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The idea for this book originated during the Trump administration's implementation of its maximum pressure sanctions on Iran. In 2019, we launched a comprehensive research project at Johns Hopkins University to deeply investigate the multifaceted impacts of san..

With hopes of reviving the 2015 landmark Iran Nuclear Deal dwindling, the subject of U.S. sanctions policy and its fallout require greater attention. The Biden administration has not only maintained the failed policies of their predecessors, but also doubled down on those policies with the 

What are the intended effects of sanctions? What lessons might we draw from reflecting on the history of Western sanctions? In thi..

The No Sanctions on Iran Coalition hosted a webinar on 16 March to discuss the deadly effects of sanctions and embargoes on Iraqi, Iranian, and Palestinian peoples. This conversation, featuring Jadaliyya co-editor Noura Erakat, 

The No Sanctions on Iran Coalition is hosting a webinar on 16 March at 3 PM EST to discuss the deadly effects of sanctions and embargoes on Iraqi, Iranian, and Palestinian peoples. This conversation, featuring Jadaliyya co-editor N..

Jadaliyya’s Iran Page interviewed Sima Shakhsari and Niki Akhavan about their efforts in the “No Sanctions on Iran” campaign, a digital activist initiative designed to raise awareness about the deleterious effects of U.S. sanctions on everyday people and politics in Iran. Shaksari and A..

On 17 August 2020, the Arab Council for Social Sciences (ACSS) and Middle East Report and Information Project (MERIP) hosted a virtual panel on US policy, sanctions, and the Middle East. The panel featured Jadaliyya Co-Editor Omar Dahi (Hampshire College), Negar Razavi (College of Willi..

We write to express our shock and disappointment with the City of Dortmund, for rescinding the Nelly Sachs Award for Literature from Kamila Shamsie because of her commitment to the nonviolent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights.

The question of donor conditionality and how it could be used to influence behavior and promote respect for human rights and political inclusion has increasingly gained importance in debates on Syria as the conflict shifts to another stage.

As a thirteenth year of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) draws to a close across campuses in over two hundred cities around the world, Visualizing Palestine shares two new data visualizations on the impact of campus activism.

Timeline of North American Campus Divestments, Then and No..

In this conversation hosted by Diaa Ali for Status/الوضع, Omar Barghouti gives an overview of the BDS movement, discussing its development, goals, challenges and acheivements. The conversation was held on June 18, 2016 in Arabic.

Omar Barghouti (born 1964) is a Palestinian researcher and..

In this Quick Thoughts conversation for Status/الوضع, Samer Abboud outlines the impact of sanctions on the rise of social actors i..

[On 22 July 2015 the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) issued “EU Differentiation and Israeli Settlements”, a report that called upon the European Union (EU) to take a more robust approach to Israel and foreign institutions implicated in the occupation and specifically Israel’s il..

[The following is the 2015 executive summary of the Gulf Centre for Development Policies` third annual report

It is no exaggeration to say that some of the most positive assessments of the recent election results in Israel have come from within the Palestine solidarity movement. “Positive” is, of course, not quite the right word, since no one serious about justice in Palestine would suggest that there i..

At the time of writing, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) members are asked to vote for a motion

On Israel and Palestine: Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israeli Institutions

In its best moments, anthropology is a discipline that is dedicated to social justice. It is a discipline that has historically stood up ..

As the bombs rained down on Gaza this summer, we were reminded yet again of the failure of peace talks, negotiations, or dialogue to attain meaningful results for the Palestinian people over the last seven decades of Israe..

After eight years of Ahmadinejad at the helm of government, Iran is experiencing a new trajectory. A number of promising signs in the weeks and months following Hassan Rouhani’s election as president on 14 June 2013 have given rise to a sense of cautious optimism for cha..

[The following open letter was issued by a group of Iranians and Iranian-Americans living in New York City. It was first published on Mondoweiss on 12 March 2014]

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 [The following announcement was released by the American Studies Association on 16 December 2013.]

The members of the American Studies Association have endorsed the Assoc..