Program: Economic Sanctions Initiative

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Issue Brief

Jun 15, 2018

How to increase pressure if diplomacy with North Korea fails

By Daleep Singh and Peter E. Harrell

Peter E. Harrell, adjunct senior fellow at CNAS, explain that a truly “maximum pressure” campaign on North Korea would require the credible threat of targeted sanctions against China.

China Korea

Event Recap

May 25, 2018

Sanctions in the Trump Era: One Year In

By Global Business & Economics Program

On May 25th, the Atlantic Council’s Global Business and Economics Program together with the Millennium Leadership Program hosted a panel discussion with a delegation of high executives from Santander Bank. The discussion centered around how economic sanctions affect the banking sector and the priorities of the current administration in this area.

Economy & Business Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

In the News

May 24, 2018

Forrer Quoted in CNBC on Iran Nuclear Deal Sanctions

By John Forrer

Read the full article here

Iran

IranSource

May 21, 2018

Dropping the Hammer

By Brian O'Toole

The Trump administration, acting through Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), has wasted no time in setting a harried pace of Iran-related designations to up the pressure after the president announced the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 8. In the seven business days following that fateful […]

Iran

EconoGraphics

May 18, 2018

US Sanctions’ Global Impact – A Case Study of RUSAL’s Supply Chain

By Ole Moehr

On April 6, 2018, the Trump Administration imposed stiff economic sanctions on 37 Russian oligarchs, oligarch-owned companies, Russian government officials, and state-owned companies.

Economy & Business Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion
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Event Recap

May 9, 2018

Discussion on Venezuela Sanctions with the Hon. Marshall Billingslea

By Global Business & Economics Program

On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, the Atlantic Council’s Economic Sanctions Initiative hosted a private roundtable breakfast on US sanctions towards Venezuela with the honorable Marshall Billingslea.

In the News

May 9, 2018

O’Toole Quoted in i24 News on Trump’s Nuclear Deal Pullout

By Brian O'Toole

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Iran

New Atlanticist

May 9, 2018

The Iran Deal: Withdrawal Symptoms

By Brian O'Toole

US President Donald J. Trump’s May 8 announcement that he would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal was broadly consistent with what many observers expected from the administration. However, because the sanctions component proved tougher than most predicted, the full scope of economic and political ramifications remains unknown. While the United States gears up for the reimposition […]

Iran

In the News

May 9, 2018

Tannebaum Joins CNBC to Discuss the Trump Administration’s JCPOA Decision

By Daniel Tannebaum

Watch the full discussion here

Iran

In the News

May 8, 2018

O’Toole Quoted in Bloomberg on a Russian Oil Company’s Detour around Sanctions

By Brian O'Toole

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Russia
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