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

Recent analysis

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

Econographics Sep 16, 2025

The Supreme Court’s decision on Trump tariffs will have lasting impact on US economic statecraft

By Stephanie Connor

Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules, the case will shape US economic policy for years to come.
Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
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

New Atlanticist Mar 28, 2024

The axis of evasion: Behind China’s oil trade with Iran and Russia

By Kimberly Donovan, Maia Nikoladze

Beijing has developed a way to import Iranian and Russian oil while bypassing the Western financial system and shipping services.
China Economy & Business
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

Testimony Feb 21, 2025

Kimberly Donovan testifies to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission on the Axis of Autocracy

By Kimberly Donovan

On February 20, Economic Statecraft Initiative Director Kimberly Donovan testified to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission at a hearing titled, “An Axis of Autocracy? China’s Relations with Russia, Iran, and North Korea.”
China Economy & Business

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Content

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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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
International Markets

UkraineAlert

Nov 14, 2024

Ukrainian civil society leaders call for extension of Nord Stream 2 sanctions

By Ukrainian civil society leaders

Representatives of Ukraine’s civil society have penned an appeal to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee calling for the extension of United States sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Energy & Environment
European Union

UkraineAlert

Nov 13, 2024

Russia’s economically vital energy sector is Vladimir Putin’s Achilles’ Heel

By Oleksiy Zagorodnyuk

By introducing additional sanctions on Russia's energy industry and intensifying implementation cooperation, the West can undermine Putin's ability to wage war and strengthen the global order against further acts of international aggression, writes Oleksiy Zagorodnyuk.

Conflict
Economy & Business
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Director, Economic Statecraft Initiative

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Hanna Dohmen

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Edward Fishman

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Russia Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

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Daniel Fried

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