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Now, ten months later, the Security Council is paralyzed over Syria, unable to agree not only on the extreme step of military force, but even on lesser coercive measures like targeted sanctions, an arms embargo, or referral to the International Criminal Court.
More generally, the Western powers, along with Arab states like Qatar, comprehensively supported the rebel side in what rapidly became a civil war, ignoring an explicit arms
embargo
in the process.
Commitments regarding increased debt relief, further normalization of relations, and additional aid and investment are possible incentives that European states could put on the table, particularly in the hard push before January 9.Consequences could include new sanctions or the strengthening of existing ones (asset freezes, travel bans, an arms embargo, and capital-market sanctions); increased cooperation with the International Criminal Court on current and potential cases against those most responsible for war crimes in Darfur and the South; postponement of debt relief; and a freeze on oil transactions conducted in euros.
But one thing has become abundantly clear: their timid efforts so far – personal sanctions, an
embargo
on weapons exports, and the temporary suspension of Russia’s G-8 membership – have proved to be far from adequate to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to back down.
Fortunately, there is a simple solution: a European Union
embargo
on imports of Russian raw materials, especially oil and gas.
Just how manageable would an import
embargo
be?
Unlike the weak strategy that the EU has been pursuing so far, an
embargo
on Russian oil and gas would put real pressure on Russia.
Instead, the
embargo
should be introduced incrementally.
The EU, for its part, can survive the impact of an
embargo.
Indeed, some countries – such as the Baltic states, Poland, and Slovakia – have long-term commitments with Russia, and thus would need more time to meet the requirements of the
embargo.
All of Latin America and the Caribbean are demanding an end to the US
embargo
of Cuba and are enthusiastic about that country’s return to the Organization of American States.
Take the moves in the Senate to end the arms
embargo
against Bosnia.
Following Israel’s victory in the Yom Kippur War, the Arab members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced an oil
embargo
on Israel’s supporters.
Four decades ago, countries not only endured the immediate economic impact of the OPEC embargo; they leveraged the potential of the resulting oil shortages to spur innovation.
It is also calling for an end to the trade
embargo
by Turkey and its close ally Azerbaijan against the Republic of Armenia, a reopening of frontiers, and a land-for-peace deal to resolve the territorial dispute over Nagorno Karabakh in Azerbaijan and safeguard its Armenian identity.
It is also important to bear in mind that in 1973, the US suffered less from the OPEC oil
embargo
than Europe did, even though America, which had resupplied Israel in its war with Egypt and Syria in October of that year, was the primary target.
But it also sees that it has no more use for OPEC, an organization that it foisted on the world with the first Arab oil
embargo
in 1973 and has since used as a shield for its oil policies.
The China Threat, Part Two?Lost in the debates about whether the European Union should lift its arms export
embargo
on China is a much broader and more pressing question: does the Bush administration once again see China as a strategic competitor, as it did in the early days of the Bush presidency, before the war on terror forced Bush to seek cooperation with China’s rulers?
That Japan has joined the United States in standing alongside Taiwan in opposing an end to the EU’s arms
embargo
on China suggests that this is so.
Moreover, MBS’s military intervention in Yemen has been a failure, and his decision to impose an
embargo
on Qatar – a small but wealthy Gulf country that challenges Saudi hegemony – has backfired.
There is a lesson here for the United States, which has had a major beneficiation policy since the 1973 oil embargo, when it restricted the export of crude oil and natural gas.
For years, Castro has blamed any internal problems on a draconian US trade
embargo.
They urged the US to lift its
embargo
on Cuba, claiming that it had damaged relations with the rest of the continent, and to do more to combat drug use on its own turf, through education and social work, rather than supplying arms to fight the drug lords in Latin America – a battle that all acknowledged has been an utter failure.
Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries called for an
embargo
at the time of the 1967 war, but it had little effect because the US was then largely self sufficient.
But by the 1973 Yom Kippur war, the Arab oil
embargo
had a greater effect, owing to America’s growing demand for imported oil.
The
embargo
drove up prices and unleashed a period of inflation and stagnation worldwide.
Even though the
embargo
was aimed at the US and the Netherlands, market forces shifted oil among consumers, and in the long term all consuming countries suffered shortages of supply and the same price shock.
Given that the Saudis’
embargo
against Qatar and war in Yemen have been ineffective, if not counterproductive, they are unlikely to do much better in Lebanon.
The 1973 Yom Kippur War between Israel and the Arab states caused an oil
embargo
that tripled prices and led to the stagflation (high unemployment plus inflation) of 1974-1975.
The Iranian revolution of 1979 led to another
embargo
and price shock that triggered the global stagflation of 1980-1982.
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