"I think that the administration is prudently reviewing the sanctions to determine what measures could be eased, in what sequence, in the event that Russia does prove amenable to negotiations. I, for my part, believe that we will have to go down the path of additional punitive measures first.."
-Marshall Billingslea on potential sanctions easing on Russia
In the latest episode of the Sanctions Space Podcast, Justine is joined by Marshall Billingslea, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. They discuss how the second Trump administration may be thinking about the use of sanctions and economic statecraft and what listeners should be prepared for; including the potential for relief—or indeed intensification—of U.S. sanctions on Russia, the increased use of tariffs, the restoration of maximum pressure against Iran, and how the administrations' fentanyl strategy is likely to play out.
Marshall Billingslea is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, prior to which he was the special presidential envoy for arms control at the U.S. Department of State, holding the rank of ambassador. Before joining the U.S. Department of State, Billingslea served as the assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the U.S. Department of Treasury, and in 2018, he was selected as president of the Financial Action Task Force.
You can read more about Marshall’s background here.
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