The Sanctions Age is a podcast that explores how sanctions are changing the world. Twenty years ago, the U.S. Department of Treasury had imposed sanctions on fewer than 1,000 companies and individuals. Today, more than 10,000 entities have been targeted. Leaders around the world are imposing sanctions in response to wars, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, human rights violations, and technological competition. As a result, a growing list of countries are targeted by sanctions, export controls, and investment restrictions, including China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and Syria. The Sanctions Age invites the people who understand sanctions best—economists, historians, lawyers, policymakers, and journalists—to explain their use and significance. Understanding sanctions is the key to understanding politics and economics today. We are living in The Sanctions Age.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Sanctions Age is a podcast that explores how sanctions are changing the world. Twenty years ago, the U.S. Department of Treasury had imposed sanctions on fewer than 1,000 companies and individuals. Today, more than 10,000 entities have been targeted. Leaders around the world are imposing sanctions in response to wars, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, human rights violations, and technological competition.
Recent episodes include "Why the U.S. and Iran are Struggling to Reach a Deal" (1 June 2026, 45 minutes), "Cuba's Unprecedented Crisis" (25 May 2026, 45 minutes), and "How to Fight an Economic War" (18 May 2026, 47 minutes).
The Sanctions Age publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 49 minutes across 31 episodes.
Booking probability for The Sanctions Age is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Sanctions Age requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Sanctions Age's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for The Sanctions Age are Economic Development & Regulation. The Sanctions Age has a news audience.
The Sanctions Age is a news podcast with 31 episodes published.
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Episode #10
<p><b>Ali Vaez on the fraught negotiations between Washington and Tehran. </b></p><p>In late February, the United States and Israel launched a war on Iran—a war that killed the country’s supreme leader, closed the...
The Sanctions Age
<p><b>María José Espinosa on the unprecedented crisis in Cuba.</b></p><p>For more than sixty years, the United States has waged an economic war against Cuba. The sanctions first imposed in 1960 were designed, in the...
Episode #8
<p><b>Edward Fishman on how to fight an economic war.</b></p><p>It has been an extraordinary year in American economic statecraft and economic warfare. When today’s guest last appeared on the show, it was April 2025. We...
Episode #7
<p><b>Lisa Neal on understanding sanctions as a form of structural violence.</b></p><p>Debates about sanctions tend to follow a familiar script. Who is being targeted? Will the measures change behavior? What are the...
Episode #6
<p><b>Sascha Lohmann on the impact of tariffs and sanctions on the German economy.</b></p><p>Since the end of the Second World War, the world economy has operated on a set of shared assumptions: trade is mutually...
Episode #5
<p><b>Julia Grauvogel and Hana Attia on the challenges of sanctions termination.</b></p><p>When sanctions make the news it is usually because new measures are being imposed on a country, company, or individual. But...
Episode #4
<p><b>Vittorio Maresca di Serracapriola on sanctions relief in Syria.</b></p><p>It has been over a year since Syrian dictator Bashar Al Assad fled to Moscow and a new government took power in Damascus. Assad’s ouster...
Episode #3
<p><b>Alistair Millar on the challenges of sanctions reform.</b></p><p>A quarter century ago, the United States had sanctioned fewer than 1000 companies, organizations, individuals, and vessels around the world. Today...
Episode #2
<p><b>Alexandra Prokopenko on recent developments in the Russian economy.</b></p><p>February marked the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It also marked the beginning of a new war. U.S. and Israel...
Episode #1
<p><b>Francisco Rodríguez on the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.</b></p><p>On January 3 of this year, American special forces captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and extricated him to the United States. But the...
Episode #11
<p><b>Eva Dou on the rise of Chinese technology giant Huawei. </b></p><p>Few companies better embody the promise and peril of China’s rise than Huawei. For nearly three decades, Huawei has steadily climbed towards the...
Episode #10
<p><b>Esfandyar Batmanghelidj on the "snapback" of sanctions in Iran. </b></p><p>Last week, the host of The Sanctions Age, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, was interviewed by Derek Davison for an episode of American Prestige, a...
Episode #9
<p><b>Gregory Brew on why oil sanctions no longer work. </b></p><p>Few sanctions have been used as aggressively as oil sanctions. These measures are meant to hit oil producing “rogue states” where it hurts, starving...
Episode #8
<p><b>Nicholas Trickett on how Russia approaches the fiscal pressure of sanctions. </b></p><p>Russia is one of the world’s largest economies. It’s a top energy exporter and a major supplier of wheat, fertilizers, wood...
Episode #7
<p><b>Jeff Stein on the impact of sanctions in a small Guatemalan town. </b></p><p>The small Guatemalan town of El Estor was once a bustling mining hub, home to two major nickel mines that provided thousands of jobs and...
Episode #6
<p><b>Karam Shaar on the legacy of sanctions in Syria. </b></p><p>On December 8, 2024, Bashar Al-Assad fled Syria, bringing an end to the 13-year civil war that had devastated the country. Syrians who had endured years...
Episode #5
<p><b>Erich Ferrari on the inner workings of OFAC. </b></p><p>There is a powerful office in the Treasury Department called the Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC. You could argue that the officials in OFAC are...
Episode #4
<p><b>Golnar Motevalli on her experiences reporting from sanctioned Iran. </b></p><p>Covering sanctions is complicated. Editors commissioning reports from countries like Iran, Russia, and Venezuela mainly want stories...
Episode #3
<p><b>Kyle Chan on Chinese innovation in the face of sanctions and export controls. </b></p><p>Over the past several years, the United States has escalated its use of sanctions and export controls in the context of...
Episode #2
<p><b>Francisco Rodríguez on the global death toll of sanctions. </b></p><p>In the 1990s, UN sanctions imposed on Iraq led to a humanitarian crisis, with reports of a rapid increase in excess mortality, especially among...
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Iran Project Director for the International Crisis Group, International Crisis Group
Sr. Research Scholar, Center for Global Energy Policy and Adj Professor, SIPA, Columbia University, Greenberg Center for Geoeconomics, Council on Foreign Relations
founder and CEO, Bourse & Bazaar Foundation
Senior Analyst, Texas National Security Review
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