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Adopted in December 2022, Resolution 2664 provides much-needed flexibility for aid workers in sanctioned contexts. However, it has limits, and its impact depends on how it is implemented by countries including the United States.
As the conflict in Yemen continues, one lesser-known aspect—the maritime stakes for Saudi Arabia and the UAE—will need to be addressed for the best chance of a lasting peace agreement.
The ways in which democracies interact with autocracies can also play a role in sustaining repressive regimes. Democratic governments must adopt more holistic approaches that offset the negative implications of international engagement.
China’s brokering of the Iran-Saudi deal is emblematic of a regional realignment that no longer sees the United States as the only party in its calculations. It may be tough for the great power to accept and harder for it to readjust. But it may have no choice.
A closer look at the regional dimension of the yuan’s internationalization, however, provides a more complex picture. As a result of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia, the yuan has suddenly found itself on the way to becoming the dominant regional currency in northern Eurasia.