Economic Sanctions
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🇺🇲 The Americans have not yet realized what they have done The United States made a dangerous mistake by actively using its own economic potential to solve foreign policy issues....
🇺🇸🇸🇾🏴☠️Top US general reaffirms occupation of Syria during visit US planners continue to occupy northeastern Syria under the pretext of fighting ISIS "But this is different you...
With the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaching, there are a multitude of new pieces on sanctions to read. If you're looking for a weekend reading list...
🇷🇺🛢️Russia bypasses sanctions "on an industrial scale," writes The Economist. A year after the refusal of large Western firms to trade, ship and insure oil, "mysterious aliens beg...
“I am struck by the pervasiveness of human rights & humanitarian impact of unilateral coercive measures imposed on #Syria & total economic & financial isolation of a country whose...
I agree with @ElbridgeColby's point on sanctions. If Xi were to accept the military costs that would come along with forcible reunification, he would almost certainly accept the ec...
1 When WSJ says this you know sanctions are in the dustbin. However this impact is there - just not as much as intended - the economy is adjusting differently … https://t.co/etgYRq...
Short 🧵on negative security externalities of sanctions targeting Russia. @nytimes & others have been doing some great reporting on Russian-backed violence in Africa. One key motive...
New US sanctions announced today intensify measures targeting Sberbank, Russia’s largest financial institution, and Alfa-Bank, its 4th largest. Prior to today, Sberbank was under...
The Bucha Massacre has some calling for even tougher sanctions on Russia. Contrary to how sanctions have been portrayed, the Russian financial system is not completely isolated. Sa...
How sanctions are killing Russia? Russia's falling. Old sanctions of 2014 sabotaged development of new innovative weaponry. New sanctions of 2022 are undermining Russian military...
Later today, together with the other nations of the G7 and the EU, we will jointly announce several new steps to squeeze Putin and to hold him accountable for his aggression agains...
One common ? RE: Western sanctions is: How will the Russian public react? If sanctions are costly, won’t this turn Russian public opinion against Putin? Political scientists studyi...
"We're asking for stronger sanctions. And unfortunately, even here, the world has to go into compromise, and they will put sanctions on Russia, but exclude the energy sector out of...
Ukraine needs the world's help & support. Here are 12 companies that assist in helping the Russian economy operate. Pressure them. It works. 👇
THREAD: Here's why sanctioning the Central Bank of Russia could prove devastating - the true "nuclear" option in the West's financial arsenal. Russia currently holds about $640 bil...
My hotel in Moscow asked me to settle the bill early because they aren’t sure if credit cards are going to work once SWIFT sanctions kick in.
Today, I am authorizing additional strong sanctions and new limitations on what can be exported to Russia. This will impose severe costs on the Russian economy — both immediately a...