Five Goals For Ethical Post-sanctions Peacebuilding
Journal Article — September 2022
Five Goals For Ethical Post-sanctions Peacebuilding by George A. Lopez and Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner, Peace News, (September 2022).
Wilton Park Conference Report on Sanctions, Incentives, and Human Security: Economic Statecraft and Humanitarian Crises
Report — July 2022
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.
Chris Hayes on the Cost of Sanctions on Iraq
Interview — 4 May 2022
“Chris Hayes on the Cost of Sanctions on Iraq,” by Christopher Hayes in In These Times, 4 May 2022, featuring an interview with David Cortright and George A. Lopez.
To Make Sanctions Policy More Humane, Limit Food and Medicine Inflation
Magazine article — 26 January 2022
“To Make Sanctions Policy More Humane, Limit Food and Medicine Inflation,” by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Just Security, 26 January 2022.
The Inflation Weapon: How American Sanctions Harm Iranian Households
Report — 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
Op-ed — 21 January 2022
As Russia braces for battle, sanctions can still be a deterrent, by George A. Lopez in The Hill, 21 January 2022.
The Continuing Challenge of Sanctions Policy Reform
Newsletter article — December 2021
The Continuing Challenge of Sanctions Policy Reform,” by David Cortright and George A. Lopez in Peace Policy 48, December 2021.
Sanctions, Economic Statecraft, and Venezuela’s Crisis
Report — 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 Venezuela was prepared by Francisco Rodríguez, 2021–22 International Affairs Fellow in International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations and Director, Oil for Venezuela.
An opportunity to energize multilateral diplomacy on Syria
Journal Article — 21 September 2021
“An opportunity to energize multilateral diplomacy on Syria,” by George A. Lopez and Hrair Balian, Responsible Statecraft, (21 September 2021).