Without looking at military adventurism through the lens of the corporation, analysts are bound to produce error-filled studies. For example, one analyst contended in an interview on
The Real News Network, “Military force is almost never going to achieve your political aims. The Americans learned this in Vietnam. They’re learning it in Afghanistan. They’re learning it in Syria… So [President Barack] Obama supporting the Saudis and Emiratis in Yemen is a sign really of incoherence on the part of the United States.”
Far from incoherence, the behavior actually is quite rational. A variety of conflicts, disparate and some seemingly futile, is
On June 4, 2021, Ukraine s President, Volodomy Zelensky gave an interview to Axios that was broadcast on HBO. In the interview, Zelensky voiced his disappointment that President J
At some point before the summer of 2018, an arms deal from the US to Saudi Arabia was sealed and delivered. A 227kg laser-guided bomb made by Lockheed - Danaka Katovich for Antiwar.com Original
Although continued pressure on the country’s political elites is necessary, the U.S. government needs to find more immediate ways of helping soldiers and citizens by making creative use of State, Defense, and congressional authorities.
1. Recent Enforcement: Even Companies That Invest in Compliance Pay Penalties
Since our April enforcement roundup, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce have issued several important penalty announcements. These enforcement actions demonstrate that even multinational companies that invest in compliance can run into problems without a continued commitment to monitoring and updating their programs.
Global software company SAP SE paid a total of $8 million in a combined global resolution with the Department of Justice (DOJ), Commerce, and Treasury for illegal exports, and it also disgorged $5.14 million in profits. Between December 2009 and September 2019, the company exported its software, upgrades, and patches more than 20,000 times to end users in sanctioned countries, including Iran, without a license. As part of the settlement, SAP must perform three internal audits of its export compliance program