Effectiveness of Sanctions in International Politics

Even though IR literature has accumulated a large amount of empirical data and knowledge in sanctions policy effectiveness, this problem remains contested: IR has failed yet to reach a consensus and elaborate the sanctions theory. The article reviews the variety of approaches to evaluating the effec...

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Autor principal:	V. A. Silaeva
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN RU
Publicado:	MGIMO University Press 2021
Materias:	economic sanctions sanctions policy effectiveness factors and criteria of sanctions effectiveness multilateral and unilateral sanctions targeted sanctions ad hoc coalition initiating and target states International relations JZ2-6530
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3339675aa69c4d8a9a84eb471cb0f29c2021-11-23T14:51:03ZEffectiveness of Sanctions in International Politics2071-81602541-909910.24833/2071-8160-2021-4-79-136-153https://doaj.org/article/3339675aa69c4d8a9a84eb471cb0f29c2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/2942https://doaj.org/toc/2071-8160https://doaj.org/toc/2541-9099Even though IR literature has accumulated a large amount of empirical data and knowledge in sanctions policy effectiveness, this problem remains contested: IR has failed yet to reach a consensus and elaborate the sanctions theory. The article reviews the variety of approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of the sanctions policy and explains why researchers have come to conflicting and mutually exclusive conclusions about the impact of various factors and conditions on the outcome of sanctions pressure. It argues that the disagreement is primarily rooted in different approaches to conceptualizing basic concepts – “sanctions” and “effectiveness”. This disagreement results in coding the same cases as successful and unsuccessful and presents an obstacle to obtaining similar results using statistical analysis. The main demarcation line goes between the realist and liberal understandings of sanctions as a foreign policy tool. This is reflected in the ongoing disputes between those who adhere to the idea of inflicting severe economic damage on the target country and supporters of targeted sanctions; between those who promote multilateral sanctions as capable of causing economic effects, or try to identify weaknesses of ad hoc coalitions, or see the only way to get the effect of sanctions in support from international organizations; between those who focus their research on the target country and those who are interested in pressure on the allies.V. A. SilaevaMGIMO University Pressarticleeconomic sanctionssanctions policy effectivenessfactors and criteria of sanctions effectivenessmultilateral and unilateral sanctionstargeted sanctionsad hoc coalitioninitiating and target statesInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENRUVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, Vol 14, Iss 4, Pp 136-153 (2021)
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topic	economic sanctions sanctions policy effectiveness factors and criteria of sanctions effectiveness multilateral and unilateral sanctions targeted sanctions ad hoc coalition initiating and target states International relations JZ2-6530
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description	Even though IR literature has accumulated a large amount of empirical data and knowledge in sanctions policy effectiveness, this problem remains contested: IR has failed yet to reach a consensus and elaborate the sanctions theory. The article reviews the variety of approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of the sanctions policy and explains why researchers have come to conflicting and mutually exclusive conclusions about the impact of various factors and conditions on the outcome of sanctions pressure. It argues that the disagreement is primarily rooted in different approaches to conceptualizing basic concepts – “sanctions” and “effectiveness”. This disagreement results in coding the same cases as successful and unsuccessful and presents an obstacle to obtaining similar results using statistical analysis. The main demarcation line goes between the realist and liberal understandings of sanctions as a foreign policy tool. This is reflected in the ongoing disputes between those who adhere to the idea of inflicting severe economic damage on the target country and supporters of targeted sanctions; between those who promote multilateral sanctions as capable of causing economic effects, or try to identify weaknesses of ad hoc coalitions, or see the only way to get the effect of sanctions in support from international organizations; between those who focus their research on the target country and those who are interested in pressure on the allies.
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Effectiveness of Sanctions in International Politics

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