Delaney

Senior Analyst, U.S. Program @crisisgroup. Usual caveats.

[Delaney @delaneysimon]

My latest in @ForeignPolicy. Trump has promised to lift sanctions on Syria. I explain why it's not that easy to fully end the sanctions—and their effects.

https://t.co/c2Qke8xrhM

[Delaney @delaneysimon]

Policymakers in the United States and elsewhere should learn from this experience when deploying sanctions in the future. 5/5

[Delaney @delaneysimon]

I wrote about the Biden administration's efforts to sanction Israeli settlers for @TCFdotorg. The program had some real successes, but in other ways, it backfired. 🧵1/5 https://t.co/UxaHmn5fJY

[Delaney @delaneysimon]

Washington was right to impose consequences on settler violence. But sanctions cannot be truly effective as long as they are a surrogate for a broader policy on Israel’s settlements. 4/5

[Delaney @delaneysimon]

Tune in to my interview on the @CBC with Canadian journalism legend Susan Ormiston. I discuss with the great @edwardfishman and @AndreaCharron whether economic punishment actually shapes behavior — or just creates diplomatic noise.🎙️

Listen here: https://t.co/mkmlea5Ee8

[Ali Vaez @AliVaez]

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei took office in 1989.

Over that period, the IRI's security doctrine has been shaped around three key elements:

Regional networks.

Missile development.

A nuclear program dialed up to threshold status.

9 months - and 9 days - that upended that strategy. 🧵

[Crisis Group @CrisisGroup]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to end sanctions on Syria is welcome news. But as @delaneysimon explains, challenges loom in rolling them back. https://t.co/t36ti0xIcn

[Esfandyar Batmanghelidj @yarbatman]

“Past administrations removed sanctions on pariah nations incrementally, and always in exchange for painstakingly negotiated actions from the sanctioned parties.”

@delaneysimon explains the novelty of Trump’s approach to lifting sanctions on Syria.
https://t.co/hxUZWctxPe

[Daniel Schneiderman @SchneidermanDM]

Lifting of SST - if/if true - is a massive deal. But getting the private sector and banking world to go back to Syria will require @treasury and @StateDept to signal that it’s a meaningful and long term shift that won’t immediately yo yo back to have a meaningful impact on #Syria

[Daniel Schneiderman @SchneidermanDM]

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A lot useful in this @AP article about divisions emerging wrt the Administration's views on how (and probably in some cases whether) to implement rapid sanctions relief:

https://t.co/KBhTs22nPP

[Maya Ungar @maya_ungar]

Negotiations start today at the Security Council on whether or not to lift the arms embargo on South Sudan.

In the @The_EastAfrican last week, @jongethon and I argue why lifting it after recent escalations would be reckless.

https://t.co/MWZtMWhBuJ

[Alex Simon @AlexGSimon]

I'm eager to see sanctions relief in Syria, and hopeful we're headed that way.

But let's not let the sanctions debate obscure other economic priorities that must proceed in parallel: building up local institutions, bolstering rule of law, & ramping up humanitarian aid.

[Delaney @delaneysimon]

I told @MEDialogues how ending sanctions on Syria will not be easy. Trump has a heavy bureaucratic and political lift ahead.

"If he stays the course, he will have made Syria’s future far brighter than it would have been otherwise. I hope he does.”

[MED Dialogues @MEDialogues]

From billion-dollar deals to lifting sanctions on #Syria. What were the key takeaways from #Trump's visit to #SaudiArabia, the #UAE, and #Qatar?

#MEDThisWeek → https://t.co/tb3e9tfT1A

[MED Dialogues @MEDialogues]

From billion-dollar deals to lifting sanctions on #Syria. What were the key takeaways from #Trump's visit to #SaudiArabia, the #UAE, and #Qatar?

#MEDThisWeek → https://t.co/tb3e9tfT1A

[Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin]

So it begins. I’ve also heard folks in Congress are beginning to draft language for repealing different sanctions they’ve passed previously, including Caesar.

[Layal Abou Rahal- ليال @LayalAFP]

#Syria's president branded #Trump's decision to lift US #sanctions on his country "historic and courageous".
What benefits will Trump & Sharaa reap from this unprecedented step?
Latest for @AFP
https://t.co/N4TtqeX6xa @aronlund @delaneysimon

[Delaney @delaneysimon]

I told the @washingtonpost that Trump's decision to lift sanctions on Syria, seemingly without conditions, is unprecedented. Full relief won't be easy. “President Trump has a tough road ahead to make good on this commitment, but he should persevere.”
https://t.co/86YZUIzD6i

[Karam Shaar كرم شعّار @Karam__Shaar]

A few reflections on Trump's "cessation" of sanctions on Syria; what it might mean and what it doesn't mean.

Either way, this is very much worth celebrating! We deserve a fresh start.

Congratulations everyone!!