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The Sanctions Age
The Sanctions Age is a podcast that explores how sanctions are changing the world.
Twenty years ago, the U.S. Department of Treasury had imposed sanctions on fewer than 1,000 companies and individuals. Today, more than 10,000 entities have been targeted.
Leaders around the world are imposing sanctions in response to wars, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, human rights violations, and technological competition. As a result, a growing list of countries are targeted by sanctions, export controls, and investment restrictions, including China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and Syria.
The Sanctions Age invites the people who understand sanctions best—economists, historians, lawyers, policymakers, and journalists—to explain their use and significance. Understanding sanctions is the key to understanding politics and economics today.
We are living in The Sanctions Age.
The Sanctions Age
Latest Episodes
Germany’s Vulnerability in the Geoeconomic 'Zeitenwende'
Sascha Lohmann on the impact of tariffs and sanctions on the German economy.Since the end of the Second World War, the world economy has operated on a set of shared assumptions: trade is mutually beneficial, interdependence engend...
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What Makes Sanctions Termination So Difficult
Julia Grauvogel and Hana Attia on the challenges of sanctions termination.When sanctions make the news it is usually because new measures are being imposed on a country, company, or individual. But sometimes, the news is that sanc...
Syria's Complicated Path to Economic Recovery
Vittorio Maresca di Serracapriola on sanctions relief in Syria.It has been over a year since Syrian dictator Bashar Al Assad fled to Moscow and a new government took power in Damascus. Assad’s ouster triggered one of the most rapi...
The Decades-Long Effort to Make Sanctions 'Smart'
Alistair Millar on the challenges of sanctions reform.A quarter century ago, the United States had sanctioned fewer than 1000 companies, organizations, individuals, and vessels around the world. Today, that total is nearly 17,000....
How Putin Benefits from the Iran War
Alexandra Prokopenko on recent developments in the Russian economy.February marked the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It also marked the beginning of a new war. U.S. and Israel airstrikes on Iran have thrus...