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Hekmat Aboukhater

Hekmat Aboukhater is the director of NextGen Debates, an Oxford-style debate society dedicated to fostering libertarian discourse among debaters aged 40 and under. Hekmat holds a BA in International Relations and Economics from Boston College, and a master’s degree from EDJ Nice, France. As a writer, Hekmat focuses on foreign policy, sanctions, and the Middle East.

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The Second Trump Term and the “Sanctions Industrial Complex”

12/12/2024 Mises Wire Hekmat Aboukhater

As the Washington drawbridge lowers for a second Trump administration, the world attempts to glean any insights that might indicate the direction of his second term. At the top of the list of concerns...

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The Second Trump Term and the “Sanctions Industrial Complex”

01/15/2025 Hekmat Aboukhater

Washington has wielded the sanctions weapon against nearly a third of all nations on earth. It is time to rethink these policies, and one hopes the incoming Trump administration will do just that and change course.

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