Topic guide
Sanctions
Start with the instruments, authorities and debates behind sanctions.
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- Secondary sanctionsInstrument
Secondary sanctions are penalties imposed on third-country persons and firms for dealing with a sanctioned target, extending the sanctioning state's reach beyond its own jurisdiction. Where primary sanctions bind the sanctioning state's own nationals,...
- Sanctions effectiveness debateConcept
The sanctions effectiveness debate concerns how objectives, case selection, causation and the unit of success shape claims about whether sanctions work. It is not a contest between two directly comparable percentages. Threats, compellence, signalling,...
- Office of Foreign Assets Control (United States)Institution
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is an office of the United States Department of the Treasury that administers and enforces sanctions programmes under statutes, executive orders, regulations and delegated authority. It issues regulations and...
- International Emergency Economic Powers Act (1977)Legal Authority
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) is the principal United States peacetime emergency statute for regulating transactions and property with a qualifying foreign interest. The President may use it only after declaring a national...
- Coalition sanctions and export controls against Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine (2022-present)Case
Coalition sanctions and export controls against Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine comprise overlapping measures adopted by the European Union, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Australia and other partners since 24 February 2022....
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