U.S.: Prolific on sanctions

Russia and the Ukraine are the latest in the list of countries targeted by the U.S. as part of its sanction programme. Gateway House looks at the U.S.’s longest running sanction, the most effective, and the most ad hoc – in that the countries it should sanction are in fact aid recipients and partners. Which one comes next?

Country	Sanction Programmes	Most recent sanctions	Longest running sanction	Most effective sanctions	Who should be sanctioned but is not
U.S	24 ongoing Balkans, Belarus, Myanmar, Cote d’Ivoire, Counter Narcotics Trafficking (eg. Colombia, Ecuador), Counter Terrorism (eg. Al-Qaeda, Tehrik-i-Taliban, Pakistan), Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq-Lebanon, Liberia (Charles Taylor), Libya, Magnitsky (Russia), Non-Proliferation (eg. China, Afghanistan, Iran), North Korea, Rough Diamond Trade Controls (Sierra Leone, Liberia), Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Transnational Criminal Organisations (eg. Italy), Ukraine, Yemen, Zimbabwe	Russia & Ukraine: 11 Individuals sanctioned in 6 days	Cuba: 1962-Till date	Myanmar: Credit for the political transformation in Myanmar	Pakistan: Sponsoring terrorist organisations; nuclear proliferation
				Iran: Iran allowed the IAEA inspectors to visit its nuclear plants and began diluting its nuclear stockpiles	Saudi Arabia:Repressive stifling of freedom of expression, systemic discrimination against women and minorities, detention of human rights defenders and activists
					China: Stranglehold on political activists, human rights defenders and online activists, arbitrary arrests and detentions

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury

Compiled by Trupti Sarode and Marisha Dolly Singh, Gateway House.

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