# singapore presidential election 2023

Elections to Watch in 2023 » From Pakistan to Poland, here are this year’s biggest presidential and parliamentary races. Foreignpolicy.com

Treasury Targets Sanctions Evasion Network Moving Billions for Iranian Regime » WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 39 entities constituting a significant “shadow banking” network, one of several multi-jurisdictional illicit finance systems which grant sanctioned Iranian entities, such as Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industry Commercial Co. (PGPICC) and Triliance Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Triliance), access to the international financial system and obfuscate their trade with foreign customers. Iranian exchange houses create front companies abroad to enable trade on behalf of their Iranian clients, with foreign currency transactions maintained via internal ledgers. PGPICC is the marketing arm of sanctioned Iranian petrochemical conglomerate Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (PGPIC), which generates the equivalent of tens of billions of dollars annually for the Iranian regime. “Iran cultivates complex sanctions evasion networks where foreign buyers, exchange houses, and dozens of front companies coop Home.treasury.gov

Biden’s Half-Hearted Policy Towards Southeast Asia » Washington has stepped up its game in the region but is constrained by its unwillingness to do trade deals. Foreignpolicy.com

Council on Foreign Relations » President Macky Sall's decision to postpone Senegal's elections threatens the country's democratic identity.… via Foreign Affairs December 4, 2023. Pakistan. Cfr.org

Reuters/Ipsos Issues Survey May 2023 » Donald Trump continues to be the Republican favorite for the primary. President Joe Biden has a slight edge over Trump in a general election head-to-head. Ipsos.com

Reuters/Ipsos Survey: Trump maintains lead in presidential race despite criminal indictment » About half of Americans say the charges are politically motivated. Ipsos.com

Trump’s Foreign Policy Moments » Timeline examines foreign policy milestones from Donald Trump’s first three years in office. Cfr.org

Opinion | He Made His Country Rich, but Something Has Gone Wrong With the System » Singapore’s political leadership is at a crossroads. It has lessons for the West. Nytimes.com