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Media Sanctions Narratives Two Years Into The Full-Scale Invasion Of Ukraine, Benjamin Raham Fatakhov
Media Sanctions Narratives Two Years Into The Full-Scale Invasion Of Ukraine, Benjamin Raham Fatakhov
Senior Projects Spring 2024
Economic sanctions are tools of pressure that utilize the financial leverage that the sanctioning entity has over the sanctioned entity, which has been used for centuries. In an increasingly globalized environment, countries share international platforms controlled by national and global financial institutions to conduct financial transactions, trade, and maintain complex supply chains. A country can use its financial, legal, and physical infrastructures to inflict economic damage on the target entity in reaction to a target committing some offense in the eyes of the sanctioning country. After the annexation of Crimea and the beginning of the Donbas conflict, much of the …
Russian Climate Politics In 2019: Concessions And Trade Offs, Nikita O. Minin
Russian Climate Politics In 2019: Concessions And Trade Offs, Nikita O. Minin
Senior Projects Spring 2019
In the paper portion of this project, Russia’s political justifications for the signing of the Kyoto Protocol and the refusal to sign the Paris Accord are analyzed. Russia’s current adaptive strategies and trajectory towards creating a potentially devastating future for the planet are assessed in terms of their economic justifications. Overall this paper argues that the Paris Accord needs to be amended to be economically and politically fair for all signing countries. Currently Russia could lose GDP if they signed the accord, and this is presented as the primary reason for Russia’s refusal to sign. The thesis of the paper …