Emily Holland

1 month ago | foreignpolicy.com | Joshua Busby |Emily Holland |Morgan D. Bazilian

Economics United States Russia Ukraine The United States and Ukraine reportedly came close in recent days to signing a landmark minerals agreement that the Kyiv Independent reports would have obligated Ukraine to pay 50 percent of the proceeds from the “future monetization of all relevant Ukrainian Government-owned natural resource assets” (including minerals, oil, and gas) to a fund that the two countries would co-own, using the proceeds to ostensibly reinvest in Ukraine. The draft statement...

Oct 2, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Joshua Busby |Morgan D. Bazilian |Emily Holland

In May of this year, the Biden administration announced sweeping 100 percent import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles as well as the batteries and minerals that go in them. These tariffs were announced at a time when very few Chinese cars were on American roads.

Jan 18, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Emily Holland

Welcome to Rewind & Reconnoiter. Each week, we’ll ask one of our authors to look back at an article they’ve written for War on the Rocks in light of a current news event. Did their argument hold up? Read more below to find out.

Feb 8, 2023 | brookings.edu | Emily Holland

Executive summaryAfter the end of the Cold War, the United States slowly shifted its focus away from guaranteeing European security to countering the rise of China. In the 1990s, the United States steadily reduced the number of U.S. troops stationed in Europe. Russia also withdrew large numbers of troops, retaining only some legacy bases in former Soviet states. However, over the past decade, Russia has modernized and expanded its military footprint along NATO’s eastern flank.