International law has been breaking down for over two decades, meaning New Zealand must find new ways to promote peace and security.
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The brief 2022 US ban on avocado imports from Mexico underscored the risks of being so heavily reliant on a product that comes from one region in one country.
A feature of the international community’s response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been the adoption of sanctions. So what are sanctions? And are they likely to have any meaningful impact?
Western countries are trying to fight Russia with sanctions, but Putin has taken steps to protect the Russian economy.
Denying Russia’s central bank access to its offshore reserves threatens hyperinflation, a recession and massive unemployment.
By working with allies, the Biden administration has been able to place severe sanctions on Russia – including targeting Putin’s inner circle and banning banks from SWIFT.
What happens to the International Space Station when tensions on Earth rise? A space policy expert explains how the ISS is run and how Russian aggression has threatened its operation in the past – and now.
The EU, UK and US hold considerable leverage, but they need to make complex calculations about how to use it.
Economic warfare only works if it really hurts.
Putin resembles more a Russian ultranationalist with a shaky grasp of history than a pragmatic master strategist. The West must assume his ambitions are loftier than ever before.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced sanctions against Russia, imposed in line with those of Australia’s major allies the United States and the United Kingdom.
Russia sent troops to two Moscow-allied breakaway regions in Ukraine, after President Vladimir Putin recognized the regions’ independence. Five stories provide background to the growing conflict.
Named after a tax expert who died in police custody after uncovering fraud by Russian officials, Magnitsky sanctions target individuals accused of human rights violations.
The return of financial inflows from foreign investment or aid support will go a long way towards jump-starting economic recovery.
The Biden administration hopes the threat of harsh sanctions from a united West will deter Putin from invading Ukraine. But Russia has a long history of using energy to divide the US and Europe.
Rising tensions in West Africa heighten as the military junta in Mali engages Wagner, a Russian private military company while defying ECOWAS.
Belarus has created a migrant crisis at its border in an apparent move to punish the European Union for its opposition to the country’s leader.
The rule of Daniel Ortega has become increasingly authoritarian. Sanctions and repression could destabilize the region and result in increased numbers of refugees.
Nixon’s decision left the IMF without a clearly defined role. Under the leadership of the industrialised countries, it began to fashion a new more intrusive and ideological role.
By waiving sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline linking Russia and Germany, the United States is paving the way for the controversial project to go ahead.
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of War and Technology, University of Bath
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Professor of IPE, Director of City Political Economy Research Centre (CITYPERC), City St George's, University of London
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Professor Emeritus, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida
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Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London
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Co-Director of the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Old Dominion University
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Teaching Assistant Professor, East Carolina University
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Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Doctorante en histoire des relations internationales, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in International Relations, University of Sussex