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As the US Escalates Its Threats against ICC, What Next for Sanctions?

The US State Secretary Marco Rubio has announced the Trump administration’s desire to ‘dismantle’ the International Criminal Court: ‘Using all the tools at our government’s disposal, working beside every ally with whom we can make common cause, we will dismantle the ICC — brick by brick, if necessary.’ Rubio’s op-ed in the Wall Street JournalContinue reading “As the US Escalates Its Threats against ICC, What Next for Sanctions?”

Can the US Lift Sanctions on Iran?

There is a remarkable amount of complexity in answering this simple question. The 14-point MOU published in the media provides for multiple sanctions-related concessions by the US: The Trump administration is briefing the press that sanctions will be lifted if Iran ‘behaves’. This is wrong in at least two respects: The rest of the sanctionsContinue reading “Can the US Lift Sanctions on Iran?”