Economic Sanctions

David Cortright

• Foreword -- International and National Experiences with Sanctions -- Economic Sanctions in Contemporary Global Relations -- The United Nations Experience with Sanctions -- Economic Sanctions as Tools of Foreign Policy -- A Review of Economic Sanctions: A Russian Perspective -- Assessing Sanctions -- Factors Affecting the Success of Sanctions -- The Problems and Promise of Sanctions -- Sanctions and International Law -- The Political and Moral Appropriateness of Sanctions -- Economic Sanctions and the Just-War Doctrine -- Case Studies -- UN Sanctions Against Iraq -- Economic Sanctions Against Iraq: Do They Contribute to a Just Settlement? -- The Use of Sanctions in Former Yugoslavia: Misunderstanding Political Realities -- The Use of Sanctions in Former Yugoslavia: Can They Assist in Conflict Resolution? -- The Use of Sanctions in Haiti: Assessing the Economic Realities -- Sanctions and Apartheid: The Economic Challenge to Discrimination -- The Future of Sanctions -- A Proposal for a New United Nations Council on Economic Sanctions -- Research Concerns and Policy Needs in an Era of Sanctions