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BBC – China hits out at ‘illegal’ new US sanctions on Iran and trading partners

August 25, 2026 Ben 0

It’s difficult to believe the US would actually go through with cutting China off from the Dollar for trading with Iran, given the consequences for the US economy would be devastating. Read the article HERE.

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Economics

Mahyar Ramezankhani – Sanctions didn’t break Iran. They hardened it.

August 24, 2026 Ben 0

Iran’s economy is capable of withstanding American punishment because it had already adapted to isolation from the Dollar for many years before this war began. Mahyar Ramezankhani is a professor of economics and an economic […]

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Eldar Mamedov – EU sanctions on violent Israeli settlers are barely a half measure

May 19, 2026 Ben 0

Given the fact that there are nearly three-quarter of a million Israeli settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, EU sanctions on a handful of them looks like little more than political damage control. […]

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Euronews – EU approves sanctions on Israeli settlers after Hungarian backing

May 11, 2026 Ben 0

After three years of genocide, the European Union finally does something to punish Israel, though that ‘something’ is very little indeed. Read the article HERE.

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The Kyiv Independent – EU warns of sanctions over shipments of stolen Ukrainian grain to Israel

April 28, 2026 Ben 0

Israel steals Palestinian land everyday, but they are Palestinians so to the EUcrats they are not really human beings. Read the article HERE.

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Finance

Mark Episkopos – Europe’s latest seized Russian  asset scheme is as dumb as ever

October 7, 2025 Ben 0

European leaders have a penchant for self-harm when it comes to the Ukraine war: everything they do comes back at them like a boomerang. Mark Episkopos is a Eurasia Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute […]

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Ian Proud – US-Europe divide on SWIFT could derail Ukraine peace talks

April 7, 2025 Ben 0

The SWIFT payment service hasn’t crippled Russian exports as some thought it would, so why make it a deal-breaker now? Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. […]

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Economics

Adam Tooze – A “house of cards”? Russia’s war economy in 2025.

January 16, 2025 Ben 0

Commentators in The FT are desperate to wish into existence a financial crisis in Russia, but the reality is that Russia is surviving Western sanctions. In Adam Tooze’s ‘Chartbook’ Substack. Read the article HERE.

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Zep Kalb – Who benefits from sanctions?

August 19, 2024 Ben 0

On “How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare” by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.

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Global Witness – EU imports of Russian LNG have jumped by 40% since the invasion of Ukraine

August 30, 2023 Ben 0

EU imports of Russian liquified natural gas are rising faster than the global average increase! Global Witness is an NGO for a more sustainable, just and equal planet. This is a press release. Countries in […]

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Reindustrialise Britain – A Strategy for Wealth Creation by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliot, and Doug Nicholls

September 4, 2026 0

Book Review by Mathew D. Rose With the exception of the Epstein Class and the Professional and Managerial Caste in Britain there is now a broad consensus that neo-liberalism has failed the nation. It has […]

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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