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Earlier, the European Union agreed new sanctions against Cuba's government, enraging Castro.
In this context, it is important to note that, while Kim’s peace overtures are motivated by a desire to rebuild North Korea’s sanctions-battered economy, sanctions alone did not change the behavior of a country long used to enduring extreme hardship.
On the contrary, escalating sanctions helped to fuel North Korea’s nuclear and missile advances.
Even after signing the deal, President Barack Obama kept in place some strict economic sanctions, affecting, in particular, Iran’s financial sector.
Making matters worse, Trump seems keen to follow through on his threat to withdraw from the Iran deal – or at least to add new sanctions – despite a lack of evidence that Iran has not fulfilled its obligations.
One of the sanctions imposed on North Korea after its underground nuclear test on October 9, 2006, prohibited all North Korean ships, including the Mangyongbong-92, from entering port in Japan.
North Korea, it should be noted, provided prior notice to China of its missile tests, but not of the supposed hydrogen-bomb test, despite China’s ongoing efforts to protect Kim Jong-un’s regime from even harsher international sanctions.
Park has gone even further, ramping up South Korean sanctions against the North.
And now the US and China have joined her in tightening the sanctions noose, particularly with a new prohibition on the export of fuel, including jet fuel.
Unless Obama reaches an uneasy understanding with Russia – which would require revising post-Cold War strategic agreements – the chances of imposing a tight sanctions regime on Iran are slim.
Because that impact was delivered largely via Western sanctions, it fit the guiding hand of Putin’s imperial narrative like a glove.
Rival powers – most notably the United States and the European Union – have introduced sanctions in the hope of widening cracks in the Russian elite, exploiting the fact that Putin has not diversified his economy away from oil and gas.
Putin seems to be hoping that if the United Kingdom votes for “Brexit” and the National Front’s Marine Le Pen is elected President of France, the EU will lose its ability to maintain the sanctions.
The Iranian economy is a wreck after years of international sanctions, and the government has not yet managed to take advantage of the nuclear deal it struck with the US to rebuild it.
Since then, he has consistently opposed all sanctions on Russia on any grounds.
So he decided unilaterally to withdraw the US from the deal and re-impose strict economic sanctions on Iran.
A unilateral sanctions regime will most probably lead Iran to restart its nuclear program, implying renewed hostility with the West.
He caused further diplomatic embarrassment, when he falsely accused France of selling two Mistral-class assault ships to Egypt, in order to deliver them to Russia, in contravention of international sanctions.
It is threatening trade sanctions not only against China – America’s third-largest and fastest-growing major export market – but also against NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico (America’s largest and second-largest export markets, respectively).
Although he opposed America’s use of force against Iraq and Serbia in the 1990’s, his government never formally abandoned the sanctions regime against either country.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea, EU countries implemented economic sanctions, including restrictions on credit to Russian banks and energy firms.
The sanctions were linked to the implementation of the 2014 Minsk Protocol, which brought about today’s patchy ceasefire with Russian-backed insurgents in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, and are supposed to expire at the end of next month.
So G7 leaders recently pledged to prolong the sanctions until both the 2014 and 2015 Minsk agreements are fully respected.
In the EU, however, the sanctions continue to be hotly debated, with diplomats from Hungary, Cyprus, Italy, and others softening their stance toward Russia.
Mainstream politicians in France and elsewhere have also started to question the current sanctions regime.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, for example, has recommended easing the sanctions, provided that Russia fulfills certain conditions.
Beyond advocating for a loosening of sanctions, some European leaders are even cozying up to the Kremlin.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, widely regarded as a sanctions skeptic, will be a guest of honor at Putin’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum this week.
A weakening of sanctions on Russia might please European business leaders, but it would come at a steep long-term cost.
Even with sanctions in place, the frozen conflict in Ukraine looks increasingly permanent.
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