sanctions

The world awoke on July 25th to news that Myanmar’s military junta had executed four democracy activists following a sham judicial process, the first death sentences carried…

An overview shows a hardline approach partially inherited from Trump merged with an emphasis on working with allies and partners. 

A singular focus by the US and partners on power-sharing and elections to end the war has instead bred famine and a violent kleptocracy.

"Путін ... може «покласти око» на 9 травня, велике російське національне свято, яке знаменує перемогу…

He may be aiming to score a visible success by the May 9 national holiday marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

Advocates call for targeted sanctions in connection with for egregious human rights violations in Uttar Pradesh.

States and other non-federal actors have significant power, much of which is still untapped, to support ongoing sanctions efforts.

"Extraordinary deployments of executive power, however appropriate they may seem, must be subject to close oversight. And if an informed Congress concludes that sanctions are working…

Congressional sanctions will have limited effects on Russia's behavior and could harm diplomatic efforts to end the war.

He is speaking and acting on a longstanding belief about the post-Soviet national security state that the West tolerated repeatedly.

Broader sanctions against Russia are needed to support Ukraine at this pivotal moment in the conflict.

Broad U.S. export controls aimed at Russia make a key distinction between the treatment of exports to Russia and the release of information to Russian nationals in the United States.…