Juan Zarate appeared on The Call (29 April 2026), a live video conversation series from the U.S. Chamber’s Global Intelligence Desk, to discuss the growing use of economic warfare tools, including the U.S. Treasury Department’s stepped-up pressure campaign against Iran and the implications for global businesses and financial institutions operating across jurisdictions.
In this conversation, Juan—a former deputy national security advisor who helped build the modern U.S. sanctions architecture at the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)—explores how the expanding use of Treasury authorities can drive adversaries and rivals to work outside the U.S.-led financial system and raises the central question: Should the U.S. Treasury be an agency of national security?
Watch Juan on The Call.