He also outlined other non-military options for advancing Washington's interests there, including diplomatic initiatives with partner states and enforcing further economic sanctions, both of which were strategies implemented against Iraq as well. . ..…

In April, House passed bill, Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act, that would impose sanctions on Iranian officials deemed responsible for the detention of Americans and other foreign nationals. ..…

It had to be countered by “preemptive sanctions that would go into effect automatically”—“every day,” if deemed necessary. ... Mindless US sanctions have helped Putin to repatriate oligarchic assets abroad, at least $90 billion already in 2018. ..…

Over the year, two groups, have worked with D.C law firm Arnold & Porter to lobby lawmakers to oppose Harvard's sanctions. Arnold & Porter, will also represent the in the federal suit against the sanctions filed Monday.. ..…

By ad hoc tribunal or referred to the, That report called for UN Security Council to impose embargo, targeted sanctions and for the suspects to be tried ICC.. ..…

Zarif recalled that the US re-imposing of unilateral sanctions against Iran was already a violation of Security Council Resolution 2231. ..…

That “somewhere else” is Iran, and Bolton is one of the leading voices calling for confronting the Teheran regime and squeezing Iran through draconian sanctions “until the pips squeak.” ... The idea that the Iranian people will rise up and overthrow their government because of..…

He then marshaled unprecedented coalition that backed sanctions and the threat of force, sent half-million US troops halfway around the world to join hundreds of thousands from other countries, and, liberated Kuwait in matter of weeks with remarkably few US and coalition casualties. ..…

While Gulf War ended February of 1991, the US on Iraq would continue for decades, first in the form of devastating sanctions, then in the invasion launched by George H.W. ..…

Some 1 million Iraqis died between the two Gulf Wars because of United Nations economic sanctions backed up by the U.S. — which the Clinton administration continued without hesitation. ..…

The United States has just imposed sanctions on Iran. Those sanctions target Tehran’s oil exports. A stable Saudi Arabia is critical for maintaining (or even increasing) its output levels, thereby keeping oil prices down—something as important to the average American as it is to the..…

That “somewhere else” is Iran, and Bolton is one of the leading voices calling for confronting the Tehran regime and squeezing Iran through draconian sanctions “until the pips squeak.” ... The idea that the Iranian people will rise up and overthrow their government because of..…

Senate) argued it was intolerable but not worth fighting over, that we should give economic sanctions more time to work even though there was little reason to believe that they would ever persuade Saddam to give up most, much less all, of his conquest. . ..…

“The Excessive Fines Clause secures a single, unitary right: freedom from excessive economic sanctions that are at least partly punitive. . ..…

Intrater is the American cousin of Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian oligarch whose company is under U.S. sanctions. ..…

In September, the majority of EPP lawmakers in European Parliament, including Weber, supported resolution calling for Article 7 sanctions procedure over concerns about rule of Hungary.. ..…

Security Council to impose an arms embargo, targeted sanctions and for the suspects to be tried by an ad hoc tribunal or referred to the ICC. ..…

Moreover, U Than Shwe's decision to maintain friendships with China and India were lauded, as Myanmar and its population suffered under the weight of Western sanctions in previous decades. ..…

Roger Harris is the immediate past president of the Task Force on the Americas (http://taskforceamericas.org/), a 32-year-old human rights organization, and is active with the Campaign to End US-Canadian Sanctions Against Venezuela (). . . ..…

“It would also be useful for the United States and the EU to consider a proactive use of sanctions to deter further Kremlin aggression. To date, sanctions have been used to punish the Kremlin for past sins, but they also can be used to discourage further aggression.” ..…

-imposed barbarous sanctions that aimed at starving the lives of Syrian people, not the terrorists. ..…

The only way out of this completely conflict is to establish truce, achieve heavy weapons withdrawal from both sides and then take the first step towards lifting sanctions on Russia.. France, Germany and other EU countries rejected Poroshenko's call for tougher sanctions on Moscow over..…

Yet Defendant Bush continues to impose punitive economic sanctions against the people of Iraq in order to prevent this from happening. . ..…

Under international human rights law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), of which Thailand is a party, imprisonment for defamation is inherently disproportionate and therefore can never be an appropriate sanction. . ..…

Western governments would hold emergency meeting Brussels on the violent protests, calling it revolution, while bashing any response from Iranian government unacceptable, even taking the matter to UN Security Council for resolution that would trigger sanctions on Tehran.. ..…

The test on Friday of its most advanced version was intended should Islamic Republic or its proxies suffer attack or Tehran succumb to sanctions with economic or political breakdown.. ..…

North Korea had been angered by Washington's refusal to ease sanctions and has could resume development of its nuclear program if United States did not drop its campaign. ◆ North Korean Missile Bases. ..…

It should not have taken the murder of children to at last focus the world's attention on the war that Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates having been waging on Yemen since March 2015. ..…