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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| 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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| spelling | doaj.art-3339675aa69c4d8a9a84eb471cb0f29c2025-01-30T12:16:16ZengMGIMO University PressVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta2071-81602541-90992021-09-0114413615310.24833/2071-8160-2021-4-79-136-1532413Effectiveness of Sanctions in International PoliticsV. A. Silaeva0Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of RussiaEven 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.https://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/2942economic sanctionssanctions policy effectivenessfactors and criteria of sanctions effectivenessmultilateral and unilateral sanctionstargeted sanctionsad hoc coalitioninitiating and target states |
| spellingShingle | V. A. Silaeva Effectiveness of Sanctions in International Politics Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta economic sanctions sanctions policy effectiveness factors and criteria of sanctions effectiveness multilateral and unilateral sanctions targeted sanctions ad hoc coalition initiating and target states |
| title | Effectiveness of Sanctions in International Politics |
| title_full | Effectiveness of Sanctions in International Politics |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of Sanctions in International Politics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of Sanctions in International Politics |
| title_short | Effectiveness of Sanctions in International Politics |
| title_sort | effectiveness of sanctions in international politics |
| 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 |
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