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.

What's next for #Syria #sanctions? www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

What's next for #Syria sanctions? Thanks to the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social GeoEconomics Center for publishing my latest analysis: www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econog... Some recommendations for US action:

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.

"'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.

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���

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.

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