Proceedings from a sanctions conference on Sanctions, Incentives, and Human Security: Economic Statecraft and Humanitarian Crises; hosted at Wilton Park from 16-18 May 2022 in partnership with the Fourth Freedom Forum and the Sanctions and Security Research Project.
To fully scrutinize the humanitarian impact of sanctions, the Sanctions and Security Research Project commissioned case studies on Iran and Venezuela, and collaborated with the Carter Center’s project on Syria, which recommend stronger safeguards to prevent negative humanitarian impacts and offer ways of improving the effectiveness of sanctions and strengthening of incentives.
This paper is a compilation of the Carter Center’s work on Syria prepared by Hend Annie Charif, program associate in the Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution Program, with contributions by Stacia George, director of the conflict resolution program, Rana Shabb, associate director in the conflict resolution program, Nancy Azar, senior program associate to the conflict resolution program, and Hrair Balian, former director and senior advisor to the conflict resolution program.
“Russia’s war in Ukraine means the end of counterterrorism consensus,” by Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar, The Hill, (6 April 2022).
“How to mix sanctions and diplomacy to avert disaster in Ukraine” by David Cortright and George A. Lopez, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, (1 February 2022).
To fully scrutinize the humanitarian impact of sanctions, the Sanctions and Security Research Project commissioned case studies on Iran and Venezuela, and collaborated with the Carter Center’s project on Syria, which recommend stronger safeguards to prevent negative humanitarian impacts and offer ways of improving the effectiveness of sanctions and strengthening of incentives.
This case study on Iran was prepared by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, CEO of the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, Visiting Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and principal member of When Money Can’t Buy Food and Medicine, a project funded by the Swiss Network for International Studies.
Time to Recalibrate US Sanctions for Human Rights by George A. Lopez, Inkstick Media, (7 January 2022).
The U.S. warns Russia it faces sanctions if it invades Ukraine. Do sanctions work? NPR’s Rachel Martin interviews David Cortright on Morning Edition.
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To fully scrutinize the humanitarian impact of sanctions, the Sanctions and Security Research Project commissioned case studies on Iran and Venezuela, and collaborated with the Carter Center’s project on Syria, which recommend stronger safeguards to prevent negative humanitarian impacts and offer ways of improving the effectiveness of sanctions and strengthening of incentives.
This case study on Venezuela was prepared by Francisco Rodríguez, 2021–22 International Affairs Fellow in International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations and Director, Oil for Venezuela.
The Continuing Challenge of Sanctions Policy Reform,” by David Cortright and George A. Lopez in Peace Policy 48, December 2021.
