Over the last two decades, the U.S. government has made sanctions its primary tool of economic statecraft. The United States has become the world’s sanctions superpower due to the far-reaching impact ...

In the modern context, sanctions are supposed to act as a line of defense, measures designed to dissuade adversaries before a conflict even begins. But for sanctions to carry weight, they must be seen ...

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, a former Russian minister and ex-governor of Sevastopol in Crimea, has been found guilty in a landmark UK court case for breaking sanctions laws. These sanctions were placed on ...

Some Republicans in Congress and White House advisers are calling on US President Donald Trump to finally adopt new sanctions against Russia as frustration peaks over the invasion of Ukraine, reports ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Executives of two Chinese companies included on a new U.S. sanctions list targeting Iran said on Sunday they had only exported "normal" goods to the Middle Eastern country and didn ...