Governments use terrorist-organization designations for criminal cartels and associated officials as a foreign-policy tool to increase pressure on target governments.
November 17, 2025
high
temporal
Designation as a policy instrument to raise pressure on foreign regimes.
Authorization for a multinational oil company to resume pumping and exporting oil can restore export revenue that serves as a financial lifeline to a sanctioned government's finances; for example, U.S. authorization allowing Chevron Corp. to resume Venezuelan oil exports provided a revenue stream to Nicolás Maduro's government.
November 17, 2025
high
temporal
Illustrates how economic concessions to companies can affect sanctioned governments' finances.