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 ...

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: ...

At a time like this, Venezuelans and the international community shouldn’t have to fight for an end to the sanctions that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the last two decades, the U.S. government has made sanctions its primary tool of economic statecraft. The United States has become the world’s sanctions superpower due to the far-reaching impact ...

As the incoming administration prepares to tackle its key foreign policy priorities, one issue is likely to generate heated debate: what to do about Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan autocrat who only ...

I’m taking a break from the tariff wars this week to talk about sanctions, but don’t worry—tariffs will be back on my screen soon enough. Sanctions have become an increasingly popular tool of ...

During times of international conflict and economic tension, usually instigated by the United States, we hear our elected officials threaten the use of sanctions. But how exactly do they work, and how ...

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 ...

In the modern context, sanctions are supposed to act as a line of defense, measures designed to dissuade adversaries before a conflict even begins. But for sanctions to carry weight, they must be seen ...

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 ...