Economic Sanctions Reconsidered: History and Current Policy

Part 1 Introduction: lessons drawn from case studies historical overview the cyclical popularity of sanctions sender countries and their motives limitations on the use of sanctions plan of the book. Part 2 Anatomy of a sanctions episode: senders and targets type of sanctions foreign policy goals overview of the variables the success of an episode companion policy measures length of sanctions international co-operation international assistance to the target country economic health and political stability prior relations between sender and target estimating the costs country size and trade links analytic methods on to the results. Part 3 Political variables: modest changes in policy destabilizing a government disrupting military adventures impairing military potential other major policy changes. Part 4 Economic variables: size of sender and target countries trade linkages type of sanction the cost of sanctions. Part 5 Conclusions: are sanctions effective? nine commandments do's and don'ts. Appendices: statistical analysis of the effectiveness of sanctions estimating the costs of sanctions - methodology case abstracts.