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International sanctions

Tightening the Screws

Peter L. Fitzgerald | Dec 01, 2001
Staunching the flow of funds to terrorist organizations take more than issuing exective orders. An inside look at a broken process, and how to fix it.

Serious About Sanctions

Daniel W. Drezner | Sep 01, 1998
Self-inflicted wounds.

The Khatemi Factor: How Much Does It Matter?

Mark N. Katz | Mar 01, 1998
Change in Iran is in the air, and it could be dramatic--but this is speculative and both the timetable and the actual policy implications are impossible to specify.

Foreign Policy by Posse

Richard N. Haass | Sep 01, 1995
There is increasing consideration of (and, in some quarters, consternation about) what might be dubbed "the new unilateralism," the practice of the United States going it alone in the world. It merits attention.
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Commentary

Sanctions Against Iran Are Overrated

Ivan Eland | Dec 29, 2011
Recent statements by Iranian officials are designed to mislead. Sanctions will not make them change their ways.

Careful What You Wish For

Hossein Askari | Nov 01, 2010
Sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program will backfire. Punishing Tehran's human rights abuses is another story.

Isolating Iran

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Jun 11, 2010
America needs all the help it can get on Iran—which means making up with Brazil and Turkey.
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Blogs

Sanctions for What?

Paul R. Pillar | Aug 09, 2011
Sanctions must do more than produce a satisfying feeling in the tummy of people who would like to do bad things to bad regimes.

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