https://www.scmp.com/rss/325544/feed James Birkett is an associate director at Alaco, a London-based business intelligence consultancy. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Two key questions of US foreign policy under President Donald Trump concern the bilateral relationships with Iran and North Korea – the surviving members of the “axis of evil” defined by George W. Bush in 2002 as he began recalibrating Washington’s relationship with the world. Today, both retain bogeyman status in the American psyche. But their responses to US sanctions have seen them take drastically different courses in their diplomatic ties with the superpower. While embargoes helped sway... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2115926/iran-and-north-korea-why-sanctions-have-worked-defuse-one?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2115926/iran-and-north-korea-why-sanctions-have-worked-defuse-one?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Oct 2017 09:00:26 +0000