US and UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran's weekend attack on Israel

https://candorium.com/news/20240418134016022/us-and-uk-issue-new-sanctions-on-iran-in-response-to-tehrans-weekend-attack-on-israel

US sanctions spyware company and executives who targeted American journalists, government officials

https://candorium.com/news/20240305153444552/us-sanctions-spyware-company-and-executives-who-targeted-american-journalists-government-officials

In 2017, the military in Myanmar launched a brutal mission against the Rohingya minority, killing thousands. The Myanmar military is also relying on Western technology, and a German company is taking center stage. Now questionable deals involving satellite equipment and long-standing business relationships have been uncovered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuAzJx9x73g&t=36s

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The video is in German.

Any tips? Is the practice exam online similar to the actual test?

Any help in having clarity on the latest sanctions on serbia from UNSC and ofac

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I am a student from the University of Copenhagen who is writing a master thesis about the European Unions (EU's) sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. My research questions is still being worked on, but currently it sounds: How does the eight EU packages of sanctions on Russia reflect the economical interests of its members states and which nations have been the 'winners' and 'losers' of the negotiations so far?

I would appreciate literature suggestions, articles, answers, expert advice and any kind of help or advice. I hope to interview a few EU-diplomats regarding their countries positions in these negotiations and if you have any contacts to these environments, that would also be most helpful.

I am using Robert Putnam's theory/metaphor by the name of "Two level game" (TLG) about the entanglement of domestic and foreign politics in international negotiations to answer the question, and it is with this in mind, that I have the following questions which broadly covers two aspects of the negotiations;

• procedural aspects - to uncover the framework and institutions of the EU-negotiations to see where I should focus my analysis and how to structure it. (Questions 1-5).
• Power aspects - to uncover which actors have had power in these negotiations and if I some of the institutional framework of the EU-negotiations favors certain actors interests or status quo (Question 6-10)

Procedure

1. What does the institutional framework look like, when EU members negotiate EU sanctions?

- Sort of looking like a nice flowchart or something like that. A step-by-step procedure.

2. In what EU-organs does practical negotiations take place? I am aware that technicalities are handled by member-countries representations in the EU and that State leaders just set up the major guidelines.

- Where do I find source material from these actors? are they publicly available at all?

3. The TLG greatly emphasizes the institutional framework of the international negotations, since the procedures tend to favour certain actors, create bottlenecks and most importantly veto opportunities. What are the most important institutional features of the sanction negotiations in the EU?

4. Where and when in the procedure of EU-sanctions does the individual memberstates get to voice their interests and negotiate the specifics?

- I hope to look at this in my analysis, so this is the most crucial point in the procedure for me.

5. Who negotiates on behalf of the member countries? Again, this question reflects the TLG's emphasis on the term 'chief negotiator' - the person in charge of getting things done for individual states and who is the link between the domestic interests and the international negotiations.

Power

6. Private interests are a key part of formulating EU-policy on especially trade-issues (obviously has an interest in sanctions too), where winners and loosers are more easily quantifiable than other policy-areas. Has lobbyism and political pressure from interest organisations played a role in the sanctioning negotiations?

- I see two arenas where lobbyism could potentially influence negotiations. Firstly, through national interestgroups pressuring negotiators or national governments to take certain policy positions regarding the sanctions. Secondly, through EU-lobbyism in Bruxelles where perhaps larger interestsgroups have represented EU sectors view.

7. How powerful is the European Commission in these negotations? Should I consider them an actor in and of themselves, thereby considering a "three level game" (domestic, international and overnational arenas)

8. Does the EU-sanctions procedure favour certain actors interests and if yes, how?

9. Which EU-members do you consider to have most power in these negotiations? Any key actors that have been more influential than others until now?

10. How much does external actors influence the negotiations? The SWIFT sanctions were, for example, viewed by many as being conjured up by Washington, who then pushed these onto their allies world wide, including the EU.

Isn't it time for the U.S.A. to sanction all the countries buying Russian and Iranian oil?

I've been in the AML field for a decade across FIU and EDD Investigations, CTRs, and AML Quality Control Testing. I just obtained my CAMS cert the other day. Is there any value in ALSO obtaining my CGSS cert if interested in breaking into the OFAC side down the line? My impression is yes, there is value, but also reading that CAMS alone may be enough. Thanks for the insight in advance!

Can GL D-1 be used even if the end-user would not be an individual but a legal entity? I think their FAQs 339 and 341 suggest something like that.

Do Sanctions Really Work? Putin says ‘Mad and Thoughtless’ - Nigel Green Raw CEO https://youtube.com/watch?v=tGCYDkzrRhY&feature=youtu.be