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 ...

Broad economic sanctions, most of which are imposed by the U.S. government, kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people each year — disproportionately children. This week the Lancet Global Health ...

Three years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, what have U.S. sanctions achieved? NPR talks to Edward Fishman, author of "Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare." ...

The European Union is facing serious economic difficulties due to its decision to impose sanctions on Russia. These measures, ...

Economic sanctions are usually ineffective but still do significant harm to the poor and needy in a country. U.S. sanctions have led to the death of hundreds of thousands of people. Countries can get ...

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 ...

Will Donald Trump's threat to use secondary sanctions slow Russian aggression or dampen its economy? Some see them as a powerful deterrent, while others think they are impossible to effectively ...

Economic leverage has become an increasingly important tool of statecraft for great powers in the 21st century. China is no exception. In recent years, Beijing has significantly expanded the ways it ...

Revived UN sanctions tighten economic noose on Islamic Republic Sanctions prompted by impasse in negotiations to curb Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes With public anger simmering, ...

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 ...