List of U.S. Economic Sanctions articles
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iranrial Mo’ Rials, Mo’ Problems
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is eager to open up the country's economy. Iranian hardliners are eager to stop him.
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GettyImages-160412770 Make Pyongyang Pay
Stop North Korea by hitting it where it hurts: its wallet.
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GettyImages-500549668 crop The Devil We Know in Minsk
Europe is about to let its last dictator in from the cold. Here's why it should demand change instead.
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This picture taken on December 25, 2013 shows South Sudanese troops loyal to President Salva Kiir pictured at Bor airport after they re-captured it from rebel forces. South Sudan's army battled rebel forces in the key town of Malakal Wednesday, a minister said, as other troops flushed out remaining insurgent pockets a day after recapturing a strategic town. "We recaptured Bor on Tuesday evening, just before sunset, and this morning there are currently operations against some pockets of rebels within the airport area," Information Minister Michael Makwei told. AFP PHOTO/Samir BOL (Photo credit should read SAMIR BOL/AFP/Getty Images) U.N. Panel Calls for Sanctions on South Sudan’s Warring Leaders
An unpublished report finds "clear and convincing evidence" that Salva Kiir and Riek Machar are responsible for widespread atrocities.
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Swiss_Image_WEF_srzs1555 Davos Diary: Iran Insists It’s Open for Business. Will It Have Any Customers?
With nuclear sanctions lifted, Tehran wants the world to invest in its economy. It remains to be seen if it will have any takers.
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Swiss_Image_WEF_srzs1387 Davos Diary: Iran’s Zarif Accuses U.S. of ‘Coercion,’ and Tells the Saudis to Chill
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif had quite the day in Davos.
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GettyImages-504808824 Unfounded Fears About Iran’s Oil Sparks Steep Global Losses
World markets are tanking amid misplaced fears about Iran's oil flooding an already oversaturated market.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY YEAR-2007-DARFUR (FILES) A severly ill and malnourished girl lays on a bed at a hospital in Graida Internally Displaced People's (IDP) camp in south Darfur, 18 July 2007. With seasonal rains beginning to fall over the region, medical workers are preparing for possible outbreaks of diseases such as cholera in the camp which is home to almost 100,000 displaced by the four-year conflict. AFP PHOTO/AMIS/STUART PRICE. (Photo credit should read STUART PRICE/AFP/Getty Images) Sudan Sanctions Deprive ‘Whole Nation’ of Health Care
Sudan’s ruling elite lives large while ordinary citizens are denied life-saving medical care. U.S. sanctions are to blame.
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GettyImages-484709140 Kim Jong Untrustworthy
As the United States debates how to deal with North Korea’s belligerence, there’s one thing it should avoid at all costs: negotiating with Pyongyang.
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GettyImages-497134094 The Billion-Dollar Caliphate
The Islamic State has gotten rich from extortion, heists, and smuggling. But how long can the extremist group continue to bankroll jihad?
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GettyImages-464050403crop U.N. Watchdog: Iran Pursued a Nuclear Bomb
The IAEA's report aims to settle controversial, unanswered questions about Tehran's past weapons research.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NOE LEIVA Hungry crocodiles in the pool of a private farm in the San Manuel municipality, Cortes department, 220 km north of Tegucigalpa on November 1, 2015. Thousands of crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) are starving since weeks ago after the owner of the farm was accused of drug trafficking in the United States. Several member of the prominent Honduran Rosenthal family, including businessman and former vice president (1986-90) Jaime Rosenthal, were accused in the U.S. of drug trafficking and money laundering. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA (Photo credit should read ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images) A Tale of 10,000 Sanctioned and Starving Crocodiles
The U.S. froze a wealthy Honduran family's assets after they were accused of drug trafficking. Now the family's 10,000 crocodiles are starving.
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A woman walks past the fried chicken shop "KFC Halal", using the brand name of US fast food giant KFC, after it was closed by Iranian police, on November 3, 2015, in the capital Tehran. "Police closed the 'KFC' restaurant as it didn't have authorisation and had been operating under a false license," reported the news site of Iran's Young Journalist Club, which is affiliated with state television. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) Kentucky Fried Chicken ‘Shocked’ by Halal Knockoff in Iran
A knockoff KFC was shut down this week in Tehran. Now, the American brand wants to take legal action against the Iranian shopkeeper.
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GettyImages-490041368_snappoll1 Snap Poll: Will China, Iran, and Russia Cooperate With the United States?
We asked IR scholars about the refugee crisis, the Iran deal, presidential reputations, and whether economic sanctions actually make a difference.
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GettyImages-487401372 The Iran Deal Is Done, but the Political Theater Is Just Beginning
Don't expect the campaign rhetoric surrounding Iran to quiet down now that a deal is done.
