Here's everything you need to know about the U.S.'s potential economic sanctions against Russia.

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, IEEPA, authorizes the President of the United States to impose economic sanctions against countries, groups, entities, or individuals.

Economic sanctions are a tool used with countries that defy U.S. foreign policy or global interests.

To more effectively counter transnational corruption and economic sanctions evasion, recent changes to the U.S. anti-money laundering (“AML”) whistleblower regime expand and reinforce ...

In a dramatic shift in Middle Eastern geopolitics, US President Donald Trump has announced the lifting of economic sanctions on Syria following his unexpected meeting with the country’s new ...

Russia’s reliance on China’s yuan has become a cornerstone of its economic activities since Western sanctions heavily impacted the country’s global financial access following its invasion of ...

European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday agreed to lift the remaining economic curbs on the war-torn country, amid concerns it could slip back into conflict.

During the Assad regimes, Western nations placed crippling economic sanctions on the country. Some have been lifted, but most are still in place, so how does a country shattered by civil war ...

Unsurprisingly, calls have already emerged for a return to the maximum pressure approach of the first Trump term, which imposed harsh economic sanctions on Venezuela.

Our recent research, examines the effects of economic sanctions on 177 countries which had neighbours under sanctions at some point between 1989 and 2015.

Sanctions have long been an important means through which governments pursue their political, economic and diplomatic goals. These measures can target nation states, organizations or individuals for a ...