Economic sanctions are widely viewed by academics and policymakers as a better alternative to military interventions to pressure governments to change objectionable policies. The idea is simple: ...

Before beginning its war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022, Russia had already conducted an aerial bombardment of Georgia in 2008 and invaded Crimea as well as the Donbas region in 2014. This has ...

If there's one part of foreign policy where President Donald Trump has been consistent, it's economic sanctions on Iran. During his first presidency, Trump imposed what the State Department called a ...

The EU has stood with the Syrian people throughout the last 14 years, engaging in the search for a political solution and leading financial assistance. The EU also adopted sanctions against Assad’s ...

In the months leading up to February 24, 2022, the day Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Joe Biden warned that such an action would trigger “the most severe sanctions that have ...

The tidal wave of geo-political volatility that has surged around the world in the last decade has propelled financial institutions into the frontline. Many were unprepared and have paid a heavy price ...

A failure to comply with applicable economic and trade sanctions and export controls can have significant legal, financial, and practical consequences for a company, including potential civil or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Economic sanctions are widely viewed by academics and policymakers as a better alternative to military interventions to pressure ...

How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare, by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez, Stanford University Press, 212 pages, $24 If there's one part of ...