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What is Coercive Diplomacy Through Economic Sanctions?

Coercive diplomacy through economic sanctions uses targeted economic restrictions as non-military pressure to compel target states to alter behaviors in nuclear proliferation, aggression, or human rights abuses.

This subtopic analyzes sanctions' effectiveness in signaling credibility and combining with threats or incentives (Tocha, 2009; 1 citation). Over 20 papers since 2009 examine cases like Iran, Russia, and Zimbabwe, with Mendeloff (2017; 25 citations) assessing ICC interventions' compellence logic. Recent works like Bowen and Moran (2023; 1 citation) evaluate sanctions in deterring Russia.

Curated Papers

Key Challenges

Why It Matters

Sanctions provide alternatives to war for crisis management, as in US policy post-JCPOA withdrawal analyzed by Rahim (2019; 2 citations), influencing Iran's compliance. They impact human rights enforcement, with Chidiebere (2016; 3 citations) studying Iran and Zimbabwe cases where sanctions aimed at civilian protection. Harvey and Mitton (2015; 2 citations) show US reputation-building via sanctions in asymmetric conflicts like Syria enhances deterrence credibility, guiding policymakers on non-kinetic options.

Key Research Challenges

Sanctions Credibility Gaps

Targets doubt sanction imposers' resolve, as Harvey and Mitton (2015) analyze US failures in Syria. Coercion backfires without credible threats (Mohseni Cheraghlou, 2015). Building transferable reputations remains elusive.

Measuring Compellence Success

Distinguishing deterrence from compellence complicates evaluation, per Bowen and Moran (2023) on Russia. Lawniczak (2023) questions efficacy in forcing Russian withdrawal from Ukraine. Outcomes mix coercion with other factors.

Human Rights Trade-offs

Sanctions intended for rights protection harm civilians, as Chidiebere (2016) details in Iran and Zimbabwe. Mendeloff (2017) questions ICC interventions' impact on ongoing violence. Balancing coercion and well-being challenges design.

Essential Papers

Punish or Persuade? The Compellence Logic of International Criminal Court Intervention in Cases of Ongoing Civilian Violence

David Mendeloff · 2017 · International Studies Review · 25 citations

Can International Criminal Court (ICC) interventions in ongoing conflicts help curtail war crimes and civilian abuses that are being actively perpetrated? The court has increasingly intervened in s...

Sanctions and human rights: the role of sanction in international security, peace building and the protection of civilian's rights and well-being: case studies of Iran and Zimbabwe

Ogbonna Chidiebere · 2016 · 3 citations

A broad and continuously growing range of situations have been determined by the United Nations Security Council as threatening or breaching international peace and security, thereby favouring the ...

Fighting for Credibility: US Reputation Building in Asymmetric Conflicts from the Gulf War to Syria (1991–2013)

Frank P. Harvey, John Mitton · 2015 · Canadian Journal of Political Science · 2 citations

Abstract Do international reputations matter and are they transferable from one context to another? These critically important questions continue to frame policy debates surrounding US responses to...

Post JCPOA

Muhammad Halil Rahim · 2019 · Jurnal ICMES · 2 citations

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of U.S.’ coercive diplomacy policy towards Iran carried out through the (re)implementation of sanctions regime after its withdrawal from the so called multilat...

THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AS THE INSTRUMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY

Yuliia Sedliar · 2017 · ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS · 2 citations

The article surveys the definitional issues of the economic sanctions in the international relations theory. It opens with a review of the conceptual background of the economic sanctions through th...

Sanctions, Deterrence and the Recent Case of Russia

Wyn Q. Bowen, Matthew Moran · 2023 · 1 citations

This chapter explores the role of sanctions in deterrence. Much of the existing scholarly literature on sanctions and their coercive effects frames discussion in terms of compellence – or coercive ...

Substitute to War: Questioning the Efficacy of Sanctions on Russia

Brent A. Lawniczak · 2023 · Journal of advanced military studies · 1 citations

Western nations enacted harsh sanctions against Russia after its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. However, sanctions are rarely successful and policy makers should not expect sanctions to coerce Russia in...

Reading Guide

Foundational Papers

Start with Tocha (2009) for EU-Iran coercive diplomacy criteria, then Kingsley (2014) on human rights conditionality, and Yazıcı (2014) for game-theoretic sanctions modeling.

Recent Advances

Study Mendeloff (2017; 25 citations) for compellence interventions, Rahim (2019) on post-JCPOA US policy, and Bowen/Moran (2023) on Russia deterrence.

Core Methods

Case studies of Iran/Zimbabwe (Chidiebere, 2016); reputation analysis in conflicts (Harvey/Mitton, 2015); targeted sanctions deterrence frameworks (Giumelli, 2020).

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Frequently Asked Questions

What defines coercive diplomacy via sanctions?

Coercive diplomacy applies economic sanctions to compel target behavioral change, combining threats with diplomacy (Tocha, 2009). It tests limits in cases like EU-Iran nuclear talks.

What methods assess sanctions efficacy?

Methods include case studies (Rahim, 2019 on post-JCPOA), reputation analysis (Harvey and Mitton, 2015), and compellence logic (Mendeloff, 2017). Game theory models strategic responses (Yazıcı, 2014).

What are key papers?

Mendeloff (2017; 25 citations) on ICC compellence; Chidiebere (2016; 3 citations) on human rights; Bowen and Moran (2023) on Russia deterrence.

What open problems exist?

Predicting backfire risks (Mohseni Cheraghlou, 2015); measuring civilian impacts (Chidiebere, 2016); integrating sanctions with incentives for credibility (Giumelli, 2020).