Calibrated analyses covering sanctions across geopolitics, cybersecurity, finance, and technology domains.
9 analyses
The U.S. Treasury's designation of Cuba's state oil company Cupet on June 11, 2026, represents a strategic escalation of Washington's "Maximum Pressure" campaign that extends
The European Union maintains significant structural dependencies on Russian primary metals despite sanctions, with Ireland's Aughinish Alumina refinery serving as the most visible
The U.S. strategy of conditioning sanctions relief on Iranian uranium enrichment cessation creates a complex leverage dynamic that fundamentally reshapes Middle East geopolitics
The UK and EU's simultaneous creation of sanctions carve-outs for Russian fuel while the US intensifies Iranian oil restrictions reveals a fundamental breakdown in coordinated...
Treasury's expanded sanctions on 19 Iranian oil vessels signals a decisive shift from reactive designations to predictive enforcement against shadow fleet operations, targeting...
The UK's decision to carve out Russian diesel and jet fuel from its sanctions regime signals the beginning of allied fractures over secondary sanctions enforcement, driven by the...
BRICS states are constructing a parallel financial architecture through operational payment systems that bypass dollar-denominated sanctions, fundamentally reshaping global...
Stalled US-Iran nuclear negotiations have fractured the global energy pricing architecture, eroding sanctions credibility and forcing European energy security toward a multipolar...
The Trump administration's handling of Russian oil sanctions, combined with Venezuela commodity agreements and Iran sanctions uncertainty, is fundamentally reshaping global energy...