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Our insights into sanctions issues have been published by a range of major publications including Forbes, the South China Morning Post and Business Insider.

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Sanctions Guide – September 2024

September 2024 saw an increase in US sanctions targeting Lebanon and Iran, with an early focus on the shipping networks of designated terrorist groups Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a trend which is…
Dom Dixey
October 3, 2024

Sanctions Guide – April 2020

Sanctions Guide – April 2020   Key developments this month as the US faces critical sanctions decisions over COVID-19 and North Korean non-compliance and America’s ‘maximum pressure’ strategy to bring…

Comment: Zimbabwe and the Sanctions Myth

It has the potential to become one of the more prosperous economies in Africa, given its educated workforce, mineral riches and some of the most fertile farmland on the continent….

Alaco

US Sanctions on Turkey

On 14th October 2019 President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order implementing sanctions against Turkey in response to the latter’s military offensive in Northern Syria.  The US’ Office of Foreign…

Alaco

How Iraq Is Helping Iran Survive US Sanctions

Iran is attempting to ease the economic pain of US sanctions by developing closer economic ties with its neighbor Iraq, which could leave America’s fragile Middle East ally falling increasingly…