The targeting of elite interests has been at the centre of recent sanctions policies, including sanctions on Russia. We look at the effectiveness of targeting in Iran in the 2010s.
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The financial impact will be severe and long lasting.
The rapid boycott of Russian companies suggests ‘political consumerism’ has become a new normal for people to protest against governments
It’s time for organizations like the IPC to stop lamenting the intersection of sport and politics, and instead accept this well-established reality going forward.
The scope of a new law targeting sanctions at Russia will need to be clear on many critical issues, including military aid to Ukraine.
Sanctions follow a ‘punishment logic,’ which often hurts the wrong people – and will likely weaken an already beleaguered Russian opposition.
What bitcoin giveth, it also takes away.
Can the Ukrainians hold on long enough that the economic costs to Russia become unsustainable?
The president’s regime has been planning for a trip to the international deep freeze for many years.
Russia is one of the world’s top three oil producers and a major oil exporter. How will it, and global oil markets, respond if its wealthiest customers turn off the tap?
Soaring inflation and a run on the banks signal that punishing sanctions resulting from the invasion of Ukraine are already inflicting economic pain.
International law has been breaking down for over two decades, meaning New Zealand must find new ways to promote peace and security.
The recent US ban on avocado imports from Mexico underscores the risks of being so heavily reliant on a product that comes from one region in one country that’s rife with violence and corruption.
A feature of the international community’s response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been the adoption of sanctions. So what are sanctions? And are they likely to have any meaningful impact?
Western countries are trying to fight Russia with sanctions, but Putin has taken steps to protect the Russian economy.
Denying Russia’s central bank access to its offshore reserves threatens hyperinflation, a recession and massive unemployment.
By working with allies, the Biden administration has been able to place severe sanctions on Russia – including targeting Putin’s inner circle and banning banks from SWIFT.
What happens to the International Space Station when tensions on Earth rise? A space policy expert explains how the ISS is run and how Russian aggression has threatened its operation in the past – and now.
The EU, UK and US hold considerable leverage, but they need to make complex calculations about how to use it.
Economic warfare only works if it really hurts.
Top contributors
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Professor of IPE, Director of City Political Economy Research Centre (CITYPERC), City, University of London
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Co-Director of the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham
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Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London
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Professor Emeritus, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor in International Relations, University of Sussex
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Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University
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Co-founder and Special Advisor of the Islam, Law & Modernity Research Group, Durham University
