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FAST THINKING: Biden hits back at Putin Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council JUST IN The bank is closed. Today the Biden administration hit thirty-two Russian government officials and entities, plus six companies, with economic sanctions in retaliation for the SolarWinds hack, 2020 election interference, and other Russian malfeasance. The measures include a ban on US financial institutions buying Russian government debt in primary markets, which has sent the ruble and Russian bond prices tumbling. What me...

Michael Friedlander, Urban Architect of Offbeat Designs, Dies at 63 He was best known for the Spring Street Salt Shed, a crystalline structure that appears, with a little imagination, to form a coarse grain of salt. Michael Friedlander in 2007 with a model of what ultimately became the Department of Sanitation building at the corner of 55th Street and 12th Avenue in Manhattan. He worked for the department for 40 years.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times April 1, 2021 In the 1970s, Michael Friedlander was an architecture student at the Cooper Union, his head bursting with bodacious, unc...

How to deploy economic tools against Putin’s aggression Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his 15th annual press conference with regional and international media at the World Trade Centre Moscow via Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH and Reuters On February 22, the Biden administration took its first actions in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s long list of aggressive and repressive actions: imposing sanctions related to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Criticsobservedthat these were a mere reapplication of sanctions previously imposed by the Trump administration. In fac...

Turning the Tide on Dirty Money Why the World’s Democracies Need a Global Kleptocracy Initiative February 26, 2021, 1:40 pm Getty/Tarik Kizilkaya Sam Hananel Preface Transparency and honest government are the lifeblood of democracy. Trust in democratic institutions depends on the integrity of public servants, who are expected to put the common good before their own interests and faithfully observe the law. When officials violate that duty, democracy is at risk. No country is immune to corruption. As representatives of three important democratic societies—the United States, the Europea...

Blog Blog Blog Blog 8 Feb, 2021 Author Michael Copley Source: Ryan Pyle/Corbis Historical via Getty Images In a defiant rebuke, a Chinese solar group lashed out at calls to reroute solar supply chains away from the country's autonomous Xinjiang region, echoing recent statements by government officials who are pushing back on U.S. efforts to confront Beijing over alleged human rights abuses of Uighurs and other Muslim minority groups there. The China Photovoltaic Industry Association, whose members include the world's largest solar manufacturers, sa...