... scenarios of mutual assistance and law enforcement support
On September 17, 2023 the transition leaders of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger signed the Liptako-Gourma Charter, instituting the Alliance of Sahel States. This happened in the midst of economic sanctions imposed on them by the subregion’s Economic Community of Western Africa (ECOWAS) and its threats to carry out a military operation in Niger. For the three landlocked nations, those sanctions had serious repercussions, aggravating the socioeconomic ...
... countries depend on US technology, which is used around the world and is present in various hi-tech sectors in the form of US intellectual property, components, equipment, and software. This provides Washington with additional control and leverage through sanctions.
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Lastly, in the context of the technological race, the well-established coordination with allies such as the Netherlands, Japan, and others is a bonus for the United States. China primarily tackles its technological challenges on its own....
... bilateral cooperation between Russia and Serbia, considering today’s international climate and the influence of third-party states on these relations. Looking forward, the paper also assesses the probability of Belgrade tagging onto the anti-Russian sanctions in the future.
The Prospects for Russian-Serbian Relations Amid Sanctions
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... Dhabi has been repeatedly demonstrated at both diplomatic and economic levels. The UAE abstained from voting on a UN resolution condemning Russia for conducting a special military operation in Ukraine. Abu Dhabi also ignores Washington’s anti-Russian sanctions. In response, the U.S. Department of the Treasury openly criticized the UAE and imposed sanctions on several Emirati organizations. Recently, personal contacts between UAE and Russian leaders have become more frequent, particularly by expressing ...
Success in Venezuela is important for American diplomacy
For a long time, Washington has consistently increased sanctions pressure against the government of Nicolas Maduro. Back in December 2014, the Venezuela Defence of Human Rights and Civil Society Act (PL 113-278) passed through the US Congress and was signed by the president. The law required the president ...
What might Russia’s veto mean in its approach to implementing and expressing its foreign policy within the UNSC?
On August 30, 2023, the UN Security Council (UNSC) voted on extending its sanctions regime against Mali. These measures aimed to renew a travel ban and asset freeze imposed by
Resolution 2374
against eight individuals who had been found to “obstruct or threaten”
Mali’s 2015 Peace Agreement
. Originally, there were two ...
... effect in the United States with regards to various foreign policy issues. The president imposes them on the basis of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA), which gives the US Commander-in-Chief the ability to use economic sanctions to counter existing threats. That is, a state of emergency is introduced on a selective issue, and serves as the basis to exercise individual powers.
The Executive Order implies at least two innovations. First, the Administration, represented ...
... expressed their negative opinion regarding the possibility of importing private cars and goods used by Russian citizens for their personal needs.
It follows from the analysis of the said paragraph that the European Commission has significantly tightened the sanctions regime by arbitrarily extending import restrictions not only to imported goods, but also to goods temporarily imported for personal use. In fact, the Commission established new rules which had not previously been applied and which did not directly ...
The regime of Western sanctions against Russia is likely to continue for decades. Therefore, investing in diversification is in many ways a non-alternative strategy
The US Treasury has introduced another series of financial blocking sanctions against Russian citizens and ...
... practice becomes widespread, another nail will be driven into the coffin of human ties between Russia and the EU
In Russia, the new European Commission (EC) rules on the import of sanctioned goods by Russian citizens has caused quite a stir.
The EU sanctions policy against Russia includes a wide range of measures. These include blocking financial sanctions, sectoral restrictions, transport and visa bans, export controls on a wide range of goods, as well as a ban on the import of a number of goods ...
