{"id":14646,"date":"2024-12-06T11:28:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T16:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/?page_id=14646"},"modified":"2025-02-27T10:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:53:13","slug":"research-security-countries-presenting-added-risk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/research-security\/research-security-countries-presenting-added-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Security: Countries Presenting Added Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Countries of Concern<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The government considers countries with military and related capabilities capable of posing a significant threat to U.S. national security to be <strong>Countries of Concern<\/strong>. At present, these countries include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>China, including Macau and Hong Kong, but excluding Taiwan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iran<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Korea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Russia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/research-security\/\">NC State Research Security Team<\/a> for up-to-date guidance on working with institutions or colleagues in <strong>Countries of Concern<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Countries\/Regions Subject to U.S. Comprehensive Sanctions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sanctioned countries<\/strong> are subject to broad political, military and\/or economic sanctions through executive orders or federal law. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/export-controls\/\">Contact the NC State Export Control Office<\/a>\u00a0if your research, teaching or other university activities involve people or entities in comprehensively sanctioned or broadly sanctioned countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/export-controls\/working-with-international-staff-and-students\/\">Working with International Staff and Students | Research Administration and Compliance<\/a> to learn more about how these federal rules may impact NC State students and staff who are citizens of these countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comprehensively sanctioned countries\/regions include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Iran<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cuba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Syria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Korea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Crimea, Donetsk People\u2019s Republic and Luhansk People\u2019s Republic regions of Ukraine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We generally cannot conduct business with residents of the comprehensively sanctioned countries, even if they are not <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/research-compliance-definitions\/#entity\">Entities of Concern<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Broadly Sanctioned Countries<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus, Russia, and Venezuela are all very broadly sanctioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Venezuela<\/strong>: Interactions with government-owned businesses in Venezuela, including many banks and universities, are limited<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Russia <\/strong>and<strong> Belarus<\/strong>: Interactions with Russia and Belarus are significantly restricted. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/administration\/compliance\/research-compliance\/export-controls\/\">Contact the NC State Export Control Office<\/a> for up-to-date guidance on working with residents or entities in Russia and Belarus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Countries of Concern The government considers countries with military and related capabilities capable of posing a significant threat to U.S. national security to be Countries of Concern. 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