The Sanctions Age: The Decades-Long Effort to Make Sanctions ‘Smart’. Esfandyar Batmanhelidj’s conversation with Alistair Millar.
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An International Convention Can Make Sanctions More Humane, by Alistair Millar in The Sanctions Age, 10 February 2026.
Journal Article — 19 September 2025
“How to Toughen Russia Sanctions,” by David Cortright, The National Interest, (19 September 2025).
“A Framework for Proactively — and Rapidly — Lifting Sanctions on Syria,” by Alistair Millar and Stephen J. Fallon, Just Security, (5 June 2025).
“To Support Peace Efforts, the West Needs a Coordinated Way to Effectively Reduce Sanctions,” by Stephen J. Fallon and George A. Lopez, Just Security, (27 February 2025).
“A Model Humanitarian Checklist for Sanctions Units,” by Erica Moret, Sophie Huve, Alistair Millar, and George A. Lopez
“Yet our experience and research indicate that global dialogues and policy actions seeking to correct the negative impacts of sanctions have created a new momentum for serious reform. Its aim is to mitigate — and in many cases significantly reduce — the most deleterious effects of sanctions.”
Working Bibliography: Scholarship, Think-Tank, United Nations, and NGO Reports on the Humanitarian and Human Rights Impacts of Economic Sanctions (2019-2024), by Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner and Audrey Thill
“The Role of Civil Society in Advancing Humanitarianism through Sanctions Reform: Discussion Paper for the AHSR Wilton Park Conference,” (May 2023) by Delaney Simon
<h4>Report — May 2023</h4>
“Wilton Park 2023 Conference Report: A New Code of Conduct: Taking Sanctions Reform Further to Advance Humanitarianism,” by Sophie Huve