With the largest European economy, Germany would shoulder the biggest part of the burden and, facing important regional elections in May, Mrs. Merkel knows that sanctioning aid to Athens could be a vote-loser.
Three decades of shifting American strategies — threats, negotiations, sanctions, aid, and isolation — have left us and our allies at nuclear jeopardy.
In return for their tax dollars, companies that made the state their home enjoyed the protection of its law courts, which sanctioned such aids as the poison pill and the "just say no" takeover defence.
Instead we must coerce states that harbor terrorists to cooperate--using legal mechanisms like extradition treaties, pressure from the UN Security Council, sanctions, withholding aid (i.e. Pakistan), etc.--rather than just crossing borders willy-nilly.
Nor would he say whether such aid was sanctioned by senior Russian officials, whether individual government agencies were making their own deals with Iran, or whether individuals were privately selling their own expertise to Iran's military.
At this stage, Geldof was receiving frequent pleas from both Curtis and Bono asking him to sanction a Live Aid II.
Whether Tsipras and fellow leaders of the far left Syriza Party now in power will attempt to trade their allegiance to the European Union sanctions for Russian aid or joint ventures remains to be seen in the dwindling days before the loan payment deadline.
A3 Sanctions Over Aid to Iran The Bush administration imposed economic sanctions on five Chinese firms and a North Korean company that it said had assisted Iran's weapons programs.
The commission announced severe sanctions, suspending aid worth as much as €486m ($770m).
Herman Cain said he would focus on using economic sanctions and aid to the Iranian opposition to pressure the Iranian government.
Mr. Cain said he would focus on using economic sanctions and aid to the Iranian opposition to pressure the government.
