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International Sanctions on Iran and Syria

This is a summary of an event which was organized to discuss the significant expansion of international sanctions against Iran and Syria.

Spider Web: The Making and Unmaking of Iran Sanctions

This report from the International Crisis Group discusses the ongoing of dilemma of the sanctions against Iran.

Iran Sanctions: Putting the ‘E’ back in DIME

Sanctions targeting Iran’s ability to sell its oil and access the international banking system are beginning to bite, but a change of course by that country requires coordinated and sustained

Case Studies in Economic Sanctions and Terrorism: Post-2000 Sanctions Episodes

This recently released appendix to the book entitled "Case Studies in Economic Sanctions and Terrorism", gives an update and analysis of all sanctions that have taken place since the book's initial release.

Iran Oil Sanctions: A Race against Time

International economic sanctions designed to force the Iranian regime to prove that it is not seeking to develop militarized nuclear capacity by targeting the country’s oil exports will take

Using "Every Tool Available": A Fresh Idea to Pressure Syria's Bashar Assad

The Center for Global Development presents an innovative strategy to approach Syria's ongoing conflict.

Sanctions and Saber Rattling

With tensions on the rise in the Middle East, and the jump in gas prices, USIP’s Raymond Gilpin addresses the immediate issues facing the U.S. and the world regarding the cost of oil.

Using US Strategic Reserves to Moderate Potential Oil Price Increases from Sanctions on Iran

This paper proposes strategies to mitigate price increases that could be caused by sanctions on Iran and its oil sales.

Enforcing Peace Agreements through Commitment Technologies

This paper models the instability of peace agreements, motivated by the empirical regularity with which peace agreements tend to break down following civil war.

Civil War and Economic Sanctions: An Analysis of Anthropometric Outcomes in Burundi

This paper investigates the impact of the latest civil war and the subsequent economic embargo in Burundi on the health status of the Burundese children.

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