Post-COVID-19 Sanctions Policies: Are We in for Epidemics of Sanctions?

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On June 30, at 15:00 Moscow time (GMT+3), the Valdai Discussion Club hosted a presentation of a new report, titled “Post-COVID-19 Sanctions Policies: Are We in for Epidemics of Sanctions?”

In the new report of the Club, the policy of sanctions is considered from the viewpoint of the UN, USA, EU, China and Russia. These players have different capabilities and experience. While their application of these restrictive measures does not lead to excessive tension, the risks to individual companies, industries and states can be formidable.

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Opinions

Russia and Global Security Risks

Post-Pandemic Sanctions Policy

The pandemic at once revealed several weaknesses of the Euro-Atlantic ideology. First of all, it struck at the idea of a 11collective West, which knocked down like a house of cards, as well as at the solidarity between the Western democracies, writes Dmitry Kiku, Deputy Director of the Russian Finance Ministry's Department of External Restrictive Measures Control.

Dmitry Kiku

13.08.2020

Club events

Russia and Global Security Risks

Sanctions in the Post-Pandemic World: Informal, Asymmetric, Secondary

On June 30, the Valdai Club held a presentation of its new report, titled “Post-COVID-19 Sanctions Policies: Are We in for Epidemics of Sanctions?”

01.07.2020

Opinions

Russia and Global Security Risks

From Sanctions to Irreconcilable Differences, or Waiting for a New US Sanctions Programme

American sanctions methodology necessitates the ethical legitimisation of sanctions: they are not officially introduced with the justification that it is beneficial to the United States. Therefore, the ethical issue will remain, but will soon be spun in a new way, writes Valdai Club expert Anastasia Likhacheva.

Anastasia Likhacheva

30.06.2020

Opinions

Russia and Global Security Risks

The Political Economy of Sanctions in the Era of Global Neo-Protectionism

The argument for sanctions as a neo-protectionist tool is supported by an increasing body of evidence, e.g. trade wars in banking, energy, telecommunications.The seemingly tit-for-tat escalation in misconduct penalties on European and US banks, imposed by governmental authorities from either side of the Atlantic, provides a case in point, writes Ksenia Kirkham, a researcher at King’s College London.

Ksenia Kirkham

30.06.2020

Announcements

Russia and Global Security Risks

Valdai Club to Discuss Epidemics of Sanctions

On June 30, at 15:00 Moscow time (GMT+3), the Valdai Discussion Club will host a presentation of a new report, titled “Post-COVID-19 Sanctions Policies: Are We in for Epidemics of Sanctions?”

24.06.2020