Sanctions

The new sanctions are the toughest U.S. action so far in response to Myanmar's ongoing human rights abuses.

• By Emily Moon

The current administration has made heavy-handed economic policy one of its main tools for influencing global politics.

• By Ian Hurley

Amid ongoing tumult and the largest mass migration in Latin American history, Sunday's presidential election provided no relief.

• By Chris Feliciano Arnold

An expert in U.S.-Iran relations argues the U.S. pullout from the nuclear agreement gives Iran's government a convenient scapegoat.

• By Tom Jacobs

North Korea and China actually share the same end game: Compel the U.S. to abandon its defense of South Korea.

• By Charles Burton

Even after the nation's recent nuclear test, international powers appear at odds over whether sanctions are an effective deterrent.

• By Massoud Hayoun

President Nicolás Maduro is building his brand of populism by celebrating each time the U.S. punishes officials for abuses.

• By Hannah Dreier

The move forces the president's hand on a politically sensitive issue.

• By Morgan Baskin

Sanctions allegedly killed hundreds of thousands of children in Iraq and provided a rationale for invasion, a line still heard today. But those deaths almost certainly never happened.

• By Michael Spagat

Despite a medical loophole, U.S. sanctions designed to limit the country's nuclear program are crippling hospitals.

• By Marc Herman

Burma's gradual return to international good grace is probably more a case of homegrown changes than a result of economic sanctions, argues one influential analyst.

• By Marc Herman