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.
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 paper is a compilation of the Carter Center’s work on Syria prepared by Hend Annie Charif, program associate in the Carter Center’s Conflict Resolution Program, with contributions by Stacia George, director of the conflict resolution program, Rana Shabb, associate director in the conflict resolution program, Nancy Azar, senior program associate to the conflict resolution program, and Hrair Balian, former director and senior advisor to the conflict resolution program.
Time to Recalibrate US Sanctions for Human Rights by George A. Lopez in Inkstick Media, 7 January 2022.
The Continuing Challenge of Sanctions Policy Reform,” by David Cortright and George A. Lopez in Peace Policy 48, December 2021.
The Kroc Cast: The Continuing Challenge of Sanctions Policy Reform. George Lopez talks with Esfandyar Batmanhelidj, Francisco Rodríguez, and Annie Charif.
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Since the end of the Cold War, sanctions have become an essential instrument of global and national foreign policy. But in many cases, they have created economic hardship and harmed innocent civilians. How can policymakers increase the effectiveness of sanctions while creating stronger safeguards to prevent negative humanitarian impacts?
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“An opportunity to energize multilateral diplomacy on Syria,” by George A. Lopez and Hrair Balian in Responsible Statecraft, 21 September 2021.
Our panel of experts discussed how the incoming Biden administration can refine and improve the role of sanctions and diplomacy to stem the spread of weapons of mass destruction, drawing on insights from our policy report, From Crisis to Opportunity: A Policy Playbook on Nonproliferation Sanctions.
“Don’t Wait for Syria to Cross the ‘Red Line’,” by George A. Lopez in CNN.com, 7 December 2012.