CEPR Sanctions Watch April 2024
Explore the impact of sanctions on countries like Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and Venezuela in Sanctions Watch.

Explore the impact of sanctions on countries like Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and Venezuela in Sanctions Watch.
The following resource is intended to aid policymakers and advocates in understanding US sanctions policy and its lethal and humanitarian consequences.
New reports and books show how sanctions have hurt civilians in Iran and North Korea, yet the US and EU continue to ratchet up economic pressure.
With migration now a central, unavoidable issue in the presidential election campaign, will Biden finally listen to his Democratic allies, and the region, and reverse Trump’s sanctions?
The US government is moving to expand sanctions on Russia and Syria, even as a new poll finds the majority of the US public opposes sanctions that harm civilians.
The US and other countries continue to push for an intervention force to Haiti, even as some CARICOM members call for Haiti’s de facto PM to step aside.
In this edition: House passes bill to kill agreement unfreezing $6 billion for humanitarian use in Iran, and much more.
In this edition: a new World Bank report finds that sanctions helped drive a massive jump in poverty and a “lost decade” of economic growth in Iran, and much more.