International and European Sanctions

2 Sanctions history, key actors, and institutional limitations 25. 10. 2021

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


First knowledge-based test is upcoming Nov. 12th.

The test will be held in the IS ROPOT (contains closer instructions). Consists of 10 multiple-choice questions and is self-evaluated. 

There are 20 minutes to complete the test (this time period starts when you first open the test and doesn't stop running if you close it), you may start the test on November 12th anytime between 9AM and 17PM CET. 

The link to the test is here:

First knowledge test



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