Sanctions
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They are nothing more than mere rumors. Pashinyan about Russia evading sanctions through Armenia
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan assures that sanctions against Russia are not circumvented through Armenia, ARMENPRESS reports, Pashinyan said…
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The Global South Refuses Pressure to Side With the West on Russia
At the G20 meeting in Bengaluru, India, the United States arrived with a simple brief. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said at…
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Cuban exodus: ‘I just don’t see a future here for me’
He’s now tantalisingly close. Will Grant BBC Thanks to an agreement reached a few years ago, Cuban children will compete…
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America’s New Sanctions Strategy
On the morning of Sunday, February 27, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sat huddled in a secure room with a…
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Europe Shouldn’t Rely on Algeria for Its Energy Needs
For a country that is not overly salient in mainstream Western media, Algeria has drawn the attention of the United…
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Securing the Taiwan Strait Will Require More Than Arms
The ghosts of the Soviet-era Sino-Russian axis have come back to haunt American policymakers, who are kept awake by a…
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Russia-Ukraine conflict: US Treasury official says Russia trying to bypass sanctions through Turkey
The US Treasury said over the weekend that Russia was using Turkey to evade the sanctions imposed by the West.…
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A Minnow in Troubled Waters
Washington officials and heads of state are nation-hopping to convince governments follow a unified front on sanctions against Russia Andreas…
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In War, the Economic Weapon Is No Silver Bullet
Nicholas Mulder, The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War (New Haven: Yale University Press). 448 pp.,…
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Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Germany is halting the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline in light of Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.…
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US, Russia and Israel support energy supply despite Caesar Act
The U.S., Russia and Israel are gearing up for major gains from delivering natural gas via reviving the Arab Gas…
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Raisi says Iran backs moves to lift sanctions, but won’t bow to pressure
Raisi, who won a June 18 election marked by record abstention, takes office with Iran facing an economy battered by…
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Countries that commit ‘egregious’ human rights abuses to face financial sanctions, travel bans from Australia
Backbenchers from across the parliament have been pressing the government to introduce its own version of the US Magnitsky Act,…
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Israel threatens legal action over Ben & Jerry’s boycott
Israel warned the consumer goods giant Unilever on Tuesday that it was considering a legal response against one of its…
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If sanctions failed to solve Nicaragua’s crisis, will more sanctions succeed?
Before excusing himself to join his daughter’s graduation, he told me that if President Daniel Ortega were to win elections…
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Biden-Putin Summit: The View from Moscow
President Joe Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin will hold their first-ever summit on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland. Dimitri Alexander Simes The…
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