lyngaas outline proposed reforms to the office so it can tackle today's threat landscape.

lawfaremedia.org

Rethinking Treasury's Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office

The U.S. doesn’t need a new agency—it needs existing ones to work. Upgrading Treasury’s financial intelligence office offers a start.

0107

Reposted by Alex Zerden

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 04/06/2025

It's the “Huffin’ and Puffin” Edition! On this week's Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social‬ spoke to @lapatina.bsky.social‬, Eric Ciaramella and @alexzerden.bsky.social‬ about the Trump administration's Syria policy change, Ukraine drone attacks on Russia's long range bombers, and more.

1123

Reposted by Alex Zerden

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 13/05/2025

Today President Trump announced that he will order "the cessation of sanctions against Syria." After the fall of the Assad regime, @sranderson.bsky.social and @alexzerden.bsky.social explained the current sanctions regime that target HTS, as a terrorist organization, and Syria.

lawfaremedia.org

Our Man in Damascus? Sanctions and Governance in Post-Assad Syria

An overview of sanctions challenges, questions regarding HTS’s terrorist organization status, and a few recommendations for U.S. policy toward Syria.

32413

Reposted by Alex Zerden

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 17/03/2025

"'Chokepoints' serves as an essential guide for some of the key battles in U.S. economic warfare over the past two decades. It also communicates a cautionary tale about the limitations of the U.S. economic national security toolkit." @alexzerden.bsky.social reviews Edward Fishman's new book.

lawfaremedia.org

A Primer on 21st-Century Economic Weapons

Columbia University scholar Edward Fishman unpacks key economic national security campaigns over the past two decades and provides a warning about the misuse of economic sanctions and export controls.

1354

Reposted by Alex Zerden

Rachel Ziemba @reziemba.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Good work on web of syria sanctions in work by @delaneysimon.bsky.social and @crisisgroup.org colleagues foreignaffairs.com/afghanistan/do… And @alexzerden.bsky.social Scott anderson @lawfare.bsky.social lawfaremedia.org/article/our-ma��

foreignaffairs.com

022

Reposted by Alex Zerden

Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 18/12/2024

In Syria, HTS has established a transitional government, but its designation as a heavily sanctioned terrorist organization complicates U.S. policy. @sranderson.bsky.social and @alexzerden.bsky.social dive deep into the economic restrictions that target HTS and Syria and how to move forward.

lawfaremedia.org

Our Man in Damascus? Sanctions and Governance in Post-Assad Syria

An overview of sanctions challenges, questions regarding HTS’s terrorist organization status, and a few recommendations for U.S. policy toward Syria.

15519

Alex Zerden @alexzerden.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Thank you to @sranderson.bsky.social and @lawfare.bsky.social for publishing our analysis on 45 years of economic measures against the Assad regime + terrorist groups/narcos in #Syria and what policymakers in the US can do to address humanitarian needs in a very constrained policy space

041