International and European Sanctions

2 Sanctions history, key actors, and institutional limitations

As you've heard from the previous lecture, and no doubt seen mentioned in the literature - international sanctions carry a stigma from the blanket approaches of the 1990s - namely in the case of Iraq, Haiti, or BiH and others. 

The 1990s are however not the departure point for sanctions practice, merely a hugely impactful period of activity. This weeks material is intended to provide a broader picture of the:

- history of sanctions development

- institutional development based on sanctions use

- key limitations of the main actors utilizing sanctions 

- the multilateral dilemma and commitment issue in sanctions design

- and lastly, the main avenues of sanctions smartening of the past decades


Farrall, J. M. (2009). United Nations sanctions and the rule of law. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 45-78.

2 Farral history of UN sanctions
Rose, E. (2005). From a Punitive to a Bargaining Model of Sanctions: Lessons from Iraq. International Studies Quarterly, 49(3), 459-479. Retrieved March 23, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3693603

2 Rose Iraq sanctions punitive to bargaining

Rose Gottemoeller (2007) The Evolution of Sanctions in Practice and Theory, Survival, 49:4, 99-110, DOI: 10.1080/00396330701733902

2 Gottemoeller The Evolution of Sanctions in Practice and Theory

Special focus on institutional limitations

UN Angola Sanctions – A Committee Success Revisited By Anders Möllander March 2009 

2 Mollander Angola Committee
2 Tostensen Bull Are Smart Sanctions Feasible


Sanctions On Iraq - Talk by Denis Halliday & Phyllis Bennis

I recommend watching at least the first half of this panel contribution on the impact of Iraq sanctions. See if you can draw any parallels to current events. 

https://youtu.be/dgtGEQf9V2Y

Lecture

The lecture focuses a lot more on sanctions actors and the genesis of their approach to sanction than general sanctions history. Not only are the two intertwined, but the literature above does a great service in covering the main threads of the historical development of sanctions.

03 Sanctions history and key actors
03 Sanctions history and key actors


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