What is the Economic Sanctions Mechanism?
Sanction: action that is taken or an order that is given to
force a country to obey international laws by limiting or
stopping trade, military deals and political
interactions with that country.
Types of Sanctions
1- Economic sanction: Affecting the country’s GDP by ceasing all or part of the
importing and exporting from and to this country.
This will effect to raise prices of goods, currency fall, company’s bankruptcy and
losses of tourism income due to travel ban.
2- Political sanction: Affecting the country’s government system or president
through cutting all ties with the country and banning its representatives from
attending international affairs.
This will result in a political pressure on the system and more awareness of
people against the faulty regime.
3- Military sanction: Military interventions, targeted strikes or stopping
supplying arms and military aid.
This will result in limiting any reactions of the sanctioned country and raising the
pressure.
Types of Mechanism
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Diplomatic measures
Restrictive measures (asset freezes and visa bans)
Restrictions for Crimea and Sevastopol
Measures targeting sectoral cooperation and exchanges with Russia
("Economic" sanctions)
Measures concerning economic cooperation
How Economic Sanctions work ?
Sanctions
Intermediate Target
Ultimate Goal
How Economic Sanctions work ?
The conduct of the target state would be changed.
The success or failure of the sanctions is assessed in terms of whether the
appropriate change has been made.
Effectiveness is tied to observable behavioral modification of the regime of the
target state.
Economic sanctions are pursued under the assumption that the citizenry of
the target state.
How Economic Sanctions work ?
European Economic Sanctions Mechanism (Example)
Sanctions are not punitive, but designed to bring about a change in policy or
activity by the target country, entities or individuals. Measures are therefore
always targeted at such policies or activities, the means to conduct them and
those responsible for them. At the same time, the EU makes every effort to
minimise adverse consequences for the civilian population or for legitimate
activities.
Reference:
"EU restrictive measures" (PDF). Council of the European Union. 29 April 2014.
Retrieved 23 August 2014
Economic Sanctions
(Mechanism Process)
Reference:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-45485994
Example
Trade: Exports/ Imports (food, medicine, oil)
If countries don't import the target country's products, the target economy can
face industry collapse and unemployment, which can put significant political
pressure on the government.
Bank accounts:
People can not do online shopping.
assets freeze
Example
Economic Sanctions (Outline)
1. What is the Economic Sanctions
Mechanism?
2. How the Economic Sanctions lead to
Political & Social Change?
3. Outcome
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
How does the economic sanctions
lead to political change?
What is the Economic Sanctions Mechanism?
Sanctions ‘work’ by manipulating the political economy of targets, with
consequences for the composition of forces contesting state power, plus their
resources, alliances and strategies. Where sanctions can compel ruling and
opposition coalitions to adopt strategic responses that meet the goals of those
imposing sanctions, they may be ‘successful’. However, this is generally possible
only where opposition groups are already powerful and well organised. In contexts
where oppositions are weak and fragmented, sanctions tend to entrench their
exclusion from power, even if they also manage to weaken ruling coalitions
Dr Lee Jones Nov 2015 FPC Briefing: How Do International Economic Sanctions (Not) Work?