Russia Sanctions: 10 Lessons and Questions for What Comes Next
What has the West learned from one year of unprecedented economic sanctions? Read More Here
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ASEAN Bracing For US-China Rivalry To Explode
Strategic region on edge as China points to ‘stormy seas’ ahead and US fires more punitive economic measures at Beijing. Read More Here
Will Europe’s Embargo On Russian Oil Succeed?
Europe’s decision to ban most Russian oil imports is based on a simple calculation: because the EU accounts for about half of Russia’s oil exports, an embargo would roughly halve Russia’s oil-export revenues. But the reality is more complicated. Read More Here
How The War In Ukraine Is Accelerating India’s Desire For Tech Autonomy
Uneasy with both Russia’s invasion and Western sanctions, India is even more convinced that it must diversify its technology partnerships and develop more homegrown capabilities. Read More Here
The West’s Economic War Against Russia Is Imperilling the World
The economic war is most unlikely to affect the outcome of the Ukraine War, but it does seem likely to produce outcomes that will prejudice energy security and the climate agenda, while falling hardest on the world’s poor. Read More Here
Can The World Afford Russia-Style Sanctions On China?
Many academic studies suggest that sanctions on China or a break in Sino-American economic ties probably would have a smaller quantitative impact than one might think, at least over the medium to long term. But that is a theory better left untested. Read More Here
The Toll Of Economic War
The Russian-Ukrainian war of 2022 is not just a major geopolitical event but also a geoeconomic turning point. Western sanctions are the toughest measures ever imposed against a state of Russia’s size and power. Read More Here
The Unfreezable Asset: Gold, Sanctions, And Russia
Can President Vladimir Putin’s gold hoard help the Russian economy to weather biting financial sanctions? Though there are limits to the yellow metal’s usefulness, it can function as an economic lifeline for an isolated economy. Read More Here
From Shock Therapy To Putin’s War
Although Vladimir Putin alone is responsible for the war in Ukraine, it is worth remembering that prominent Westerners played a key role in shaping Russia’s post-Soviet trajectory. They insisted that market reforms must take priority over political reforms, and we are still living with that choice. Read More Here
Biden Enlists Asian Partners For Unprecedented Russia Sanctions Plans
The Biden administration is in talks with economic powerhouses in Asia to gain their support for severe sanctions and export control packages against Russia as tensions mount over Russian troops deploying to breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Read More Here
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