Sanctions and Statecraft

What you'll learn

• Define the concept and types of sanctions in international relations
• Explain the purpose of sanctions and trace their historical development
• Evaluate how sanctions function as tools of coercion within statecraft
• Analyse how major actors design and implement sanctions regimes
• Differentiate between multilateral and unilateral sanctions strategies
• Investigate how sanctions are challenged, resisted, and evaded by target actors
• Engage critically with debates around the effectiveness and ethics of sanctions