Energy Sanctions Dashboard

This dashboard focuses on US sanctions and restrictive measures placed on crude oil from Russia, Iran, and Venezuela—including the unintended consequences and the lessons learned.

Econographics

Apr 17, 2025

Russia Sanctions Database

By Kimberly Donovan, Maia Nikoladze, Lize de Kruijf

The Atlantic Council’s Russia Sanctions Database tracks the level of coordination among Western allies in sanctioning Russian entities, individuals, vessels, and aircraft, and shows where gaps still remain.

Eastern Europe Economy & Business

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Programs

At the intersection of economics, finance, and foreign policy, the GeoEconomics Center is a translation hub with the goal of helping shape a better global economic future.

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Econographics

Nov 22, 2024

Sanctions expectations in a second Trump administration

By Daniel Tannebaum

Sanctions are poised to remain a cornerstone of US foreign policy under a second Trump administration. With a focus on Iran, Russia, and potentially China, Trump's team may lean on tools like secondary sanctions while navigating a tense geopolitical environment.

China
Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Nov 21, 2024

Five questions (and expert answers) about major new US sanctions on Russia’s Gazprombank

By Atlantic Council experts

To decipher these moves, we turned to some of our top sanctions experts to reveal what’s behind the decision and what to expect next.

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion
Russia

In the News

Nov 21, 2024

Donovan and Nikoladze cited in the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s annual report on the cooperation between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea

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China
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

In the News

Nov 20, 2024

Plitsas quoted in ATN News on US sanctions on senior Hamas officials

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

In the News

Nov 15, 2024

Avoiding Entanglement: G20 Responses in a Taiwan Crisis report cited by the Wall Street Journal on how China would respond to trade restrictions from the West

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Brazil
China

In the News

Nov 15, 2024

Avoiding Entanglement: G20 Responses in a Taiwan Crisis report featured in a SCMP article discussing the report’s findings

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Economy & Business
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

In the News

Nov 15, 2024

Lipsky quoted by The Banker on the Bank for International Settlements’ withdrawal from the mBridge project

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Economy & Business
Financial Regulation

In the News

Nov 15, 2024

Donovan quoted by Reuters on how the incoming Trump administration could utilize sanctions

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Economy & Business
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

In the News

Nov 15, 2024

Lichfield interviewed by DW on the implications of Trump’s election for the war in Ukraine

Watch the full interview here

Eastern Europe
Economy & Business

In the News

Nov 15, 2024

Park quoted by the Wall Street Journal on the Russia-North Korea relationship

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Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion
Korea

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