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A more realistic worry is that conservative oil producers will see the seizure of Iran's funds as proof of the riskiness of putting assets in any money, in any bank. That would add yet more weight to the growing OPEC feeling that it is smarter to cut production...
There are not many physical assets for either the U.S. or Iran to expropriate. Many U.S. businessmen preferred to export products to Iran or to provide services in exchange for cash on the barrelhead. The Commerce Department estimates that U.S. real estate and other assets in Iran amount to only...
In any event, economic sanctions have a dismal record of failure. The long U.S. trade embargo against Cuba has hurt the island economy, but Castro has managed to acquire most basics from the Soviet Union and other suppliers. In the mid-1960s, certain Latin American governments turned to Europe for...
In the international community, the reaction is likely to be more diffuse, but not less damaging to the Administration. Staunch allies, such as the NATO countries and Japan, ought to be aghast at an incident that so vividly demonstrates the limits of their senior partner's power. Friendly states...
The Soviets concede privately that, in the longer term, the turmoil in Iran has potentially worrisome consequences for the U.S.S.R. Islamic fundamentalism is anathema to Communism, and the Ayatullah is religiously akin to the Muslims of Soviet Central Asia just across the border. On the other hand, the National Security...