Dollars and Sense
Jack Buckby analyzes Washington's pivot from strikes to economic warfare against Iran, the new sanctions operation aimed at isolating Tehran, Beijing's blunt refusal to...
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The Treaty
Diplomats in Middle Eastern embassies will be well prepared for another emergency evacuation, particularly having gone through the process less than six months ago.
The Treaty
Sanctions look like the new plan to get Iran into a new agreement. It might not work out the way Team Trump.
Dollars and Sense
Bessent has avoided specific questions over whether Chinese banks could be sanctioned, but told the press last week that, “no one is above the...
The Treaty
The White House fact sheet names five sectors and no countries. China, which took the great majority of Iran's oil exports last year, was...
Dollars and Sense
The mechanism is access to the dollar: foreign banks, shippers and traders must choose between Iranian business and the far larger American system. Enforcement...
Dollars and Sense
Tehran insists every shipowner needs its approval to enter the strait. It has not moved against any vessel on the list. Meanwhile the Houthis...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
He argued Washington turned to economic pressure out of disappointment with the war, and that the aim is to break popular unity and put...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The administration has favored economic pressure since April, and the Treasury Secretary unveils the next package this week. Pence argues that route has run...