#Sanctions

Kunal Singh

d_extrovert

Some thoughts on CAATSA and India. If India doesn't get a waiver, it might be a significant setback to India-US relations. India has been sanctioned before by the US for

Max Blumenthal

MaxBlumenthal

I just read @RichardMNephew's "The Art of Sanctions." Nephew, ex-Obama State Dept sanctions coordinator, clinically & chillingly details how pain is the essence of the US global sanctions regime. Unfortunately,

Henry Gao

henrysgao

MOFCOM just issued its first order for 2021: Rules on Counteracting Unjustified Extra-territorial Application of Foreign Legislation and Other Measures. Key message:We are going to prohibit firms from complying with

Mike Dunford

questauthority

OK - there's a motion for sanctions in the Michigan tentacle of the Kraken. Let's take a look.https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mied.350905/gov.uscourts.mied.350905.78.0.pdf I'm a hardcore sanctions skeptic - too

John Delury

JohnDelury

A platitude of 2020 was that the coronavirus isolated North Korea in a way that sanctions never could. Bob Woodward quoted Matt Pottinger saying as much in his book [in

Julian Borger

julianborger

NEW: Biden administration says it will "thoroughly review" Trump sanctions on the International Criminal Court. "The United States shares the goals of the ICC in promoting accountability for the worst

Matthew RJ Brodsky

RJBrodsky

It begins. #Iran Note: @Reuters has the process right in this article. Everything else about it is wrong. For example...https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/pompeo-likely-to-visit-un-on-thursday-in-pursuit-of-sanctions-on-iran-639134 There a

Nodutdol | 노둣돌

nodutdol

Iran has been waiting for months for the ROK to pay the $7B they owe from oil sales because of US sanctions. And on January 4th this year, Iran seized

Mark Dubowitz

mdubowitz

Thread. Nuclear versus Economic Snapbacks: How nuclear extortion beats economic pressure every time when a US president fears Iranian nuclear escalation. 1. We warned in 2015 that Iran has a

Sergey Radchenko

DrRadchenko

On the question of Russia sanctions - and putting on my historian's hat - the following two considerations come to mind. 1) In the short term, sanctions can and do

Dana Stroul

dstroul

Re-upping my piece on #CaesarAct with @WashInstitute colleague @katecbauer and after today's announcements, a few reactions:The Caesar Act Comes Into Force (Part 1): Increasing the Assad Regime’s Isolation - @WashInstitute

David Shor

DYShor

The JCPOA was built on four (false) foundations:1) The sanctions regime was crumbling.2) Iran’s program is peaceful in nature.3) The JCPOA blocks all pathways to a bomb.4) The alternative was

Esfandyar Batmanghelidj

yarbatman

1. The Supreme Leader's emphasis on "verified" sanctions relief points to the credibility problem facing Biden. Iran and the US can likely choreograph a kind of simultaneous re-entry into the

Rime Allaf

rallaf

Nearly 10 years on, with enough evidence to the contrary to fill history books for decades, I have just heard "experts" still speaking of an imaginary US push for regime

JaynieNZ17

MamaBirdTweetz

Attn: NZ MSM & Govt, something to ponder-"Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election"Issued: Sep 12, 2018EO on Imposing Certain

Kyle Orton

KyleWOrton

Claim @Reuters: #Iran has reduced monthly payments to "each of the four top militia groups [in the #Hashd] in #Iraq to between $2 million and $3 million from $4.5 million

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