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Trade sanctions for political/security ends also serve the same function.
The form that these standards take - and the increasing talk of using trade sanctions to impose them - is close to what protectionist lobbies in industrial nations seek.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed economic sanctions on Chinese entities with financial ties to North Korea, because it does not believe that China has done enough to constrain the North Korean regime.
Another set of lessons from the first Iraq war (and the second as well) suggests a limit to what can be expected from economic sanctions.
Sanctions alone, even those supported by the United Nations Security Council and backed by military force, could not persuade Saddam Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait, control of which was a major prize for him.
Nor could sanctions trigger a change in government in Baghdad.
In the case of Iran, the first Iraq war teaches us that economic sanctions will likely not be enough to persuade the Revolutionary Guards (who increasingly dominate the country) to accept verifiable limits on their nuclear program.
Sanctions may, however, persuade some other powerful constituencies within Iran, namely the clerics, the businessmen of the bazaar, and political conservatives, to turn on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Revolutionary Guard base.
The progressive removal of sanctions would follow, allowing all parties to concentrate their energies on other priorities, be they economic or strategic.
The prospect of a threat to the stability of the greater Middle East and to the flow of oil should give China an incentive to support robust sanctions against Iran.
At the same time, the use of targeted sanctions and diplomatic snubs has contributed to Russia’s international isolation, undercutting the long-term goal of building a functional relationship.
While it is critical for the West to stand by its principles, including by imposing biting sanctions, pragmatism is equally important.
Sanctions on the Installment PlanWARSAW – Western leaders remain undecided about their next steps in trying to stop Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine.
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.
It takes force to stop a thug, not sharp words or cosmetic sanctions.
His goal now is to convince the West to lift its sanctions.
As analysts at Stratfor Global Intelligence put it, “Unless the Kremlin is willing to let Russian companies default on their debts or make bigger cuts to their current operations or future investments in the coming years, Moscow will need to convince the Europeans to let at least the harshest sanctions expire.”
While the West should not be quick to lift its sanctions – the dispute over Crimea is unlikely to be resolved quickly – harnessing the Kremlin’s desire to be recognized as a great, global power is a sound strategy.
Likewise, Merkel’s decisions to phase out Germany’s nuclear-power plants and impose sanctions on Russia, while decisive and hard, were defensive.
Of course, Putin could withdraw his troops from eastern Ukraine, thereby spurring the United States and Europe to lift economic sanctions against Russia.
But Rouhani worked hard to free Iran’s economy from the shackles of international sanctions.
Even as sanctions have been eased, however, Iran’s economy has continued to struggle.
Despite some progress since the deal came into effect in 2016, foreign investors have remained cautious, owing to lingering US non-nuclear sanctions and banking restrictions.
In particular, emphasizing a “shift to more assertive diplomacy,” Abe’s policy speech cited Japan’s initiative in proposing sanctions against North Korea to the United Nations Security Council, and its success in overseeing – through close coordination with the United States and other countries – the resolution’s unanimous adoption.
Second, the EU must prepare to impose enhanced economic sanctions on Russia.
If Russia fails to abide by its commitments, these sanctions should be triggered.
And, of course, the North is always looking for opportunities to win relief from sanctions.
But he also must manage the broader front of countries that are participating in historically strong sanctions against an abhorrent state.
The alternative to the talks is a further nuclear buildup by Iran, followed by additional international sanctions and, eventually, another war in the Middle East, which no one believes can resolve the problem.
The West released about $7 billion of frozen Iranian funds and relaxed some sanctions (in particular, on crude oil and auto parts), while Iran agreed to a quasi-freeze of its nuclear program.
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