Democracy Now! Debate: Would U.S. Sanctions Bill on Russia Prevent Military Conflict or Make War More Likely? Featuring Marcus Stanley of the Quincy Institute and George Lopez of the University of Notre Dame. (18:44)
“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).
Magazine article — 26 January 2022
“To Make Sanctions Policy More Humane, Limit Food and Medicine Inflation,” by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Just Security, 26 January 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.
As Russia braces for battle, sanctions can still be a deterrent, by George A. Lopez in The Hill, 21 January 2022.
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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The Continuing Challenge of Sanctions Policy Reform,” by David Cortright and George A. Lopez in Peace Policy 48, December 2021.
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.
