Debate: Sanctions

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Can sanctions be a beneficial foreign policy tool?

Background and context

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Do sanctions have a desirable effect?

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Yes

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No

• Argument: Sanctions only create humanitarian crises for publics

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Yes

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No

• Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times wrote in 2003 - "The United States imposed 85 new unilateral economic sanctions on foreign nations from 1996 to 2001. But sanctions, which cost U.S. companies up to $19 billion in 1995 alone, aren’t a policy; they’re a feel-good substitute for one."

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Pro/con resources

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Yes

• M. Shane Smith. "Sanctions: Diplomatic Tool, or Warfare by Other Means?". Beyond Intractability. April 2004

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• Jacob Weisberg. "Thanks for the Sanctions. Why do we keep using a policy that helps dictators?". August 2nd, 2006
• James A. Paul and Senwan Akhtar. "Sanctions: An Analysis". Global Policy Forum. August, 1998
• Rae Stremel. "Can we Sanction our way to Religious Freedom?". Institute for Global Engagement. October 5th, 2001
• "Sharp lesson on sanctions". Straight Times. November 2, 2007
• David Adams. "Economics sanctions come with risks". Tampabay.com. October 15, 2006

See also

• Debate: Was the international community justified to sanction Zimbabwe?
• Debate: Lifting sanctions on Myanmar
• Debate: Ending US sanctions on Cuba
• Debate: Sanctions against Iran's nuclear program
• Debate: Using sanctions to end child labor

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