Archivo etiqueta «Sanciones internacionales»
Par Volker Perthes (LE TEMPS, 07/02/12):
L’embargo sur les importations de pétrole iranien et les sanctions contre la Banque centrale iranienne prononcés par les ministres des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne, le 24 janvier dernier, sont intervenus après plusieurs semaines de fièvre galopante impliquant l’Iran, Israël et les Etats-Unis: manœuvres militaires iraniennes dans le golfe Persique, menace de Téhéran de fermer le détroit d’Ormuz, tests de missile menés avec ostentation par les Israéliens, meurtre d’un scientifique nucléaire iranien et innombrables déclarations politiques envisageant la possibilité, et parfois même la nécessité, de procéder à des frappes militaires contre l’Iran.
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By Mark A. Heller, principal research associate at the Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 26/01/12):
This week, the European Union went to war against Iran. There was no formal declaration, of course, nor even any undeclared use of military force. But the E.U. decision to place an embargo on Iranian oil imports, ban new contracts, and freeze Iranian Central Bank assets is effectively an act of war and may very well result in the military hostilities that sanctions are meant to forestall.
Oil exports account for over 50 percent of Iranian government … Seguir leyendo
By Ivan Eland, a senior fellow with the Independent Institute, director of the institute’s Center on Peace & Liberty and author of The Efficacy of Economic Sanctions as a Foreign Policy Tool (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 17/01/12):
As the United States and its allies ratchet up economic sanctions against Iran in an effort to get the regime to abandon its nuclear program, it’s important to remember that such sanctions rarely work. It is doubtful that increased sanctions against Iran will work any better.
The United States already prohibits most transactions between U.S. and Iranian financial institutions, imposes penalties on companies … Seguir leyendo
By Trita Parsi, head of the National Iranian American Council and the author of the book A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy With Iran (THE WASHINGTON POST, 14/01/12):
Just 13 minutes into his presidency, Barack Obama indirectly reached out to Iran in his inaugural address, offering America’s hand of friendship if Tehran would unclench its fist. After eight years of the George W. Bush administration’s ideological contempt for diplomacy with America’s foes, it was a bold move born out of necessity, not desire.
But Obama’s diplomacy has fallen short. After two rounds of talks in October … Seguir leyendo
By Avi Jorisch, a former Treasury Department official and a fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council (THE WASHINGTON TIMES, 02/12/11):
In recent years, the United States has imposed punishing sanctions on Iran’s financial sector. Last month, the Treasury Department announced new measures intended to hamper Iran’s ability to raise and move funds internationally. Several Western allies have followed suit in an attempt to tighten the noose around the Islamic republic and curb its ability to achieve nuclearization. Yet a close analysis of Treasury’s action demonstrates that the new sanctions regime is far weaker than existing … Seguir leyendo
By Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former C.I.A. officer and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where Mark Dubowitz is the executive director and head of its Iran Energy Project (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 19/11/11):
The release last week of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s report on Iran’s progressing nuclear program has to make one wonder whether more than 30 years of sanctions have helped to thwart — or even stall — the country’s nuclear designs. There is no evidence to suggest that economic coercion has ever made Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, rethink the … Seguir leyendo
Por Javier Solana, ex alto representante para Política Exterior y de Seguridad Común de la Unión Europea, ex secretario general de la OTAN, presidente del Centro Económico y Geopolítico Global ESADE y miembro sénior distinguido en Política Exterior de la Brookings Institution (Project Syndicate, 10/10/11):
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El pasado dos de octubre, … Seguir leyendo
By Sujatha Fernandes, an assistant professor of sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and the author of the forthcoming Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 07/08/11):
Onstage is Instinto, a female trio extraordinaire. It’s my first time seeing them perform in Havana. The divas are wearing shimmering strapless dresses with high heels. As a salsa beat kicks in, they shake and turn, rapping lyrically, then singing in three-part harmony.
