The Art of Sanctions: A View from the Field (Center on Global Energy Policy Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (950 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231180268 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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It makes a very important contribution to our understanding of how to use these toolsparticularly from a practitioner's perspective. (Eric B. Richard Nephew's excellent book provides a basic framework for effectively employing sanctions. Lorber, Financial Integrity Network)
Yet while sanctions have been increasingly used as a foreign policy tool, they are ineffective if executed without a clear strategy that is responsive to the nature and changing behavior of the target. With attention to these two key variables, and to how they change over the course of the sanctions regime, policy makers can pinpoint when diplomatic intervention is likely to succeed or when escalation is necessary. Understanding the interplay of pain and resolve is central to using sanctions successfully and humanely. The efficacy of sanctions lies in the application of pain against a target, but targets may have significant resolve to resist, tolerate, or overcome this pain. Focusing on lessons from sanctions on both Iran and Iraq, Nephew provides policy makers with practical guidance on how to calibrate pain and meas
Richard Nephew is a senior research scholar and program director at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Nephew was the lead sanctions expert for the U.S. government, serving as director for Iran on the National Security Council and as deputy coordinator for sanctions policy at the State Department. team negotiating with Iran from August 2013 to December 2014. Prior to this, Nephew spent over a decade i