The vagueness and breadth of the sanctions permeated an atmosphere of over-compliance ... ... decision was made in accordance with Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, passed in the wake of September ... ....4% of total exports in 2010.
Alexey Khlebnikov:
Russia’s Approach to Cross-Border Aid Delivery to ... ... the plans of the Arab monarchies. Furthermore, the European Union is in thrall to the U.S. sanctions policy ... ... reconstruction, perhaps hoping to get Syria out of Iran’s orbit. But for now, they are hesitant to take ...
... past year has been marked by a number of interesting trends in sanctions policy. In part, they were influenced by last year's ... ... has resulted in adjustments to the policy of sanctions against Russia, China and Iran. The EU’s toolkit of restrictive measures has been gradually ... ... financial institutions.
Sanctions against China were imposed by the European Union and other US allies. Brussels has done so using ... ... sanctions has accelerated significantly. The blocking sanctions of the USA, EU, Canada, Great Britain and Switzerland fell on a number ...
The main priority remains the development of the EU’s own sanctions policy
One of the important decisions of the new US ... ... of the departed team include deterioriated relations with the European Union. The divisions between Washington and Brussels have ... ... European businesses from restrictive US measures targeting Cuba, Iran and Libya. For a long time, Washington avoided aggravating ... ... the pipeline. Congress has passed two sanctions laws targeting Russian pipeline projects. The US Congress and the State Department ...
... mobilizing Syria’s internal resources and expanding Russia’s economic presence
On June 17, the United ... ... administration so that it could prepare secondary sanctions against foreign citizens for cooperating ... ... to have been placed under house arrest for his refusal to donate the bulk of his 5-billion-dollar fortune ... ... business has experience in dividing up the roles with Iran, the leading economic player in Syria. For instance,... ... The German expert
Muriel Asseburg
notes that the European Union’s consolidated standing is eroded ...
Are We in for Epidemics of Sanctions?
The COVID-19 pandemic has given hope for international ... ... of which were in place long before the pandemic. They concern Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela and Russia [
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]. A joint US-Swiss relief supply channel for Iran ... ... policies of other major players, such as the EU, China and Russia.
European Union: Sanctions as an Alternative to Diplomacy and Weapons ... ... Huawei case was even more high-profile. It also began with accusations of supplies to Iran and could well have ended in fines....
The new sanctions war against Iran has been unleashed, and there is no way of stopping it
Sanctions researchers ... ... meeting on July 20, 2015
, the deal was drafted with the active contribution of the European Union, as well as the P5 countries. It had special significance for Brussels... ... Timofeev is Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club, Director of Programs at Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
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Special Report for SPIEF-2019
There are several reasons why the European Union is increasingly proactive in applying economic sanctions. First, the EU has emerged as one of the largest global e... ... are coordinated. This is the case, for example, in relation to Russia.
At the same time, the US remains the leader in imposing ... ... withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear programme. Washington has unilaterally resumed ... ... kind. Wilful intent, negligence, involvement of management, refusal to come clean, inadequacy of compliance programmes and other ...
Iran in the Middle East: Regional Spoiler or Stakeholder?
Iran’s ... ... solution. Of course, Iran’s friends and partners, including Russia, argue the opposite. All these disagreements notwithstanding,... ... White House walked out of the JCPOA, introduced new and tough sanctions against Tehran, and started energetically building a ... ... the region and is in any case not prepared to establish any causal effect between these matters and the implementation of the ...
... for November when the Americans are to declare more sanctions over the chemical incidents (Syria and Skripal)
... ... have adopted at least three important documents on Russia, including two Executive Orders by the President ... ... be due by mid-December. Taking into account the accusations already made against Russian citizens of interfering ... ... traditional evil-wishers like China, North Korea and Iran, but the main question is how exactly the sanctions ... ... Administration (based on PL 102-82 of 1991). The European Union could hardly have avoided the new wave ...
Washington’s increased radicalism is something that gives Russian diplomacy even more room to maneuver
The US’s latest initiatives continue the trend of escalating and intensifying the sanctions. The new documents directly refer to Russia as an aggressor and adversary ... ... of aid programs (irrelevant for Russia), limitation of arms sales (irrelevant), refusal to issue credit (likely to affect the financial sector, although the market has... ... be done?
Ivan Timofeev:
A Pyrrhic Victory: the History of the Sanctions War Against Iran
First, the new sanctions are mostly a consequence of a domestic political divide...
