Geopolitics
Euronews – 11 European nations and Canada announce trade sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank
It’s very little and very late, but it’s not nothing. Read the article HERE.
Sanctions
Geopolitics
BBC – China hits out at ‘illegal’ new US sanctions on Iran and trading partners
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.
Economics
Mahyar Ramezankhani – Sanctions didn’t break Iran. They hardened it.
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 […]
Geopolitics
Eldar Mamedov – EU sanctions on violent Israeli settlers are barely a half measure
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. […]
EU politics
Euronews – EU approves sanctions on Israeli settlers after Hungarian backing
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.
Geopolitics
The Kyiv Independent – EU warns of sanctions over shipments of stolen Ukrainian grain to Israel
Israel steals Palestinian land everyday, but they are Palestinians so to the EUcrats they are not really human beings. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Mark Episkopos – Europe’s latest seized Russian asset scheme is as dumb as ever
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 […]
Geopolitics
Ian Proud – US-Europe divide on SWIFT could derail Ukraine peace talks
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. […]
Economics
Adam Tooze – A “house of cards”? Russia’s war economy in 2025.
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.
Geopolitics
Zep Kalb – Who benefits from sanctions?
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.