Sanctions

After a tense year that included harsh Chinese sanctions on South Korea, Beijing and Seoul announced on October 31 that they would take steps to repair bilateral...

Only when Tehran is convinced that its security could be guaranteed regardless of its ballistic missiles will it consider fundamental changes to its missile program...

Over the past two months, Iranian cyberactivities have moved up the list of grievances against the Islamic Republic.

The Donald Trump administration was right to remove some of its sanctions against Sudan.

Sanctions have become a favorite tool of U.S. policymakers. But they are often crafted too hastily to work or imposed too late to deter adversaries. It’s time for...

If U.S. leaders want to use sanctions to effectively change their targets’ policies, they need to plan for their eventual removal.

A new study paints a damning picture of the human and economic costs of Russian rule in Crimea.

Mark Dubowitz and Ray Takeyh urge the Trump administration to sanction Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps under Executive Order 13224. Tyler Cullis argues...

As U.S. policymakers welcome the news of Iranian moderates' victory, the continued successful implementation of the Iran nuclear deal is having...

The deal between Iran and the P5+1 powers could not have come sooner for the Iranian economy, which has been crippled by some of the twenty-first century’s...

Even before the P5+1 negotiators struck a final agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, international oil companies and investors were already looking...

The unfreezing of assets and lifting of sanctions on Iran will give Tehran an economic boost. But to grow and prosper over the long term, Iran needs sustained...

Whether or not the West’s sanctions against Russia have been a success depends to a considerable degree on what one thinks the sanctions were...

The conflict in Ukraine might reach a turning point this summer as EU sanctions against Russia near their expiration date and the “Minsk II” ceasefire in eastern...

The United States has used economic sanctions to address a wide range of undesirable activities, from Russian aggression in Ukraine, to human rights abuses in Syria...

Washington’s harsh rhetoric in the sanctions against key Venezuelan political figures was counterproductive and will damage the United States’ regional credibility....

U.S. sanctions against Venezuela were met with controversy not because of whom they targeted, but rather due to language that could help bolster President Nicolás...

Russia tends to make diplomatic overtures to North Korea whenever relations between Moscow and Washington sour. With U.S. strategy in Asia hanging in the balance,...

The ruble has already lost almost half its value against the dollar this year, and there is little doubt that Putin will end up badly wounded. The question is...

U.S. policymakers are considering giving global companies a choice: stop providing long-term financing and energy assistance to major Russian companies or be kicked...