Sanctions

International actors should press for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and civilian protection in Sudan.

"[T]he Court determined that it could not order the United States to unfreeze nearly $1.75 billion in Iranian central bank assets but obligated the United States to compensate…

To explain the M23 conflict, and what the United States can do to pressure Rwanda to withdraw, we have Daniel Levine-Spound and Ari Tolany.

Seizure of Russian assets poses risks to the possibility, legitimacy, and international acceptance of an ultimate post-conflict settlement.

"It is not in the U.S. national security interest for export controls to increase loss of life in Syria by preventing the supply of disaster relief equipment at a time of crisis."

Congress needs to pass legislation to expand vital protections for NGOs delivering life-saving humanitarian assistance.

The annual Day of the Endangered Lawyer focuses attention on an increasingly frequent tool of autocrats: targeting their opponents' lawyers.

Support for leaders who remain in power only via repression and cooptation is a recipe for instability, not strategic success.

It fueled Russia's war on Ukraine. Now it's time for democratic societies to address this challenge for the long haul, including at home.

A better approach would be for Congress to impose additional targeted sanctions on Russia, but not through the one-size-fits-all state sponsor of terrorism designation.

The United States cannot destroy Iran’s nuclear ambitions with bombs, and it will not go to war in the Middle East to impose regime change in Tehran.

The political and legal complications of using such proceeds to compensate Ukraine aren't trivial, but neither are they insurmountable.