This is Cuban rap, where the streets meet highbrow art. It is an … Seguir leyendo
By Avi Jorisch, a former Treasury Department official and the author of Tainted Money: Are We Losing the War on Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance? (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 02/08/11):
Last week, the Treasury Department accused the Iranian government of aiding Al Qaeda and blacklisted six Qaeda operatives for funneling money through Iran. Although Treasury’s announcement, coupled with existing sanctions, has put some pressure on Tehran, much more can be done. Indeed, the White House should take action in its own backyard.
In February, the Obama administration embarked on a real estate project that directly impacts Iran’s interests … Seguir leyendo
By Matthew F. Smith, a senior consultant with EarthRights International, which represented Burmese plaintiffs in Doe v. Unocal Corporation (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 04/04/11):
The Burmese pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi recently urged Western nations to maintain economic sanctions against Myanmar, where the world’s longest-running military dictatorship is tightening its repressive ways: Over 2,000 prisoners of conscience languish behind bars in squalid conditions, while arbitrary arrests and detentions, extrajudicial killings, torture and other abuses continue to be widespread and systematic, particularly in ethnic areas.
Nevertheless, Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi’s message is not without controversy. It comes … Seguir leyendo
Par Daniel Schaeffer, général (2s), membre du groupe Asie 21 et partenaire d’International Focus (LE MONDE, 22/03/11):
Quand les pouvoirs sont faibles, ils soumettent leurs peuples à la prédation d’autres. Hier la faillite des empereurs Qing soumettait le peuple chinois à la prédation de l’Occident et du Japon. Aujourd’hui, c’est l’Europe qui soumet ses peuples à la prédation de la Chine, une prédation qui, sous couvert de main tendue, prend forme d’une lente dilution des résistances et de progressive vassalisation de notre continent. Lorsque des voix s’élèvent pour clamer qu’il faut “comprendre la Chine”, elles analysent nos relations … Seguir leyendo
By Alaa al-Ameri, the pen-name of a British-Libyan economist and writer (THE GUARDIAN, 18/03/11):
How are the numbers for UN resolutions chosen? I sincerely hope it’s just a poetic coincidence that the resolution authorising international assistance for the democratic movement in Libya bears the number “1973″.
This was the year that Muammar Gaddafi began his purge against the “politically sick” which saw students, professors, writers, judges, lawyers, military officers and anyone who questioned his authority hanged in public or murdered in private. How fitting then that the world should finally come to the assistance of the long-suffering Libyan population … Seguir leyendo
By Dr Ahmed Sewehli, a British-Libyan psychiatrist living in Manchester. His parents and most of his siblings live in Tripoli, many of them have been kidnapped by the regime (THE GUARDIAN, 18/03/11):
Last night I sat and watched the Chinese representative chairing the UN security council asking those who were against the resolution to raise their hands. It took me a while to ascertain that neither he nor anybody else actually did so. Great, I thought. That marks the end of Gaddafi and his thugs, and the people of Libya can finally look forward to freedom.
I remembered my … Seguir leyendo
By David Scheffer, the U.S. ambassador at large for war-crimes issues from 1997 to 2001, a law professor at Northwestern University and author of the forthcoming book, All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunal (LOS ANGELES TIMES, 18/03/11):
On Thursday evening the United Nations Security Council hit the right target when it authorized a no-fly zone over Libya, as well as “all necessary measures” against loyalist forces of Moammar Kadafi. With the tide recently turning against the rebellion, the no-fly zone and airstrikes against advancing armor and troops are needed more than ever to … Seguir leyendo
By Irwin Cotler, a member of the Canadian Parliament and a former minister of justice and attorney general of Canada and Jared Genser, a lawyer who teaches a seminar on the Security Council at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. They are co-editors of the forthcoming The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in Our Times (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 01/03/11):
In response to Muammar el-Qaddafi’s continued assaults on civilians in Libya, the United Nations Security Council adopted a unanimous and historic resolution in an unusual Saturday night session.
It imposed an arms embargo on … Seguir leyendo