Trump Wants U.S. Investment in Venezuela, but Sanctions Still Complicate It

With tight business restrictions still in place, companies may find it challenging to even assess what opportunities exist ...
AOL

US announces more sanctions on ICC officials for targeting Americans, Israelis

Four additional International Criminal Court (ICC) officials are facing U.S. sanctions over actions targeting Americans and Israelis. The State Department cited President Donald Trump’s executive ...
Reuters

Sanctions and Export Controls: Compliance Roadmap

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 ...
CNBC

EU targets Russian energy with new sanctions — and welcomes Trump’s major policy shift

The European Union's latest package of sanctions targeting Russia includes a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. The move comes shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump, in a major ...
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Effects of International Sanctions on Age-Specific Mortality: A Cross-National Panel Data Analysis

Background: Prior research has documented a correlation between the imposition of sanctions and worsening health conditions in target countries. However, the direction of causality in this ...
The Diplomat

Building the Sanctions Infrastructure the West Needs to Face China, Now

Sanctions must be treated as an extension of national defense, not a tool of diplomatic escalation. Their value is in preemption rather than punishment. Sanctions are a cat-and-mouse game. They always ...
The New York Times

Trump’s Sanctions on Russian Oil Sector Ratchet Up Economic War

After months of restraint, President Trump’s move to blacklist Lukoil and Rosneft will hit Russia where it hurts. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington President Trump ratcheted America’s ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

How to design nuclear sanctions that don’t backfire

On May 2, 2011, a US Navy SEAL helicopter soft-crashed into the side of Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Within the hour, bin Laden was identified and assassinated. The world’s most ...
Law

Trade and Trade-Offs for India: The Dawn of Secondary Tariffs

Sid Kamaraju and Aaron Wiltse of Pryor Cashman explain how President Trump’s new “secondary tariffs” on Indian imports could significantly affect global trade if upheld by the Supreme Court. In August ...
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Rosneft’s Nayara stake sale: How EU sanctions could derail the deal

CHENNAI: Russian oil major Rosneft’s proposed sale of its 49.13% stake in India-based Nayara Energy has hit a significant obstacle following the European Union’s latest round of sanctions targeting ...
Forbes

Sanctions, Drone Strikes, And Market Shifts Hit Russia’s Energy Sector

On October 24, the Russian Federation’s Ryazan oil facility was forced to halt its crude distillation after Ukraine launched a drone strike. The refinery, Russia’s fourth-largest, is a major supplier ...