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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Economic sanctions"”.
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Strategic Third-Party Actors in Economic Sanctions
<p>Economic sanctions are a potent tool of coercive statecraft for states wishing to induce change in their targets' behavior. However, the sanctioning state and its target are not the only relevant stakeholders or strategic players in the dynamic. Third-party actors, be they other states, …
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Target types and the efficacy of economic sanctions
This study of economic sanctions examines the contribution of the target country to sanction outcomes. The theoretical foundation of this research is predicated on the role that target country political attributes play in fashioning a response to the imposition of economic sanctions. Accordingly, …
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Economic sanctions, resource wealth, and increased state utility
Economic sanctions have become an important tool in the hands of world leaders. As globalization has made the world a smaller place and increased the economic ties between nations; economic sanctions have become a preferred method of coercion among the economic powers of the world. As of today, the …
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Power and Humiliation in Foreign Policy: The Effects of Economic Sanctions
… international politics through an examination of economic sanctions in selected countries. A theoretical argument is derived from punishment theories and analyzes the effects of punishment on the target, including subjugation, humiliation and resistance. Seven cases of economic sanctions are …
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Under Pressure: Target Governments’ Domestic and Foreign Policy Responses to Economic Sanctions
How do targeted governments respond to economic sanctions? This dissertation contributes to the literature on sanctions effectiveness and, more specifically, on target governments’ strategies for mitigating the costs of sanctions. I argue that once sanctions are imposed, the target government …
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Evaluating the Impact of Economic Sanctions on South Africa: A Synthetic Control Approach
… the synthetic control method to measure the economic cost of sanctions imposed on South Africa between 1985 and 1994. The economic sanctions imposed on South Africa between 1985 and 1994 by the United Nations, the United States of America, and the European Community negatively affected the …
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Diplomacy derailed : the consequences of U.S. diplomatic disengagement
… by talking to these states. Thus, diplomatic sanctions are seen as a low-cost means of isolating and delegitimizing regimes. This perspective, however, fails to recognize that maintaining diplomatic sanctions may actually entail a number of substantial costs to the United States and may even …
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The effect of an academic boycott on academics in South Africa
… campaigns have been conducted, including economic sanctions, a sports boycott, the arms and oil embargoes and, more recently, the cultural and academic boycott. This research was designed to investigate the effect of an academic boycott on academics and libraries associated with South …
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Fighting for control : state-sponsored terrorism as foreign policy in Cuba and Libya, 1959-2010
… five prescriptions for policy makers. First, economic sanctions may be more effective than military action at holding sponsor states accountable for the actions of their terrorist agents. Second, multilateral diplomatic and economic sanctions may be more effective than unilateral sanctions, …
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Counterterrorism in the 1990s: A framework for dynamic analysis
… terrorism. Case examples of legal initiatives, economic sanctions and various force options are included; Chapter Eight contains a multi-dimensional counter-terrorism model designed to simultaneously consider probable effects of optimal countermeasures--within changing contexts.
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Beyond the Sports Page: Baseball, The Cuban Revolution, and Rochester, New York Newspapers, 1954-1960
… deteriorated rapidly to the point of rhetoric, economic sanctions, and covert military actions. Yet, both nations laid claim to the same national pastime: the sport of baseball. Since the 1860s, America's game of choice had been played passionately by Cubans, helping facilitate their social …
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Response to an experiment: the Sandinista model of socialism and the US policy towards it
… crisis, which has been aggravated by the economic and military policy of the Reagan administration. This paper argues that the US counter strategy is based upon a number of contradictions and inconsistencies inherent in the Sandinist system. The main targets of the US strategy are the …
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Donors versus dictators : the impact of multilateral aid conditionality on democratization : Kenya and Malawi in comparative context
… academic literatures on democratization, aid and economic sanctions are assessed with respect to the attempts at democratization in Kenya and Malawi from 1989 to 2003. Conclusions include the finding that aid conditionality is generally effective in producing multiparty elections and pushing the …
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Ukrainos karo įtakos Europos akcijų rinkoms. Tyrimas bangelių metodu /
… intervention, and the application of economic sanctions. The research results can help investors and financial decision-makers better understand the impact of the Ukraine conflict and assess the risk associated with European stock investments. Additionally, the results indicated that …
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Slaying the Dragon: An Analysis on How to Dismantle Terrorist Organizations
… combination with these three major categories, economic sanctions on states that harbor terrorists, intelligence gathering, engaging in diplomacy, and target killings are necessary. An example of each of these policies will display how these work. Case studies of Aum Shinrikyo, the Irish …
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A study of South Africa's National Party perceptions of United States foreign policy in the 1980's with particular reference to sanctions
… switch from constructive engagement to punitive sanctions in the mid-1980s and the circumstances to which they have given rise. The following is a brief summary and the contents of the dissertation. The dissertation will give a complete and formal statement in chapter two on U.S. foreign policy …
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Economic Lawfare: Law, Market Structure, and Economic Power
What is the relationship between law and economic power? Two dominant themes of post-war international political economy have been rising economic interdependence and the increasing legalisation of economic affairs. Yet, while scholars of International Relations have revealed much about how …
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Economic Lawfare: Law, Market Structure, and Economic Power
What is the relationship between law and economic power? Two dominant themes of post-war international political economy have been rising economic interdependence and the increasing legalisation of economic affairs. Yet, while scholars of International Relations have revealed much about how …
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The foreign policy of a radicalised state- the two level game of Zimbabwe's relations with the IMF (2000-2007)
… from loan repayment arrears and failed macroeconomic policies. This dissertation argues that these justifications oversimplify the relationship between the Fund and Zimbabwe in the 2000s. As such, three factors are essential for a more comprehensive analysis into the country's foreign policy- …
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