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To Make Sanctions Policy More Humane, Limit Food and Medicine Inflation

Sanctions-driven inflation is a humanitarian disaster and a national security issue.
Collage of images of fragile democracy, clockwise from top left: Members of Lebanon's Order of Engineers and Architects gather to elect a new president in the capital Beirut on July 18, 2021. - Aref Yassine, 58, who ran on the anti-establishment "The syndicate revolts" list, won the syndicate's Presidency. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images) LIMA, PERU - JUNE 19: Supporters of presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori wave a large Peruvian flag during a demonstration on June 19, 2021 in Lima, Peru. The two political groups of the presidential candidates Peru Libre of Pedro Castillo and Fuerza Popular of Keiko Fujimori called on protests due to uncertainty over elections. Peru's electoral board continues to check contested votes from the June 6 presidential runoff and has not yet declared the final results. (Photo by Marcos Reategui/Getty Images) MANILA, PHILIPPINES - OCTOBER 08: Philippine Senator Ronald dela Rosa arrives to file his certificate of candidacy for the 2022 presidential race at Sofitel Harbor Garden Tent on October 8, 2021 in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Philippines' election commission is accepting candidates for thousands of political posts for the May 2022 general elections until October 8. More than 18,000 political posts, from president down to municipal councillors, are up for grabs in what is expected to be a hotly contested election season. (Photo by Aaron Favila - Pool/Getty Images) Supporters of Zambian presidential candidate for the opposition party United Party for National Development (UPND) Hakainde Hichilema celebrate his election as Zambian President in Lusaka, on August 16, 2021. - Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was on August 16, 2021 declared winner of the hotly contested presidential election after capturing more than 2.8 million votes. (Photo by Salim DAWOOD / AFP) (Photo by SALIM DAWOOD/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden’s Initiative for Democratic Renewal: How to Account for Conflict and Fragility

Supporting democracy requires grappling with fragility and conflict - including by choosing partners wisely, countering corruption, and taking a politically-informed approach to…
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) during a bilateral meeting on Nov. 13, 2019 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

As Putin Lines Ukraine Border with Russian Troops, Is There a China Factor?

Even without the oft-discussed scenario of a simultaneous Chinese attack on Taiwan, Putin at least needs Xi's support for a new Ukraine invasion

Cuando la corrupción no tiene rastro de dinero: las sanciones pasan por alto casos cruciales

En Guatemala, se expulsan los últimos defensores contra la corrupción, una tendencia que debería generar tanta preoccupación como el soborno tradicional.
President of Republika Srpska Zeljka Cvijanovic (C) and, to her right, Milorad Dodik, Serb member of Bosnia's tripartite presidency, smile during a parade showcasing the entity's police force marking the "Day of Republic Srpska", in Banja Luka, on January 9, 2022. Muslims in Bosnia oppose the event as it marks the creation of a "Serb republic" in Bosnia on January 9, 1992, three months ahead of an ethnic war that claimed 100,000 lives and displaced more than two million people.  (Photo by ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP via Getty Images)

EU-US Plan for Bosnia Risks Undermining New Sanctions and Bolstering Putin

Electoral deal also offers state land and backtracks on genocide denial, threatening territorial integrity, justice, and peace.
Women in long coats hold placards and march

Connecting the Dots: The Surge in Reprisals Against Women and the Rise of Counterterrorism

Addressing reprisals against women means addressing the role of counterterrorism law.

When Corruption Has No Money Trail: Sanctions Overlook Crucial Cases

Guatemala’s last anti-corruption stewards are being forced out, a trend that should raise as many alarms as traditional bribery and graft.

The US-Russia Crisis Over Ukraine: All Options Should Not Be On the Table

US and Russian leaders must consider the use of nuclear weapons off the table. Even use on a "limited scale" carries too much risk.

For Sudan’s Democratic Imperative, the US and Others Must Intensify Support

How to curb the coup leaders and decisively support the people showing nonviolent dedication to freedom and democracy.
Image: Left - MONROVIA, LIBERIA – AUGUST 6, 2003: Hundreds of shell casings litter the ground in Monrovia, Liberia, as negotiators try to reach a ceasefire in the country’s brutal civil war. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Right - Syrian defendant Anwar R., 57, arrives at court for an unprecedented trial on state-sponsored torture in Syria, on April 23, 2020 at court in Koblenz, western Germany. Prime suspect Anwar R., an alleged former colonel in Syrian state security, stands accused of carrying out crimes against humanity while in charge of the Al-Khatib detention centre in Damascus between April 29, 2011 and September 7, 2012. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes / various sources / AFP). EDITORS NOTE: According to court's ruling, the face of the defendant must be made unrecognizable 

From Syria Torture Trial to Liberian Massacre Case – A Plea for Bolstering Witness Protections in Human Rights Litigation

Witness testimony was key in reaching today's conviction of a former Syrian intelligence official for crimes against humanity. But the testimony placed witnesses and victims at…
Image: A picture taken on September 27, 2018, a bird resting on Israel's controversial separation barrier on the outskirts of East Jerusalem on September 27, 2018 - (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

The International Community and Israel: Giving Permission to a Permanent Occupation        

UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories reflects on 50+ years of international inaction on the Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine.
View of a pile of rubbish with unused Venezuelan bolivar bills on a street of Puerto Concha town, Zulia state, Venezuela, on September 8, 2021, where the Colombian peso accounts for most transactions, followed by the US dollar. (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden debe cambiar, no profundizar, la fallida estrategia de Trump hacia Venezuela

Las sanciones de los EE.UU. exacerban el sufrimiento humano. Deberían castigar a los corruptos y poderosos.
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