Sanctions

The US's decision to impose sanctions on Kigali's Gasabo Gold Refinery Ltd has once again brought international sanctions policy in the Great Lakes region into focus. Washington…

The sheer brilliance of Iran’s three-tiered governance structure

The founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition — a US civil rights and social justice organisation — was an outspoken critic of apartheid in South Africa

The two parties condemned the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife as a violation of international law

According to Transparency International’s 2023 Corruption Perception Index, Uganda scored 26 on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean)

In the real world, diplomacy is driven by economic interests

Sanctions can at best slow China from taking the global lead in chip manufacturing. At their worst, they will raise the chances of chip wars spilling into a physical or economic…

The renewal comes as the Harare government cracks down on members of the opposition and journalists, alongside proposed amendments to laws critics say will stifle the work of NGOs

Sanctions are not the answer: Sending well-armed soldiers to evict Russian forces is

The effects of the war in Ukraine have brought much of the world’s attention to energy prices. But food insecurity is also rising and will likely get worse

Restricting supplies from the West would be effective – and it should not have expropriated goods that Russia legitimately acquired

The main concern for companies is not whether they should have a political conscience, but how, in light of sanctions, can they profitably trade

The rise in oil and food prices owing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is hitting poorer countries the hardest

The threat of a major war in Europe has kept global financial markets on tenterhooks

The layoffs will come at the Chinese company’s US-based research and development arm, Futurewei Technologies, which is incorporated in Texas