A Strategic Understanding of UN Economic Sanctions International Relations, Law and Development

"A Strategic Understanding of UN Economic Sanctions takes aid from multiple disciplines to offer a novel assessment of a form of international coercion whose actual harms are often overshadowed by its assumed potential benefits. This study steps out of the noisy debates against or in favor of economic sanctions as an effective tool to punish or edify the deviator and invites a reconsideration of the fundamental premises of such debates. Success or failure of what is often only one step behind military confrontation, the author suggests, are multi-faceted political phenomena that cannot be well captured through parsimonious ideas of punishment or correction." -Hengameh Saberi, York University "This book is an insightful and lucid analysis and evaluation of the role of sanctions in international politics. This is an important read and essential resource for scholars and policy makers interested in the effectiveness of sanctions as a policy tool to bring about change in the behavior of states." -Muna Ndulo, Cornell University