In today’s volatile geopolitical environment, financial institutions face an unprecedented challenge: staying compliant amid ...

We speak with United Nations expert Francesca Albanese, one day after the Trump administration announced it is imposing ...

Is the United States remaking the rules of global justice, or merely defending its own? The latest sanctions imposed on Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, have ...

As Trump shifts US policy, former defenders now concede what was long denied — the economic war killed more than it helped ...

Trump's administration spent months trying to convince Tehran to enter into a nuclear deal before it joined a bombing ...

The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces control much of the island’s economy through a conglomerate known as GAESA.

The European Union has just imposed a new package of sanctions against Russia—now the seventeenth. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S. and EU had already imposed ...

Introduction Economic sanctions restrict customary commercial and financial ties between states to induce change in political constitution or conduct of the targeted country. Although the stated goals ...

President Trump's intention to lift Syrian sanctions has sparked internal debate regarding the pace and conditions. The administration is weighing a swift removal against a phased approach tied to ...

EU foreign ministers on Tuesday agreed to lift economic sanctions on Syria, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

In both cases — witchcraft and economic sanctions — the power to limit, suppress or control is exercised, whether through mystical belief or institutional authority.

Countries and people can get around sanctions by using cryptocurrencies, middle-men, smugglers, different currencies, and more.