Brad Brooks-Rubin
Brad Brooks-Rubin is a partner at the boutique sanctions/anti-money laundering/regulatory-focused law firm Arktouros pllc. He served twice at the State Department, worked as a lawyer for the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the Treasury Department, helped lead an NGO called The Sentry and held other roles in the private sector. Brad does his dream work on the side as a radio DJ on WOWD-LP and music writer on the Substack 3albums6oldguys.
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The Misunderstood Purpose of Economic Sanctions
In 2024, the Biden administration issued an executive order imposing sanctions on specific West Bank settlers and entities that profited from the settlements. Critics said the sanctions were ineffective. But the criticism rests on a misunderstanding of how they were supposed to work.