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Western use of targeted sanctions is intensifying

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INTERNATIONAL

Sanctions are an important tool of coercive foreign policy, especially for Western policymakers

Middle East sanctions will mostly misfire

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MIDDLE EAST

Trump-Biden policy differences over Iran sanctions highlight a much wider controversy

US sanctions will increase Iran’s dependence on China

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IRAN

A resurgence in global investment deals and oil exports after the 2015 nuclear agreement has left Tehran vulnerable

Post-sanctions opening could transform Iran's economy

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IRAN

Sanctions have limited Iran's huge growth potential for decades

An Iran-US JCPOA return requires complex choreography

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IRAN/UNITED STATES

To return to nuclear-deal compliance, Washington has to lift sanctions and Tehran has to roll back nuclear development

Iran deal will have global impact

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MENA

Iran's detente with the West and its reintegration into the world economy should yield significant benefits globally

Cutting trade ties may prove harder for Russia than EU

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EU/RUSSIA

Russia’s exports to the EU have not ceased falling since the Ukraine invasion, whereas the drop in imports soon stopped

Brussels may expand its role in foreign policy

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EU

The volatile international environment will provide an incentive for EU member states to act together

Near- and friend-shoring markedly alter trade flows

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INT

The United States, Europe and Japan are trading more together and less with China, which is trading more with Russia

Iranian foreign policy will be internally divided

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IRAN

The military priorities of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps could undercut the foreign ministry’s soft diplomacy