Backfire : : How Sanctions Reshape the World Against U.S. Interests / / Agathe Demarais.

Sanctions have become the go-to foreign policy tool for the United States. Coercive economic measures such as trade tariffs, financial penalties, and export controls affect large numbers of companies and states across the globe. Some of these penalties target nonstate actors, such as Colombian drug...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Center on Global Energy Policy Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • I SANCTIONS GENESIS
  • 1 FROM EMBARGOES TO SANCTIONS A Brief History
  • 2 HITTING WHERE IT HURTS The Era of Financial Sanctions
  • 3 HIT AND MISS Why Sanctions Sometimes Work, but More Often Fail
  • II SANCTIONS CROSSFIRE
  • 4 COLLATERAL DAMAGE When Sanctions Kill
  • 5 SANCTIONS OVERREACH When Foreign Firms Get Caught in the Crossfire
  • 6 SANCTIONS OVERKILL When Sanctions Crash Global Commodities Markets
  • 7 SANCTIONS DISPUTES When Russian Gas Pipelines Divide Allies
  • III SANCTIONS BLUES
  • 8 SANCTIONS-BUSTING Avoidance Schemes from U.S. Friends and Foes
  • 9 DOING DOWN THE DOLLAR The Rise of Digital Coins and Other Reserve Currencies
  • 10 HIGH-TECH FUTURE Are Export Controls the Sanctions of Tomorrow?
  • 11 WHEN SANCTIONS WORK TOO WELL Why Decoupling from China Would Backfire
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX