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Toward a Global Sanctions Compact for Long-Overdue Reform

A checklist to clarify and expand exemptions when needed could lead to a broad agreement on how to use these measures for peace and security.

Sec. Blinken’s View on Sanctions Against the ICC: A More Complete Picture

Analysis of the Secretary of State's exact statements on the prospect of congressional efforts to sanction the International Criminal Court.
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The ICC Arrest Warrants: Even a Strong U.S. Reaction Should Not Include Sanctions

Ambassador Todd Buchwald draws lessons from past U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court as a guide for U.S. policymakers in responding to arrest warrants for Israeli…

On Georgia’s `Russian Law,’ Amendments Are a Trap: The West Should Just Say No

The best way for the US and EU to support citizens opposing the repressive legislation is to refuse to accept its legitimacy in any way.

How the Georgian Government, Once a US Ally, Became an Adversary, Against the Wishes of Its Protesting Citizens

Western leaders will have to respond quickly to deter the ruling Georgian Dream party from further repression against its opposition.

The Kremlin’s Hand: How Russia Fuels Srebrenica Genocide Denial and Balkan Instability

The hardline backlash to a UN resolution to commemorate the 1995 atrocities highlights the need for a US and EU deterrence strategy.
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America’s Sanctions Habit is Hurting Peacemaking

Without reforms to blunt sanctions’ negative consequences for peacemaking, their effectiveness will be limited. Far greater effort is needed to ensure that this instrument of…
KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 27: Police officers and military experts operate at the site of a Russian aerial bombing of a high-rise residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district on March 27, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The Russian military aircrafts, for the first time since 2022, dropped UMPB D-30 glide bombs on Kharkiv, hitting the central part of the city and damaging at least 14 multi-story residential buildings, as well as civil infrastructure objects - a medical institution, a preschool educational institution and school, administrative buildings. One person was killed and at least 19 others were injured, including three children and a 3-month-old baby. Russia continues to pound Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast bordering with it with missiles, drones and guided aerial bombs in an attempt to re-occupy it.

Sanctions Against Russia: The Coalition Can Do Better – for Ukraine and Global Order

The international community must strengthen and expand its sanctions on Russia to achieve the intended aims of curbing its assault on Ukraine and on the international order.

Russian Human Rights Activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Marks Two Years Behind Bars

His wife, Evgenia, calls on the global democratic community to stand with her husband and others fighting Putin's repression.

Talking to “the Enemy” Shouldn’t be Illegal

Litigants explain their suit challenging U.S. Treasury Department’s OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) decision to prohibit organization’s providing “a platform” for…

In Shifting US Ties with Niger and Africa, Focus on Human Rights and Democracy to Strengthen Partnerships

After a series of coups in the region following years of counterterrorism cooperation, the US needs a new approach to recover its stride.
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The UK Is Failing to Recoup Ill-gotten Gains Linked to the Syrian Regime

Robust laws are needed to account for the ways in which illicit assets are hidden in the UK and ensure justice for survivors of the conflict in Syria.
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