Sanctions
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Rethinking Engagement with North Korea
Last year, North Korea’s marked increase in missile launches was widely interpreted as a bid to sharpen its capability to target…
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Sanctions, Peacemaking and Reform: Recommendations for U.S. Policymakers
Yet these measures can have unintended ill effects. Washington should take additional steps to alleviate these problems. ICG What’s new? …
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The suffering of Syrians and US sanctions
For Syrians, hope lies in the fact that – given time and effort – people outside their country will learn…
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Sanctioned Russian Bank to Begin Money Transfers to Turkey
Moscow and Ankara are poised to deepen their financial relationship by facilitating the flow of Russian money into the Turkish…
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UK Sanctions Abramovich, Usmanov Advisers Over Wealth Shielding
UK says Abramovich moved £760 million ahead of sanctions Families of Russian billionaires accused of acting as proxies The UK…
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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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