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The new sanctions bill enhances the sanction risks for them but will do little to change the situation in a fundamental way In early February, the US Senate approved Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019 , which is yet to pass through ...
How does Russia ensure its national security interests? The action being taken by various governments to limit the involvement of China’s Huawei in the provision of equipment for 5G has brought into sharp-focus an issue that has been around for some time, but is now becoming more acute for national security of individual countries. That is, how to ensure that purchased Information and Communication Technology (ICT) hardware and software does not contain aspects, either at time of purchase or later...
Director of Programs at the Russian International Affairs Council Ivan Timofeev on the fallout from the January sanctions The lifting of sanctions against RUSAL, EN+ and EuroSibEnergo caused a moderate wave of optimism in the market. The success of the Barker plan has demonstrated that a solution to the problem with respect to major Russian companies is possible ...
RIAC Policy Brief #20, January 2019 The most important factor in the policy of sanctions against Russia will be Washington’s attempt to “bring EU sanctions under the American denominator”, i.e. facilitating the harmonization of the EU sanctions legislation with similar U.S. legislation. One of the main tasks of the U.S. foreign ...
... government in Venezuela and the unequivocal support of the opposition from the United States can hardly be considered a spontaneous phenomenon. For Washington, Nicholas Maduro has been a hostile figure from the very beginning of his rule in 2013. Economic sanctions are a traditional instrument of pressure on such leaders. The dynamics of ramping up US sanctions against Venezuela is an informative indicator of the American policy. It is also interesting from the point of view of the practice of using sanctions ...
... exercise power. But if he stays in power too long, Russia could become like the late Soviet Union – a system unable to renew itself. In foreign policy, Putin has had a number of successes, and when the West has pushed back, for example by imposing sanctions after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, his regime has used the external pressure as a unifying force at home. He has regained some of the influence in international affairs that Moscow lost when the Soviet Union broke up. He has engaged with ...
The sanctions seriously devalue the idea of a compromise on the islands in exchange for investment and a new level of relations The invigoration of dialogue between Moscow and Tokyo has again raised the question of the prospects for concluding a peace treaty....
... demonstrated the existence of these two projections. Several events became landmarks. The first one was the unilateral withdrawal by the US from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, or the Iranian nuclear deal). Washington resumed large-scale sanctions against Iran, including a ban on the purchase of Iranian oil. Indicatively, these sanctions are ex-territorial. The US is ready to punish foreign companies that are violating US legislation outside US territory. Iran remained committed to the ...
The whole world will now find it much better not to put too much trust in the USA, and make a safer choice to start protecting themselves. Meng Wanzhou Case: Creating a Problem The “ American Conservative ” brings good piece, highlighting the problem, which the USA and Canada are creating with the obviously political arrest of Chinese mega-company Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou. The arrest of Chinese CFO Meng Wanzhou is alarming — for all the reasons mention in the “American Conservative” — but also...
The practice of US regulators punishing specific companies for violating sanctions is of great interest In 2018, the US Department of the Treasury announced a settlement of claims against four companies totaling $60.8 million. The number of companies and the amount of the fines are small compared with previous years. In ...
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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