US sanctions on foreign nations have lost some of their power to influence the behavior of other nations – with increasing costs for the US to boot.
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Iran has sought to bolster its economic and security relationships on the continent after a punishing year both at home and in the Middle East.
Iran’s rial fell against the dollar just as Trump was claiming victory. The 2 events are linked, argues an expert on the Iranian economy.
On June 28, Iranians will pick a new president. Relations with the West have been a key campaign issue.
Iran has a growing role in the Ukraine war, helping Russia augment its dwindling weapons supplies. That may help Russia, but it also serves Iran’s national interests.
There’s an unexpected beneficiary of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Iranian children are being encouraged to sing and dance to a new ‘pop’ song, which reflects the conservative values of the country’s religious hardliners.
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.
The Biden administration has threatened severe sanctions if Russia were to invade Ukraine. An economic sanctions scholar explains why they probably won’t be effective.
The US bid to impose so-called ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran was roundly rejected by the UN security council.
Given the perils of direct confrontation with the US, the most likely recourse for Iran may be to mobilise its proxy militias to attack American assets in Iraq.
The wisest course from here would seem to be reopening discussions with Tehran about Gulf security and an American-imposed sanctions regime. But this will be easier said than done.
The US has imposed new sanctions against Iran’s top leaders, but its foreign policy has no clear focus.
Trump announced ‘hard-hitting’ new sanctions on Iran in response to the attack on a US drone. A peace studies scholar explains why sanctions rarely work.
Washington’s reimposition of harsh sanctions against Iran is one of the Trump administration’s most irresponsible acts.
If Iranian crude exports decline further it could make oil and gas prices rise.
The Iranian government reacted to a nationwide truck drivers’ strike with unprecedented restraint, apparently fearful a crackdown might provoke a Trump intervention.
The Iran nuclear deal will struggle to survive the damage done when Trump pulled the US out on May 8. So will US-Europe relations.
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Professor Emeritus, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Fellow at the Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Instructor of American Politics, United States Military Academy West Point
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Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
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Senior Research Fellow, KU Leuven
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Director, Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), Deakin University
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Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies, Inaugural Co-Director of Centre for AI Futures, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Adjunct Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Teaching Assistant Professor, East Carolina University
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Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Old Dominion University