Tag: Sanctions
12 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Oil Licenses and Repression: The Human Rights Impact of Sanctions Policy in Venezuela
Introduction On March 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) revoked General License No. 41 (GL41), a significant policy…
May 14, 2025
- Business & Economics
Refining the Logic of Targeted Asset Freezes
One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western energy sanctions, in combination with a price cap to limit Russian earnings from shipborne oil and refined petroleum…
April 24, 2023
- Global Governance
Forced to Look East? Russia, China, India, and the Future of Arctic Governance
The day that Russia invaded Ukraine—February 24, 2022—will go down as a turning point in the history of the twenty-first century. Russia’s war against Ukraine is not only a…
September 16, 2022
- Society & Culture
Sanctions and Freeports: Where to Look for Russia’s Hidden Wealth
In response to Russia’s unprovoked war on Ukraine, Europe and the United States have been determined to punish perpetrators with economic sanctions—but finding the resources…
May 16, 2022
- Conflict & Security
Principles or Pragmatism? How to React to West Africa’s Slew of Coups
It has become an all too familiar scenario in West Africa: men in military fatigues appear on national television to solemnly announce that the president has been deposed and the…
May 5, 2022
- Business & Economics
Rethinking China’s Strategy of Technological Independence
One of the themes that stand out in China’s 14th Five-year Plan for national economic and social development is the commitment to strengthening technological self-sufficiency.…
June 22, 2021
- Human Rights & Development
Managing US Sanctions Toward Russia
As Joe Biden prepares to become the 46th president of the United States, speculation has begun on what a Biden administration will mean for US policy toward Russia and sanctions…
December 10, 2020
- Dialogues
Dr. Victor Cha on China and the NBA
GJIA: In the lecture, you mentioned China is practicing “Predatory Liberalism.” Could you explain what that is? VC: “Predatory liberalism” is essentially the idea…
April 6, 2020
- Business & Economics
Business as Usual, Unusually: North Korea’s Illicit Trade with China and Russia
Since the Korean War, North Korea’s proverbial “elephant in the room” has always been its reliance on China (excluding, of course, the period 1953-1988, when the…
March 25, 2020
- Business & Economics
Sanctions, Scarcity, and the Depressing Reality of Iranian Healthcare
Each pharmacist I sought out in Tehran bluntly told me there was no chance I could find antidepressants like Pfizer’s Zoloft. Even smugglers recommended by my physician claimed…
January 16, 2020