If there's one part of foreign policy where President Donald Trump has been consistent, it's economic sanctions on Iran. During his first presidency, Trump imposed what the State Department called a ...

During times of international conflict and economic tension, usually instigated by the United States, we hear our elected officials threaten the use of sanctions. But how exactly do they work, and how ...

The United States imposes three times as many economic sanctions as any other country in the world, according to an analysis by The Washington Post. And while President Donald Trump has said he’d like ...

The European Union is facing serious economic difficulties due to its decision to impose sanctions on Russia. These measures, ...

We look at a new Washington Post investigation titled “Money War” that traces the effects of U.S. sanctions under the last four presidents: Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden. According to the report, the U ...

The EU has stood with the Syrian people throughout the last 14 years, engaging in the search for a political solution and leading financial assistance. The EU also adopted sanctions against Assad’s ...

Three years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, what have U.S. sanctions achieved? NPR talks to Edward Fishman, author of "Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare." ...

Explore how Western sanctions against Russia's fleet are not only designed to limit military operations but are also causing unforeseen disruptions in global trade and Western economies.

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The foreign policy debate this year has been an exercise in Democrats and Republicans trying to outhawk each other. Gone are the days when both parties pretended to be interested in ending "endless ...

How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare, by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez, Stanford University Press, 212 pages, $24 If there's one part of ...