It is hard to browse the news without seeing reports on yet another wielding of economic sanctions. The United States currently has various forms of sanctions against over 30 countries as well as over 15,000 “specially designated” companies and individuals. The European Union has its own list, not as long as the US but longer…
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Policy Series 2021-53: The Trump Administration and Economic Sanctions
Evaluating the significance and effects of economic sanctions is a serious challenge for scholars. For one thing, appraising the outcomes of sanctions raises the question of perspective: from whose vantage point do we observe their use and effects? While U.S. policymakers often change their approach to sanctions, to targeted countries the continuities in attitude are…