While economic sanctions have traditionally targeted entire countries, Clara Portela of the Center for European Policy Studies notes the rise of “horizontal sanctions,” which can target individuals and entities in order to make the sanctions weapon more precise. Horizontal sanctions have been employed over Syrian chemical weapons and Russian agents’ attempt to assassinate […]
One of the most surprising and promising political developments of recent decades has been the rise of democracy across Africa, holding out hope that the rule of law, investment and economic growth would soon follow. But these young democracies remain fragile, and nowhere is the […]
“Breonna Taylor Is Another Victim of the War on Drugs” By Jeffrey Miron and Erin Partin, courtesy of the Cato Institute Yesterday Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced charges against one of the three officers who killed Breonna Taylor, an emergency medical worker who was shot when police raided her apartment on the suspicion that her ex‐boyfriend, […]
