Edward Fishman

Edward Fishman is a senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. During the Obama administration, he served as Russia and Europe sanctions lead and as a member of the U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff.

Articles by Edward Fishman

The main conference room inside the Situation Room complex at the White House in Washington, DC, 18 May 2007.

The U.S. Needs an Economic War Council for China

Argument

Charles Edel, Edward Fishman

April 6, 2023, 12:18 PM

Angela Merkel and Joe Biden pose for photographers prior to their trilateral talks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich on Feb. 7, 2015.

Sanctions Won’t Stop Nord Stream 2. Diplomacy Will.

Argument

April 9, 2021, 3:41 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the G-20 leaders summit in Osaka on June 29.

Trump Can’t Stop Putin From Poaching U.S. Allies

Argument

Mark Simakovsky, Edward Fishman

July 31, 2019, 5:32 PM

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 25: A mural depicting a winking Vladimir Putin taking off his Donald Trump mask is painted on a storefront outside of the Levee bar in Brooklyn on February 25, 2017 in New York City. The mural, painted by Damien Mitchell, sits in the popular Williamsburg neighborhood and has become a minor attraction with people photographing and taking selfies beside it. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The Do-No-Harm Principle of Kremlin Relations

Argument

Edward Fishman, Mark Simakovsky

July 6, 2017, 4:29 PM

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